The Community Show

Bringing you up to date with all the local news from The 10Parishes.

This week’s show presented by Pauline Homeshaw & Andrew Norris

Repeats Monday 4pm, Tuesday 10am and Wednesday 5am

1     Mark Ford is Lead Economic Development, Skills and Climate Officer with Somerset Council.  Mark is also responsible for Screen Somerset which works with production companies looking for locations for films.  Mark is able to recommend locations all over Somerset, including Exmoor and today he talks about some highlights of the job, what directors are looking for and asks, have you a good location or property that would appeal to film makers!

2  “L B Loxley’s Wildlife” This week, LB is out and about, in search of a rare and protected species.

3     “Stargazing above Somerset”  Harold Mead talks about the skies above us in June

4         Recent research suggests that over half of fathers who have sons who are still in primary school fear that their relationship will deteriorate as their sons move into their teenage years.  Holly Green, representing the charity “Beyond Equality” explains why this might be and some of the initiatives that her organisation is helping to try to address this

5   Have you ever been Coldplayed? Do you know what it means to be involved in Easter-egging?  Well, in 2026, it would seem a new vocabulary is quietly reshaping how people date, connect, and navigate relationships. Increasingly, the language of modern romance is being defined by themes of privacy, discretion, and emotional boundaries. To find out more and to discuss this cultural shift towards the need for privacy and discretion in romance, we talk to Lucy Beresford who is a psychotherapist and relationships expert

The Community Show