The Sunday Surgery

The Sunday Surgery

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show_name = The Sunday Surgery


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format = Health, Talk
runtime = Sundays
10.00pm - 12.00am
country = UK
language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 1
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starring = Kelly Osbourne
Dr. Mark Hamilton
Aled Haydn Jones
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record_location = London
first_aired = 1999
last_aired = Present
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audio_format = FM and Digital radio
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website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/surgery/index.shtml Official BBC Website]
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"The Radio 1 Surgery" (formerly known as the Sunday Surgery) is a British radio show that airs on BBC Radio 1 on Sunday evenings from 10pm - 12am and as of 14 October 2007 has been presented by Kelly Osbourne and Dr Mark Hamilton. [Cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/schedule/oct2007.shtml
title = Radio 1 revamps schedule with even more Moyles!
date = 2007-09
accessdate = 2007-09-09
publisher = BBC
] It began with Sara Cox in 1999, then was joint-hosted by Emma B. Dr Mark is a registrar at the A & E section of Salford Royal in Eccles, near Manchester. From July 2007, Annie Mac took over the role of presenting from Letitia during the "Sex Weeks Of Summer" a series of special programs during Radio 1's "Six Weeks Of Summer" focusing on sex related issues.

Listeners are given advice to problems in certain areas of their life, mostly for notorious adolescent problems, and other listeners get to share their experiences and advice and also are allowed to give their point of view. It is similar to "problem pages" found in teenage girls magazines. They also have done road shows and have weeks specifically dedicated to one subject, often a type of addictive behavior or dependency.

Open University

Four television programmes were made for the Open University about common themes often discussed about sexual health.

University tours

In October 2005, the programme toured four universities, broadcasting live from the student union bar. The topics covered on the show, are very much related to university life. The four universities included [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/content/articles/2005/09/21/sunday_surgery_sunderland_feature.shtml Sunderland] , . They went to [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/alex_parks/news/radio1_160204.shtml Plymouth University] in February 2004 and Leeds Metropolitan University in May 2003. In September 2005, they went on a "Sex Tour", [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/youth_culture/pages/sex.shtml discussing] sexual health to Yale College in Wrexham.

Common problems

* Bullying
* Gambling
* Self harming
* Teenage pregnancy/Abortion/Contraception
* Exam stress
* Sexually transmitted diseases

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/surgery/index.shtml The Radio 1 Surgery, on Radio 1]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio1/surgery.rpm Listen to the latest show (Real Audio)]
* [http://www.open2.net/sundaysurgery/index.html Helping out at the Open University]
* [http://www.ciao.co.uk/Sunday_Surgery_Radio_1__51988 Reviews at Ciaou]
* [http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music-radio-stations/radio-1/437045/ Review at DooYoo]


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