BBC Radio 4’s “Any Questions?” To be Broadcast During The General Election from Eltham’s Gordon Primary School

PRESS RELEASE no: 2015/03

25th March 2015

Gordon Primary School and The Progress Residents Association are delighted to announce that BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? will be broadcast live from the School on Friday, 17th April as part of the Progress Estate's 2015 centenary celebrations.   Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., from which time questions may be submitted.   The broadcast will start at 8:00 p.m. and end at 8:50 p.m., after which everyone attending (including the BBC's Team and the Panelists) is invited to remain behind for refreshments.

The broadcast is expected to take place during the 2015 General Election campaign.   Due to our proximity to London, we are hopeful the panel will include well-known politicians.

Although tickets are free, seating in the School’s Hall is limited.   Places may be booked by calling or texting one’s name, phone number and the number of tickets required to 07599 610262 or by emailing the same information to 2015tickets@gmail.com.   Tickets are to be collected on the day, at the door.

Those wanting details of all the Association’s 2015 events should click click on ‘2015 Ticketing info’.

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS   There will be an opportunity for the press to take photographs of the panel during the warm-up session that starts at 7:30 p.m.   Photographs cannot be taken once the broadcast is underway.   Electronic photographs of the presenter, Jonathan Dimbleby, are available by email from pictures@bbc.co.uk or via the website www.bbcpictures.co.uk.   Photographers should make contact with the BBC’s producer when they arrive.   Members of the press who wish to stay for the broadcast must apply for tickets, as described above.

Note for Editors:

Originally named the Well Hall Estate, The Progress Estate was built in 1915 to provide housing for the many additional workers the Woolwich Arsenal needed to manufacture the armaments required by the services during the First World War.   Conservation Area status was granted in 1975, in recognition of its unique architectural character.

For additional information, please contact:

Keith Billinghurst

Progress Residents Association committee member

56 Arsenal Road

Eltham

London  SE9 1JY

tel: 020 8856 5593 or 07962 877389

email:               TheProgressEstate@Gmail.com

Twitter:             @ProgressEstate

Website:           www.progressestate.co.uk