Bill Buckley

Bill Buckley is our after dinner speaker on Saturday evening. He is a lifelong lover of reading and writing, and trained and qualified as a newspaper journalist with The Midland News Association before presenting That’s Life!, the BBC’s legendary TV consumer affairs programme with Esther Rantzen. Bill was a reporter for the BBC’s Holiday Programme for six globetrotting years, and was weekday evenings continuity announcer for Channel 5 Television during its first six and a half years. Bill presented (and often) produced daily radio shows for 35 years on BBC Local radio stations including Devon, Southern Counties, London and Berkshire, and commercial stations including two lengthy stints with LBC.

Bill is a food writer, critic and judge. He is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and a judge/coordinator for The Great Taste Awards and The Academy of Chocolate. He has cooked live on TV and at several food festivals. He writes music as well as words; he penned Su Pollard’s number two UK hit single in 1987, Starting Together. He has worked extensively at Guildford and Henley’s Book Festivals, and is thrilled to be adding Redruth’s to that list.