Bill's Message Archive
Bill's previous messages will be posted here to assist new and existing listeners alike
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Harmony Night Appreciation Pages
For everyone who loves the Harmony Night radio show hosted by broadcasting legend Bill Rennells which was broadcast live on BBC local radio every Sunday 10pm - 1am until the last show aired on New Years Eve 2023 and New Years Day 2024.
This website provides the latest news about Bill, the programme itself and all contributions are welcome! We'll provide contact details in due course - in the meantime do feel free to subscribe in the box below ↓
PLEASE NOTE: This site is currently under development so it may take a while to get all features operational. Thanks for bearing with us. We'll be making improvements as soon as circumstances permit!
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Crew Messages - allows you to catch up with crew members - click here
Joke Box - to provide some welcome humour - click here
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Poetry Corner - which was always a popular part of the Harmony Night show - showcases the poetic talents of the Harmony Night family - click here
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While Harmony Night is off air, Bill aims to bring you a short message each week, that will be posted on Sunday night around 11pm.
Previous messages can be read on the archive page - click here
October 5, 2025
Hello me Hearties: Its been a nice week and hope yours has been good as well. The highlight has been a visit to us from a former Radio 2 mate Steve Madden. I found him a few weeks ago in Hertfordshire at the funeral of another of our Radio 2 colleagues Colin Berry and happily he came to see us last week. Rita joined us and I was a little worried that she might feel left out during our chat about times past. Not a bit of it - we all got on well and the lunch at our local carvery was prolonged because the service was bit slow. I suspect that may have been because pubs these days are short of staff because firms can't afford to employ so many people.
Steve is these days presenting programmes at Radio Victory in Portsmouth but looking round at most of the BBC national presenters he should still be there and be a household name. The fact that he isn't is an indictment of the BBC's daft assessment of what makes a good presenter. If it were my choice he'd be one of their peak time talent.
However, I'm still getting impatient with the "Defund the BBC - I never watch it" idiot crowd on social media.. As I've mentioned before, there are some brilliant programmes. I've recently instanced Freddie Flintoff's Fields of Dreams and it was wonderful during the week to see the return of SOS Build, brilliantly presented by Nick Knowles.
It was so moving to see people crowding in to work for nothing to dramatically improve the house of a mother and two daughters, the younger one of whom has a rare medical condition and sadly has a low life expectation. The programme reveals that , while there's a lot of evil, there's also a tremendous amount of kindness. I know that it abounds in our Harmony Night family.
Love and best wishes to you all.
Bill broadcasting live on the last ever Harmony Night programme... for now!
Latest News
We'll update as soon as we can...
Condolences
We're very sad to hear of the passing after a long illness of Gordon, father of John of Kidlington, and we extend our deepest sympathy to John and his wife Nora.
A message from the BRAS Editor
Dear Friends:
It has been such an honour and pleasure to produce the Bill Rennells' Appreciation Society (BRAS) magazine for the last 24 years. We will keep you informed via the web and magazine about our Fan Club lunches around the counties.
Our first lunch will no doubt be in Greater London. We are still trying to find decent places to meet and greet around the counties. We will, as usual, use the Victoria Hotel in Canterbury as we have done over the years. We aim to have a summer party in Beckenham in July and if any of you would like to join the club and meet up with Bill and some of the listeners please contact us via radiorennells[at]aol.com (replace the word 'at' with the @ sign).
Bill and I, like many of you, have shed many tears over the dreadful loss of our beloved family programme. It is a bereavement. People everywhere are grieving over the loss of their favourite presenters. Harmony Night attracted listeners , not only in the UK, but around the world because there wasn't another radio show like ours. All the beautiful music chosen evoked so many memories . Now, Sunday evenings are full of boring phone-ins.
Al, Pete, Lisa and Sydney, the cheeky cat, have done a marvellous job keeping us laughing. We can't thank them enough for all their love, and yours, which has made the show such a success. Bill, we call The Master. He has the humour, wonderful voice, doesn't talk over the beginning and end of the music and is a real pro. We all love him and the crew so much....Hope to see some of you soon....
Love, Rita
Sydney Update
Sydney writes: "One July da forf, I woz four and da hoomans made me wear a stoopid collar. I didn't even get no cake as day said it woz bad for katz. Honestly, I fink day knows nuffink. Fanks, bye!"
Petition created
A Harmony Night listener has started an online petition urging the BBC to reconsider plans to axe the show. If you would like to sign it, please click here:
https://www.change.org/p/save-bill-rennells-harmony-night-programme-on-bbc-local-radio
End of Year Deadline Passes
The final Harmony Night show on BBC local radio was broadcast live on New Years Eve 2023 from 10pm to 1am.
Furry Friends Gallery
Meet the Furry Friends living with Harmony Night listeners, who have submitted their favourite pictures of their much loved pets.
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Sydney Stories
Find out what Sydney the Cat has been up to and view his latest pictures.
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