Presenter
Ramblin' Man with Bobbie Hanvey
Sunday: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Bobbie Hanvey
The Ramblin’ Man
Bobbie Hanvey has been hosting his popular programme for 28 years. Born in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, he has lived in Downpatrick since 1966. His autobiography, The Mental, charts his time
as a psychiatric nurse in the Downshire hospital.
Guests on his programme have included UVF leader Gusty Spence, IRA veteran Joe Cahill, the last three Chief Constables of the RUC, Sir John Hermon, Sir Hugh Annesley, and Sir Ronnie Flanagan, and the current Chief, Mr Hugh Orde. They have also included writers such as Eugene McCabe, Maurice Leitch and J. P. Donleavy, who have been interspersed with soldiers, sailors and travelling people. In fact, people from all walks of life in Northern Ireland have featured on his lively half-hour programme.
Bobbie is also one of Ireland’s leading photographers. His first photographic book, Merely Players, presents a stunning array of portraits taken over the past 30 years, of poets, playwrights, paramilitaries, priests and politicians. They include Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel, David Hammond, Gerry Adams, Danny Morrison, Sammy Duddy and many, many more. His most recent photographic book, The Last Days of the RUC, presents the only historic account of the transition to the PSNI.
If you know someone who would be an interesting candidate for Bobbie’s programme, you can contact him at his home address.
Bobbie Hanvey Photography
42a Church Street, Downpatrick.
Tel: 028 4461 3309
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