The talent behind the First Bus Short Story Competition ‘Life in the Bus Lane’, are to be the subject of a new BBC Radio 4 Documentary, ‘Bus Lines’.
A number of employees from First Bus operations nationwide, including drivers from First Cymru, First West of England and First Glasgow have been interviewed for the 30 minute programme, which will be broadcast on Thursday 14 January at 11:30am.
David, a driver from Glasgow, won the company's annual short story competition with his moving narrative inspired by a homeless man he spotted whilst driving through the city centre one Christmas whereas Sue, a driver from Bristol, loves the freedom of driving a bus around the city and writes poems and stories for her family.
Driver Lou wants to write a novel based on her experiences driving buses: “You have a lot of weird and wonderful experiences driving a bus,” she says; “I even had passengers come to my wedding.”
You can listen to the programme for 30 days after broadcast at: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vmw29
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