I was just on that radio 2 drivetime show with Simon Mayo doing a follow up of a piece they did with Richard Hammond about his shed yesterday, the hamsters dad’s shed sounds great, I always say shedism is the genes.

I was introduced as the International Shed expert but as you well know Iam just the bloke who likes looking at your sheds!.

Anyway Simon accepted my invitation to become a judge for Shed of the year 2011, of course he follow previous DJ judge Chris Evans, and look what happened to him after he was judge, shed judge is a great media stepping stone

He does have some shed previous as he was on the allotment show the Big Dig a few years back, before they were fashionable and did a great episode on sheds if I remember.

Sally traffic said she will be getting a shed, so I hope she shares her shed soon, also I wonder what sort of shed Simon’s mate Mark Kermode has – a cinema shed maybe?

I have opened entry for Shed of the year 2011 competition early so you can SHARE YOUR SHED here, do you think your shed can beat this years winner – The Lady Sarah

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Today’s great coverage of shedworking on the BBC breakfast show showed that sheds are sometimes taken seriously in the mainstream media.

But it was their use of social media to get the information together from their viewers via their facebook, twitter and flickr pages that impressed me, but having the televisual platform to pop the link on screen to the sites is useful and must grab the viewers and a great way of creating a two way conversation between the comfy sofa in the studio and the sofa at home.

anyway here are some of the great sheds they featured

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This sounds an interesting programme on the World service about, I assume the great institution of Australia men sheds on 26/03/2010 10:05 I will be listening on the Ishedplayer.

photo credit: mugley

In Australia the shed is used to combat loneliness and depression in the older male generation. Sharon Mascall reports.

Thanks to Martin Belam for the heads up

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Reg the captain in charge of The Lady Sarah emailed me to say he has been on the Radio a bit recently talking about his shed and other pirate things.

Here are some shots from the interview which was on the Radio Essex yesterday (listen again)

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Not only did a Bletchley Park Hut win the hut category in this years Shed of the year, and was of course a major player in ending the second World War its also the base for a BBC radio comedy.

Hut 33, the sitcom set in Bletchley Park in World War Two, returns for a third series.

It’s 1942 and things are looking grim for the Allies and even worse for Hut 33, who remain the worst performing hut at the secret code-breaking facility at Bletchley.

Perhaps if Charles and Archie stopped feuding and Gordon could concentrate on his number sequences instead of acting as peace-maker they would make better progress.

Joshua, their commanding officer, struggles with even the most basic concepts like his name, let alone fiendishly complex German ciphers.

Mrs Best, their landlady, is always ready to offer a shoulder to cry on and plenty more besides, whereas Minka, the Polish hut secretary, is an efficient sociopath who believes lethal violence is the solution to any problem.

The show features an all star cast and an award-winning writing and producing team whose credits include Think the Unthinkable, Recorded for Training Purposes and Concrete Cow.

Recording at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London on Friday 25 September. Doors open at 12.45pm. Also recording on Sunday 27 September. Doors open at 7.15pm.

To apply for tickets, visit the BBC Tickets Website or call the BBC Ticket Line on 0370 901 1227*.

You can read the writers blog here.

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