Blackpool Tower
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Sep 19, 2026
VivekHOST
And all the best people are.
VivekHOST
I'm going to leave you on this... image of Blackpool Tower burning down.
VivekHOST
Blackpool Tower's burning down, burning down.
VivekHOST
Oh wait, now it's got neon lights on it.
VivekHOST
And order was restored to the northwest.
Rob KirkupHOST
In central Blackpool, the very streets are alive with stories.
Rob KirkupHOST
From the grand Victorian theatres that once drew audiences from across the country, to the towering presence of Blackpool Tower, completed in 1894, which has its very own spectral residence.
Rob KirkupHOST
Hotels along the promenade, many dating to the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, hold tales of guests who never checked out in the conventional sense.
Rob KirkupHOST
Their presence is reported by both staff and visitors.
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Rob KirkupHOST
In the Jacobean Room, ghostly sightings are less frequent, but no less unsettling.
Rob KirkupHOST
The most common occurrence here is staff claiming to see chairs moving all on their own during events, and doors slamming without wind.
Rob KirkupHOST
Blackpool Tower.
Rob KirkupHOST
Rising 518 feet above the seafront, Blackpool Tower has dominated the Central Promenade since its completion in 1894. inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Sandro FordHOST
Yeah.
Sandro FordHOST
[laughs] By Blackpool Tower.
Barry from WatfordGUEST
My feet are walking.
Sandro FordHOST
[laughs]
Paul CarrackGUEST
Blackpool.
Paul CarrackGUEST
Blackpool Tower.
Paul CarrackGUEST
Reginald Dixon.
Paul CarrackGUEST
He was massive.
John WilsonHOST
Um, where did you first see him? In Blackpool, I presume.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
Yes, at the Blackpool, [laughs] Blackpool Tower Circus.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
I was brought up in Manchester, and every year we went as a family to Blackpool to see the illuminations and to go to the circus, and I was besotted by this clown.
Charlie CairoliSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Charlie Cairoli and company.
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John WilsonHOST
And what drives you on creatively?
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
Well, you know, I could come full circle.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
When Charlie Cairoli expertly built up the expectation that the bucket was full of water when it was, in fact, full of confetti, and finally threw the confetti and the entire Blackpool Tower erupted, I like that feeling.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
[laughs]
Marius IepureHOST
marketing shall we do i don't know some some type of proper professional marketing for downspout i think that i
Oskar OdiakosaGUEST
think that would be brilliant i think it i mean you know Back in the day when you had competitions like the Hammersmith Palais or these places that are quite prominent, the Blackpool Tower, the Royal Albert Hall, that's where you get a lot of people who are patrons of those societies coming to those events.
Oskar OdiakosaGUEST
And they do that annually.
Oskar OdiakosaGUEST
Now, if you knew that there was a competition that's happening 10 minutes down the road from you in Essex or something like that, and you're going to see some of the top amateurs in the world coming to those competitions, I think a lot of people would be very interested.
KenyonHOST
And then it ends.
KenyonHOST
However Blackpool Tower may be, in time they'll bass away.
KenyonHOST
Have faith in Trumpet BBC.
KenyonHOST
Griff's light make bright your day.
Lee ConnellyHOST
On a Sunday night, we head into Blackpool and actually stayed in a premier inn right in the centre of Blackpool because that's how we roll.
Lee ConnellyHOST
A view of the Blackpool Tower.
Lee ConnellyHOST
Of course, yeah, I paid the extra tenner to see a Blackpool Tower view.
Lee ConnellyHOST
You could see the Blackpool Tower.
Lee ConnellyHOST
you had to sit on the windowsill to see it but you could still see it Sam watched the sunset on one of the free piers of Blackpool I thought I sat there with a beverage I'm not going to tell you what kind I just thought yeah this is it smashed a couple of shows today had a great time in South Port Flower show Tumble said I was amazing here with my family This is what it's about.
Lee ConnellyHOST
Yeah, this is what it's about.
Lee ConnellyHOST
But don't laugh about it.
Lee ConnellyHOST
It did shake me up a little bit.
Rob KirkupHOST
Dazzling displays that drew ever larger crowds and cemented Blackpool's reputation as a centre of leisure and innovation.
Rob KirkupHOST
Amid this rapid development, Blackpool Tower emerged as the crowning symbol of ambition and progress.
Rob KirkupHOST
Opened in 1894, the tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower of Paris and served multiple purposes, a viewing platform, a venue for concerts and exhibitions, and a testament to the town's aspirations.
Rob KirkupHOST
While tourists flocked to admire the iron lattice and panoramic views of the Irish Sea, Blackpool Tower also became the backdrop for local stories of tragedy and inexplicable events.
Rob KirkupHOST
From feigned screams in the empty corridors to apparitions glimpsed among the machinery, the tower would earn its reputation not only as a marvel of engineering, but as a location steeped in tales that defied explanation.
Rob KirkupHOST
The Golden Mile, the stretch between the piers along the promenade, became both a commercial hub and a stage for spectacle.
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Thank you.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
Phil Kelsall, MBE, at the mighty Blackpool Tower Ballroom World.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
It's there.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
And the birds were singing.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
She plays, oh, 200 shows a year.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
touring with her Verzi organ.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
And there was a time not that long ago, I don't know if I've got a date on here, about 2002-ish, something like that, so just the turn of the century, when the instrument was put into the Blackpool Tower to sit alongside the mighty Wurlitzer.
Ian WolstenholmeHOST
It was there a few years, but like everything else, they get hammered and they get used and abused and replaced and condemned to the annals of history.
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