August 2018 Blog Posts

#EborEve

21st August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is in the Celeb BB house and is worried about unravelling! Rox has been stealing food from the fridge at 3am and letting people cut her fringe!!! On social media look out for #TeamRoxy

The Ebor Festival starts tomorrow at York Racecourse and Ben has been trying to get #EborEve trending and got a RT from Sir Gary Verity!

Ben’s BFF Roy from Scouting For Girls was on air this morning ahead of their gig at Flamingo Land on Aug 31st and said gigs at Flamingo Land are more fun than V Fest and Glatonbury…

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
Today’s line was “Hide the rum” from Pirates of the Caribbean.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning the chance to score a goal in one at York Footgolf on the A19 at Skelton.
Today it was Bandety Blank and Peter from Wrights Taxi’s won the prize.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Graham couldn’t name 5 Take That songs.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am but not until Sept 10th.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:46am

New co-host

20th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is in the Celeb BB house and is worried about unravelling! Over the weekend she did an amazing job singing the American National Anthem for President Kirstie Alley and got pushed in a pool!

With Roxy away Ben has got his 4 year old Nicholas as temporary co-host and he is doing a good job and throws less tantrums than Rox and is spending less time on a time out on the Minster FM reception steps.

We gave Cat a Millennial quiz and she failed, why do we all hate millennials so much? Sorry Cat.

TOMORROW ON THE SHOW ROY FROM SCOUTING FOR GIRLS!!!

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
Today’s line was “6.34am in the house and Roxy is in the diary room” and the answer was Big Brother.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning the chance to score a goal in one at York Footgolf on the A19 at Skelton.
Today it was the 3 Second Theme Tune and the answer was Big Brother.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Steve named 5 Winnie The Pooh characters and won cash and racing badges.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:49am

Are you #TeamRoxy?

17th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is in the Celeb BB house and is worried about unravelling! She says if she unravel it will be like Disney gone wrong! Are you #TeamRoxy?

Today’s House Band were The Confused who are performing at Relay For Life for Cancer Research UK on Sept 8th and 9th, more details about the event on our Facebook page.

Modern signs of being a class act include knowing which cutlery to use…THERE’S TOO MANY FORKS!!!

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “I’ll be back” from The Terminator.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning family tickets to Piglets.
Today it was the 3 Second Theme Tune and the answer was Big Brother.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Scott couldn’t name 5 Leonardo DiCaprio movies.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:54am

Celeb BB starts tonight #TeamRoxy

16th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is going in to the Celeb BB house at 9pm tonight, will you be watching and joining #TeamRoxy?

Ben told his A-Level results story again about how he hid on a boat on the Ouse after his results for 6 hours so his Mum couldn’t find him! Hope you got the grades you hoped for…

We met the York Bid Rangers soapbox team and they are in it to win it with some fighting talk, see the video on our Facebook page.

Tomorrow we have another House Band on air after 8am.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “Here’s looking at you kid” from Casablanca.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning family tickets to Piglets.
Today it was Ben’s Big Jumble which was an anagram of Madonna and Paddy Fern won the Piglets prize.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Paul couldn’t name 5 English counties with letter S in their name.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:29am

Where is Roxy?

14th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is not at work today and no one knows where she is????!!!

Ben used his wife’s toothbrush and apparently it is a real big deal…

Asda is having a Yankie Candle sale with some items at 10p if you are quick!

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “My names Bond, James Bond” from Dr No.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning family tickets to Piglets.
Today it was the Cast List and Alison Baker won the family ticket.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Colonel Toodle Pip couldn’t name 5 Bond movies released in the 60s

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:18am

Roxy is engaged!

13th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is engaged! Congrats to Roxy and Lee and check out this week’s OK Magazine for pics and Rox on the cover next to Meghan Markle.

Is Roxy going on Big Brother? The internet says yes but Roxy didn’t answer Ben’s questions.

The Standard pub in Northallerton has a plane in its beer garden, it was bought by 10 friends off eBay for £1,000.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” from The Godfather.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning family tickets to Piglets.
Today it was 3 Sec Theme Tune and Nick from York Cars identified the Minder theme tune and won the tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Jo named 5 Sugdens from Emmerdale and didn’t mention Jo Sugden and Roxy was livid!

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:25am

National Lazy Day

10th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is talking about being on The Island with Bear Grylls all this week as the show should be on TV soon…Today she revealed they insured her life for £1m and her Mum started looking at expensive cruises.

Today is National Lazy Day, when were you last lazy? Roxy texts people in the same room so she doesn’t have to turn her head!

Liv Harland was our House Band and she will support Pixie Lott at Flamingo Land on August 18th and you can listen again on minsterfm.com.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “Who you gonna call” from Ghostbusters.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to go to Tribfest at Sledmere House.
Today it was Cats Keys and Cat played the Star Wars theme and Tony Holland was our winner.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Sue named 5 Premier League football teams outside London.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:10am

Roxy playing Cheryl in a movie

9th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is talking about being on The Island with Bear Grylls all this week as the show should be on TV soon…Today she revealed she asked to be informed if anything happened to Sly Stallone whilst she was on the Island rather than updates on her Mum and boyfriend!

The nominations for the York Hospitality Awards closes tomorrow and we had Paul Whiting the new head of Visit York on the show.

Roxy has decided she would be the perfect person to play Cheryl in a movie about her life, who would play you in a movie about your life? Ben thinks Chris Pratt could capture his essence.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “To infinity and beyond” from Toy Story.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to go to Tribfest at Sledmere House.
Today it was Ben’s Big Jumble and Scott Watts won the tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Steve couldn’t name 5 Nicholas Cage movies.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:12am

Listener Choice Awards 2018

8th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is talking about being on The Island with Bear Grylls all this week as the show should be on TV soon…Today she revealed she went in to Mountain Warehouse to buy supplies and pretended she was climbing Kiliminjaro!

We launched the 2018 Listener Choice Awards and Roxy has agreed to sing on the night at York Barbican on November 13th if Ben agrees to a dance solo.

We had Panto Legend Martin Barrass on the show talking about a charity cricket match against the Emmerdale cast at Heworth cricket club on September 2nd raising money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “No, I am your father” from the Empire Strikes Back.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to go to Tribfest at Sledmere House.
Today it was Bandety Blank and Josh Patterson won the tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Amanda couldn’t name 5 Wham songs.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:29am

What about ISIS?

8th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is talking about being on The Island with Bear Grylls all this week as the show should be on TV soon…Today she revealed her biggest worry before going to Panama was will ISIS know where we are?

#Kettlegate Roxy wants to know how much you fill a kettle up when you make a cup of tea? All the big issues on Minster FM!

Roxy got a get well message from Tito Jackson this morning on air and was understandably very giddy.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “I’ll have what she’s having” from When Harry Met Sally.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to go to Tribfest at Sledmere House.
Today it was Who Do You Do our impressions quiz and Sarah Bulmer won the tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Lyndsey couldn’t name 5 X Factor acts.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 5:50am

Roxy meets Britney

6th August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy is talking about being on The Island with Bear Grylls all this week as the show should be on TV soon…Today she revealed her plan was just to eat cocoanuts on the island as she really likes Bounty’s!

Ben’s son Nicholas has learnt how to make calls and was pranking people in Ben’s contact list and rang Sir Gary Verity and called him a pumpy head.

Roxy once met Britney and spilt diet coke on her bare feet in an LA bar, Roxy has never met a celeb and not let herself and Mummy Monica down.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing the top 10 movie quotes of all time…Today’s line was “Keep the change ya filthy animal” from Home Alone.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to go to Tribfest at Sledmere House.
Today it was Cats Keys and Gwilym won the tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Jo couldn’t name 5 actors who have played Batman on the big screen.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:54am

Crying over Toy Story

3rd August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy was struggling with a migraine so missed todays show but will be back on Monday.

The film men cry at most is Lord of The Rings The Return of The King…that’s nonsense, Toy Story 3 destroys me!

Honours were our House Band and you can see their performance on our Facebook page.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing 80s movie lines from what we think is the golden age of cinema…Today’s line was “Nobody puts Baby in the corner” from Dirty Dancing

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to see the Proms at Castle Howard on Saturday August 18th.
Today it was Who Do You Do with Ben doing a terrible Sean Connery impression!

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Mark named 5 periodic elements and won the cash and racing badges.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 12:56pm

Mugged off over a pizza

2nd August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Roxy once sang Mama to Mel C when she met her in a hotel…she did a verse and chorus of Mama!

Ben got mad when his little boy tried to let him win at football and told him Daddy only likes winners and now Nicholas has told his Mum “Daddy doesn’t love me as I’m a loser”, worst Dad in the World.

Ben and Roxy played a call Essex police received from a lady complaining that a takeaway mugged her off with a pizza that had mushrooms on! Tomorrow North Yorkshire Police will be tweeting details of every call they receive in a Tweetathon…will any be takeaway related??

House Band time tomorrow at 8.10am with Honors in the studio.

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing 80s movie lines from what we think is the golden age of cinema…Today’s line was “I feel the need, the need for speed” from Top Gun and Bez in Acomb won the pen.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to see the Proms at Castle Howard on Saturday August 18th.
Today it was Ben’s Big Jumble and Shaun won the Proms tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Wendy couldn’t name 5 makes of car which include the letter A.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:25am

Rob Ryan's Movie Reviews - Mission Impossible Fallout

1st August 2018

I have always had this thought lingering in the back of my mind for quite sometime now and after seeing Mission Imposible: Fallout this Wednesday afternoon I'm now feeling very confident in articulating it in text form.....Tom Cruise is a madman. I know that's not exactly an original thought as there have been many cases in his personal life that has given hints of this point, (mainly being a prominent member of the church of Scientology) But on camera and behind the scenes he does a great job of acting normal, respectable, and professional while also risking his life to perform some of the most exhilarating stunts in recent memory, the man is insane to put himself out there like that, how many more sequels to this series is it going to take until there's a stunt that kills him? You got to give it to the man, A lot of stunt people would more than likely be terrified to do the things he does in this franchise, and the fact you are seeing this man do these dangerous stunts rather than an obvious stunt double really makes the set-pieces feel a lot more genuine and thrilling. It's almost as if he keeps coming back to these films just to break the boundaries on how dangerous stunt work can be but still come out fine with no long-term injuries whatsoever. At 56 years old right now, it's amazing he can still keep this up but it also makes me ask, how long can he keep this up until his age gets the better of him.

As for the film, its great! Thrilling, faced paced, twists and surprises at every turn, incredibly well directed and shot, even better than the last film. The film does not shy away from depicting each crash, kick, punch and fall Tom Cruse and the stunt team face. There is no quick editing to fool the audience that non of the kicks and punches are real, no fake green screen to shy away from ACTUALLY hanging from a Helicopter as its flying in the air, and most important of all you can tell everything that's happening in each action scene. No quick cuts and camera shake what so ever! Admittedly I was let down by Rogue Nation in 2015 as Ghost Protocol (which is still my favourite one) set the bar too high for this series and should have been aware that there wasn't going to be any film in the series that would top it, and while Fallout doesn't it comes damn close and the craziness and the execution of each action scene puts all of Rogue Nation's set pieces to shame. Yes I'm including the famous Oprea scene that everyone and their mother was raving about when the film was in cinemas. I'd also go as far to say that Fallout makes Rogue Nation look like Mission Impossible 2, the worst one in the franchise! On an emotional level, I can't help but feel indifferent towards the franchise, mainly because the things that stands out the most in the films are the set-pieces and they are the biggest take away from the films. No one (not even the die hard fans that I'm aware of) talk about the more emotional aspects to them. They seem to be praised as roller-coaster rides then anything that any comment on the characters and plot seem to have evaporated from their minds. With all that being said there are a couple of attempts at emotional moments that will only work if you have watched all 5 films before this one and with me being in-different to this franchise, those moments work just fine. While it's not going to win any Oscars in the near future, they work to add that extra layer of stakes and tension to the narrative, which is really all you can really ask for in a modern action film.

Really what more is there to say? If you are an action fan as well as a avid lover or the series, you probably already saw the film. You probably don't need me to tell you that this film is great, But if you did not catch the memo....this film is great! One of the better action films to come out in recent memory, I'd go as far to say that the film is worth seeking out an IMAX showing as movie experiences as exhilarating as this only come occasionally. between this film and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again, we have two fantastic, crowd pleasing summer releases that you can see right now. Both crowd pleasing for different audiences. For the first time in ages, it looks like we might have a summer where the films released appeal to a wide range of people, not just action fans. It's very refreshing honestly.

Oh I almost forgot, Henry Cavill in more action films please!!!!!!
Rating: 8/10

Posted by Ben Fry at 12:57pm

Yorkshire Day

1st August 2018

Things we talked about today…
Ben sent Roxy a get well card to her fictional agent Claire Ferdanando with a gift and now Rox can’t get it from the post office as she has no ID for an imaginary agent…

One of our 3 things…The perfect colour of tea has been revealed and see the pic on our Facebook page

Yorkshire Day Challenge – Dawn from Escrick answered the phone with Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and won a family pass to York Maze! The Summer of Selfies team is there and Yorkshire Man a Yorkshire super hero are there today!

Chances to win on air with Ben and Roxy…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a new Minster FM clicky pen if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by 6 time nominated Soap Award actress Roxanne Pallett.
We are doing 80s movie lines from what we think is the golden age of cinema…Today’s line was “They’re not gonna catch us. We’re on a mission from God” The Blues Brothers.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to see the Proms at Castle Howard on Saturday August 18th.
Today it was Cats Keys and Glenys won the tickets.

PANIC with York Racecourse (8:15)
You can win £25, county stand racing badges to York Races and a panic button if you can hold your nerve.
Today Mary Anne couldn’t name 5 Sex And The City characters.

Ben and Roxy on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 12:14pm