Wot Cheor Geordie was an early attempt by the BBC to produce a radio variety programme broadcast from Regional Studios and in a local dialect.
Wot Cheor Geordie was a radio variety programme broadcast from the BBC Regional Studios in Newcastle.
In 1948 the programme title was included under the "variety" category in the BBC publicity file and it this fact brought it to the notice of London, who requested a recording.
It utilised the fictitious character "Geordie Marley" who had been created by Newcastle comic writer Captain Walter Dierecx .
The famous races that the song was written about were held seventy-five years ago today….... Marley – (after humming the concluding bars) Hillo!, ah’ll back ye knaa wat the tune is?