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Last Updated: Monday, 10 April 2006, 15:05 GMT 16:05 UK

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BBC News and Sport on Tour 2006

A visitor gets some advice on camera operating

BBC staff will share their experience and knowledge

BBC News and Sport on Tour is taking place at events around the UK this summer.

We are on the road with our interactive marquee to give you a behind-the-scenes look at BBC News, Sport and Weather.

This is your chance to have a go at reading the news on television or radio in our special studios. You can also try at some of the technical roles involved in getting programmes on air and check out some of the interactive services the BBC has to offer.

Top presenters

Some of the BBC's top national and regional TV and radio presenters - including Natasha Kaplinsky, Dermot Murnaghan, Hazel Irvine and John Inverdale and top sports personalities such as Steve Davis and Steve Cram - will also be there to give you tips and advice.

So if you are at one of the events we are visiting, drop by for your chance to:

have a go at reading the news and sport on television or radio

present a weather bulletin

be a sound or vision mixer or operate a camera or autocue

check out some of the latest interactive services and gadgets

create a website story about yourself

have a go at some sports commentary, with a BBC commentator to help you

try out the Sport Academy's World Cup and Squad Selector online applications

tell us about news stories you think we should cover

test your news and sport knowledge with our special quizzes

take a tour of the BBC News, Sport, Weather and Newsround websites

meet BBC staff and ask us questions about what we do

find out more about the BBC and its history

Dermot Murnaghan and colleagues will give presenting advice

There are activities for all ages and it's free to take part - although there are general admission charges to some of the events we are visiting.

The BBC News and Sport on Tour marquee will be at the following events this year:

Balmoral Show, Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast
Wednesday 10 May to Friday 12 May

Suffolk Show, Suffolk Showground, Ipswich
Wednesday 31 May and Thursday 1 June

Lincolnshire Show, Lincolnshire Showgrounds, Grange-de-Lings
Wednesday 21 June and Thursday 22 June

Children's Festival, Sheffield city centre
Wednesday 5 July to Saturday 8 July

Royal Welsh Show, Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys
Monday 24 July to Thursday 27 July

Navy Day, Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth
Saturday 26 August to Monday 28 August

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