Great Move North

Tony Maguire
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The north-south divide has gone. Great Move North meets the people who chose to step across the divide to build new lives in the north – and asks: why did they do it? What is it really like to make the move? Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/

  1. 07/17/2025

    Stuart Morris: Swapping the M4 rush and roar for space, silence - and the formula for Living the One in a Million Life...

    When you are looking to find yourself in a world that’s all just got a bit too much; or when you lead a corporate team unsure of your core purpose, maybe one thing you might want do is get lost…on Malham Moor; and maybe there you’ll find a man, and a dog, with insights and answers. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Stuart Morris: Swapping the M4 rush and roar for space, silence - and the formula for Living the One in a Million Life...

  2. 07/03/2025

    Iain & Julia Graham: 'Forget Hackney - this family took a lifechanging decision & decided to grasp The Nettle'

    Despite everything, many insist it’s the best city in the world… so why, with great reputations in the cut-throat worlds of food, events and design, would anyone leave London’s endless buzz for the quiet lanes and fields of Yorkshire’s Dales? Simple. Just look ahead - to the horizon… Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Iain & Julia Graham: 'Forget Hackney - this family took a lifechanging decision & decided to grasp The Nettle'

  3. 11/03/2023

    Philip Caine: 'Drama & danger in the oilfield war zones or Dubai glitz? None compared to Cumbria'

    He ought to have followed everyone else into a job at the huge shipyard, but Philip chose kitchen work, then catering and hotel management. Next? mega moves and mayhem; life-threatening steps in an astonishing globe-trotting career worthy of a best-selling thriller writer. Yet none was fiction, so he decided to write it himself. Meet author Philip Caine; sometime KGB negotiator, global oil’s go-to fixer – and the man who turned his back on Dubai’s high-life…for an overlooked corner of the Lakes. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Philip Caine: 'Drama & danger in the oilfield war zones or Dubai glitz? None compared to Cumbria'

  4. 10/27/2023

    Maggie Massam: 'West Coast highlife or Whitehall mandarin? I ditched both for fieldwork in the Dales'

    She was a globe-trotting big pharma executive who ditched the stateside healthcare mega-millions machine for pre-pandemic Whitehall. But even here something was missing in her career, and her life – until she stumbled on a distant college course. Meet Maggie Massam, the woman with a plan to transform the way we farm and the way we eat…perfectly wrapped in a recipe for contentment. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Maggie Massam: 'West Coast highlife or Whitehall mandarin? I ditched both for fieldwork in the Dales'

  5. 10/06/2023

    Laker & Lane: 'London to Paris? TV or film studio? We both left all that for a lifechanging makeover'

    From Eurostar to close ups with TV stars, Jody and Amy seemed to have it all. Then their lives were turned upside down moving hundreds of miles from home. What about their careers? What would they do? Fate drew them together; a bold plan took shape. Meet Laker & Lane, the clean up women. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Laker & Lane: 'London to Paris? TV or film studio? We both left all that for a lifechanging makeover'

  6. 09/29/2023

    Michael Manaley: 'In London sirens woke me, then sad faces on the Tube. Now? Silence. And glimpses of deer near my office'

    City broker Michael Manaley never understood why his father commuted daily from York to London. On a break with his new girlfriend he paused in the shadow of the Minster to propose. How she reacted to the sights she saw on that fateful trip changed both their lives forever. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Michael Manaley: 'In London sirens woke me, then sad faces on the Tube. Now? Silence. And glimpses of deer near my office'

  7. 06/03/2022

    Laura Glanfield: 'I just missed out being crowned Queen of the Desert, but to my new best friends I'm Queen of the Dales!'

    As her husband’s car reversed out of the drive, Laura Glanfield had a choice to make. Should she fight to keep her marriage and glamorous expat lifestyle in the Middle East’s glitziest centre, or devote herself to the abandoned pets in her care? Find out exactly what Laura chose to do next. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Laura Glanfield: 'I just missed out being crowned Queen of the Desert, but to my new best friends I'm Queen of the Dales!'

  8. 05/26/2022

    Margaret Brenchley: 'I worked at Heathrow but my heart never left the Hodder Valley'

    Author Margaret Brenchley’s career took her far and wide, but her heart always remained in a beautiful valley beside the Forest of Bowland, bordering Lancashire and Yorkshire. Since her Great Move North she’s unearthed countless stories of how wartime families coped with conflict and loss. Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/ Produced by Tony Maguire. Recorded and edited by Tom Haigh.

    Margaret Brenchley: 'I worked at Heathrow but my heart never left the Hodder Valley'
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The north-south divide has gone. Great Move North meets the people who chose to step across the divide to build new lives in the north – and asks: why did they do it? What is it really like to make the move? Find out more at the Great Move North website - https://www.greatmovenorth.com/

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  • Creator
    Tony Maguire
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Great Move North
  • Show Website
    Great Move North