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Hosted by Tony Maguire · society · EN-GB
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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Contact path
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Booking probability
22%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe 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?
Great Move North is hosted by Tony Maguire. The show has published 18 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Stuart Morris: Swapping the M4 rush and roar for space, silence - and the formula for Living the One in a Million Life..." (17 July 2025, 27 minutes), "Iain & Julia Graham: 'Forget Hackney - this family took a lifechanging decision & decided to grasp The Nettle'" (3 July 2025, 24 minutes), and "Philip Caine: 'Drama & danger in the oilfield war zones or Dubai glitz? None compared to Cumbria'" (3 November 2023, 31 minutes).
Great Move North publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for Great Move North is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Great Move North requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Great Move North's contact route on record: public web form.
Tony Maguire hosts Great Move North, a society podcast with 18 episodes published.
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<p>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...
Episode #1
<p>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...
Episode #4
<p>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...
Episode #3
<p>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...
Episode #2
<p>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...
Episode #1
<p>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...
Episode #6
<p>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...
Episode #5
<p>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...
Episode #4
<p>As thousands of British holidaymakers eagerly planned their dream holidays to Walt Disney World, one woman was packing her bags to head in the opposite direction. Ayme Harrison has stunned her Sunshine State friends...
Episode #3
<p>Like all kiwi blokes, Steve Ward loves watching the awesome All Blacks. It’s just the game they play isn’t in the same league as his: rugby league stirs Steve’s passion, nearly as much as his dream... to build a new...
Episode #2
<p>Andrea Ward felt torn as she chose a new, safer, life for her family in a new country thousands of miles from home. Then she had an idea: why not bring part of that country with her and help those she’d left behind...
Episode #1
<p>Personal trauma, critical illness and high pressure careers would have been enough to derail the lives of most people, yet Julie and Martin Carrick aren’t like most people. Shrugging it all off they carried on with...
Episode #6
<p>Bored and restless, triathlete Andy Mouncey needed a new challenge. He felt he’d found the answer as he set out on an astonishing race against the clock from London to Paris. He quickly found that wasn’t enough...
Episode #5
<p>Eager to succeed, Lizzie Kaye sat at her desk in the heart of Big London Publishing and stole a glance at her colleagues. All seemed careworn. Was this her future? Five years might mean promotion, ten perhaps a...
Episode #4
<p>Life changed forever for Kay Backhouse when an unexpected birthday card dropped through her door. It came from her brother, Syd, who never celebrated birthdays. The card’s hidden message launched an astonishing...
Episode #3
<p>Globetrotting telecoms consultant Keith Mothersdale faced one problem as he eased into idyllic rural life: “awful broadband.” So Keith decided to fix it – with a spade and a bold idea. From a shed in a sleepy...
Episode #2
<p>Living in Brazil, the privileges of Ali Priestley's international expat lifestyle sat in sharp contrast with the searing poverty and constant threat of kidnap. With Covid surging out of control, Ali was left trapped...
Episode #1
<p>When Tanya Carter opened her bookshop she faced two seemingly insurmountable hurdles – no experience of an industry dominated by giants and a global pandemic hurtling towards small businesses trying to get on their...
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