It’s that time of year again…Oh yes it IS!

With just over a month until the arrival of Birmingham’s biggest pantomime, Dick Whittington, we sent Heart FM Breakfast Presenter and roving reporter Ed James behind-the-scenes of this year’s festive extravaganza to chat to all-things-panto with 2016-17 cast members John Barrowman, The Krankies, Matt Slack, Jodie Prenger and Andrew Ryan.

You can catch up on all of the latest goings on from our star-studded panto launch in our latest Stage cast.

Dick Whittington visits Birmingham Hippodrome from Mon 19 Dec 2016 – Sun 29 Jan 2017.