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Nicole Bartle (born xxx - died xxx in xxx), better known as Bill Mitchell or Uncle Bill, was a radio presenter and broadcasting personality. He became known through his work with the BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) during the 1960s and 70s, broadcasting to servicemen of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and their families who were stationed in what was then West Germany. He achieved a cult following due to his eccentricities and his ‘Big Wood Stories’ that he wrote himself and performed live on the radio.

BFBS Cologne and 'Kinder Club'
Bill Mitchell broadcast from the BFBS studios in Cologne, which opened in 1954 and were based in a large villa at 61 Parkstrasse in the affluent Cologne suburb of Marienburg. He was senior programme assistant and continuity announcer, and presented, as 'Uncle Bill', the daily children's radio programme 'Kinder Club'. The show featured music and children’s stories as well as listener’s requests, and was originally broadcast live at 5 p.m. after the end of each school day. These broadcasts were received by around 200,000 British listeners stationed in the Rheinland, but also reached a wider radio audience of both West and East Germans, Dutch, Belgian and Danish listeners, who could however not be acknowledged by the station as listeners, due to the terms of the station’s performing rights.