The College is home to the nationally acclaimed " Bodmin College Jazz Orchestra ", founded and run by the previous Director of Music, Adrian Evans, until 2007 and more recently, by the current Director, Ben Vincent.

In 1997, Systems & Control students at Bodmin College constructed Roadblock, a robot which entered and won the first series of Robot Wars and was succeeded by " The Beast of Bodmin " ( presumably named after the phantom cat purported to roam Bodmin Moor ).

He was educated at Bodmin Grammar School and then studied for a BA in History at University College London.

Born in Cornwall to an English father and Welsh mother, Rogerson went to Bodmin College ( comprehensive school ), then studied Politics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Constructed in 1997 by A-level students from Bodmin Community College, the robot was initially called " Road Rage " but was renamed in response to a request from the programme's producers.

Work on Roadblock began in May 1997, in response to a letter sent to Peter Kinsey, Head of Technology at Bodmin Community College.

The Beast of Bodmin, also known as The Beast of Bodmin Moor () is a phantom wild cat purported to live in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.

Bodmin () is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

It is situated in the centre of the county southwest of Bodmin Moor.

Bodmin Town Council is made up of 16 councillors who are elected to serve a term of four years.

Bodmin is one of the oldest towns in Cornwall, and the only large Cornish settlement recorded in the Domesday Book of the late 11th century.

The Chapel of St Thomas Becket is a ruin of a 14th century building in Bodmin churchyard.

The Archdeaconry of Bodmin is one of two in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and covers the eastern part of the diocese.

The Bodmin Beacon Local Nature Reserve is the hill overlooking the town.

Bodmin Parkway railway station is served by main line trains and is situated on the Cornish Main Line about 3½ miles ( 5½ km ) south-east from the town centre.

A heritage railway, the Bodmin and Wenford Railway, runs from Bodmin Parkway station via Bodmin General railway station to Boscarne Junction where there is access to the Camel Trail.

The Cornish Guardian is a weekly newspaper: it is published in 7 separate editions, including the Bodmin edition.

Bodmin is the home of NCB Radio, an Internet radio station which aims to bring a dedicated station to North Cornwall.

Bodmin is also the home of Localfusion ; a community based local business network geared to provide information on Cornish news, events and social groups.

Bodmin is twinned with Bederkesa in Germany ; Grass Valley, in California, United States ; and Le Relecq-Kerhuon ( Ar Releg-Kerhuon in Brittany, France.

Bodmin Riding is a traditional annual ceremony.

The game is organised by the Rotary club of Bodmin and was last played in 2010.

The game is started by the Mayor of Bodmin by throwing a silver ball into a body of water known as the " Salting Pool ".

The Roman Catholic parish of Bodmin includes a large area of North Cornwall and there are churches also at Wadebridge, Padstow and Tintagel.

Centrally mounted engines powering wing-mounted airscrews was a concept that was explored with the large four-engined Bristol Tramp, the twin-engined Boulton Paul Bodmin and the next design to emerge from Parnall, the single-engined Possum.

Beast of Bodmin was constructed from the chassis and weapons system from Roadblock, with new fibre glass armour, an additional lifting tusk, and two large animated eyes.

Some sources state incorrectly that he was Member of Parliament for Bodmin.

After education at Liskeard grammar school and Bodmin grammar school, he went to Westminster School under Richard Busby, recommended by his uncle William Morice.

In 1881 the Roman Catholic mass was celebrated in Bodmin for the first time since 1539.

Bodmin Gaol, operational for over 150 years but now a semi-ruin, was built in the late 18th century, and was the first British prison to hold prisoners in separate cells ( though often up to 10 at a time ) rather than communally.

* Nicholas Boyer, the mayor of Bodmin, hanged for rebellion, 1549

Isaac Foot was an active member of the Liberal Party and was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall 1922 – 1924 and 1929 – 1935 and a Lord Mayor of Plymouth.

In the South West of England, where the term originated, it is also a word used for the hills themselves – particularly the high points of Dartmoor in Devon and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.

Bossiney ( which included Trevena ) was held from the monks of Bodmin by the Earl of Cornwall: there was land for 6 ploughs and of pasture ( before the Conquest it had been held from the monks by Alfwy ).

The monks of Bodmin held Treknow themselves: there was land for 8 ploughs and of pasture.

The canal was used first to transport lime from Wales for use in Cornish farming, and later to carry copper and granite between the railhead at Liskeard ( from where rail links reached to the Cheesewring on Bodmin Moor ) and the port at Looe.

The Upper Fowey SSSI is a floodplain on the southern slopes of Bodmin Moor and is designated for its wet heath vegetation and herbaceous valley-floor mire communities.

In 1827 he became the representative of Dublin University, having previously sat successively for the boroughs of Athlone, Yarmouth, Bodmin and Aldeburgh.

John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and Viscount Bodmin PC ( 1606 – 17 July 1685 ), known as The Lord Robartes ( or John, Lord Roberts ) between 1634 and 1679, was an English politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War.

In 1679, for his support of Charles's policy of making his brother his successor, John was made Lord President of the Council and was created Viscount Bodmin and 1st Earl of Radnor.

In 1782, he was tried at Bodmin Assizes and sentenced to death for " burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Olive and stealing thereout 2 silver watches, value 5 pounds.

Water volumes are affected by the reservoir at Crowdy Marsh, by abstraction of water for public supply, and by effluent from the sewage system around Bodmin.

Isaac Foot was an active member of the Liberal Party and was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall 1922 – 1924 and 1929 – 1935 and a Lord Mayor of Plymouth.

Probably born in South Wales, he primarily ministered to the Britons of Devon ( Dewnans ) and Cornwall ( Kernow ), where he is associated with monasteries at Padstow, which is named after him ( Pedroc-stowe, or ' Petrock's Place ') and which appears to have been his earliest major cult centre, and Bodmin, which became the major centre for his veneration when his relics were moved there in the later ninth century, Bodmin monastery becoming one of the wealthiest Cornish foundations by the eleventh century.

Michael Joseph ( better known as Michael An Gof, where An Gof is Cornish for " blacksmith "; died 27 June 1497 ) and Thomas Flamank ( a Bodmin landowner's son and London lawyer ) were the leaders of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497.

Frederick Leveson-Gower, younger son of the first Earl, was Member of Parliament for Derby, Stoke-upon-Trent and Bodmin.

The title of Baron Boringdon, of Boringdon in the County of Devon, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for his father John Parker, who had previously represented Bodmin and Devon in the House of Commons.

Bathurst sat as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Monmouth from 1790 to 1796, for Bristol from 1796 to 1812, for Bodmin from 1812 to 1818 and for Harwich from 1818 to 1823.