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Phillip Schofield, David Cameron and THAT List

By ⋅ November 9, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

Otherwise entitled, The Production, The Presenter & The Press Part 2   (part one is here!).   Was Phillip Schofield to blame for the way in which ITV’s This Morning programme handled the interview with Prime Minister David Cameron? I won’t rehash the details – they are available all over the Internet if you want to [...]

How This Morning ‘ambushed’ David Cameron

By ⋅ November 8, 2012 ⋅ 9 comments

It’s all over the online news – and will be all over the headlines tomorrow – Phillip Schofield handed prime minster David Cameron a list of suspected Tory paedophiles during a live interview on ITV’s daytime show “This Morning”. With the Jimmy Savile investigation in full swing, the show was following up rumours that senior [...]

Are You Wasting Your Work Time on Social Media?

By ⋅ November 6, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments

Social media, eh… Where would we be without it?   And what a great resource it is for TV work – finding case studies, jobs, stories and the rest of it.  Most TV employers are very relaxed about employees using social media. You are after all working in a media environment.  Of course social media can get you [...]

How Twitter Cost Me a Great Job in TV

By ⋅ June 25, 2012 ⋅ 11 comments

Using social media to promote yourself in TV is essential. It is a fabulous resource for that all-important networking process – but it can backfire! Lou Gallagher is a familiar contributor to this blog. She wrote about her desire to change careers from the charity sector into TV and then wrote about her success in [...]

HOW WOULD YOU PRODUCE THE BIGGEST RIVER PAGEANT SINCE 1662?

By ⋅ June 6, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

I could rant. I could jump on the BBC-bashing bandwagon but that would be too easy. Let’s instead offer up Ten Top TV Lessons to Learn From the BBC’s Production of The Biggest River Pageant Since 1662. So much more positive and constructive!    A Presenter is only as good as the Producer/Production put behind [...]

“You have 20 seconds to comply!” Why Compliance is Compulsory in TV.

By ⋅ February 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

So you want a job in television but I’m guessing you’ve never considered a role in compliance. What is compliance? Ah – well it’s one of the things that worry broadcasters and productions the most. Misunderstanding compliance can get you into serious problems on a television production. It’s an area of television that’s about as [...]

A lesson in looking after guests on TV & Radio

By ⋅ February 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

After reading a previous post about dealing with the myriad problems that pop up when working in TV, writer Jean Buchanan sent me this true story. It is such a great illustration of how best to help an anxious guest that I asked to share it with you all. If you are a runner, a researcher - in fact anyone who may find [...]

How to Make the Most of Problems in TV

By ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

There will always be problems – especially when making television. Life is full of problems and they never stop coming so get used to it! Knowing how to approach problems and go about solving them is a key skill in television production. Here’s how to make the most of problems in TV: A problem is [...]

TV Coronation Street Goes to the Bank

By ⋅ November 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Well the day has finally dawned when product placement becomes OK on British TV. So many years spent being drilled on the horrors of product placement – the workshops, the endless repetition of the Ofcom rules, the scare stories of the sky-high fines for falling foul of the boundaries in daytime TV. It has been officially allowed [...]

X-Factor Evictions – TV Entertainment or Exploitation?

By ⋅ October 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Was I the only one to feel uncomfortable watching the X-Factor evictions last night? Of course it is all part of the format but at what point do we stop using the misery of others for our own entertainment? Do TV producers have boundaries when it comes to exploiting members of the public on television? There are boundaries as imposed by [...]

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