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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 [...]

From Tabloid Girl to TV Presenter – How Journalism Made Sharon a TV Star.

By ⋅ June 11, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

  So you want to be a TV reporter or presenter? I get so many questions asking for advice on this subject and the next two articles come from two different people who have succeeded in their field by following two very different routes. If you are not already signed up to get these articles [...]

How Charlie Saved His Own Life by Appearing on TV

By ⋅ May 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the things about working in television is the opportunity to make positive changes through telling strong stories. There are far too many examples of TV exploiting vulnerable people but there are also times when sensitively handled productions can do great good. One such positive story is that of Charlie Walduck. He weighed a [...]

Samantha Brick and a Tale of Shoddy Journalism

By ⋅ April 6, 2012 ⋅ 20 comments

Samantha Brick, TV producer and journalist, writes a feature for the Daily Mail entitled ‘Why Do Women Hate Me For Being Beautiful?’ A headline ideally suited to the Daily Mail agenda. It’s easy journalism too – write about yourself and there’s no need to do any research for the story. Some deemed it a journalistic [...]

How to be a Success in TV – From Work Experience to Presenter to Media Mogul!

By ⋅ March 26, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

  If you want to work in TV, whether behind the camera or in front of it, Debbie King’s story will provide plenty of food for thought. Debbie’s career has covered a whole range of TV roles including her main passion, presenting. We like to tell it how it really is on this site and [...]

The Ups & Downs of a TV Fashion Expert

By ⋅ November 9, 2011 ⋅ One comment

 From major Hollywood films to low-budget daytime television, stylist John Scott has done it all and lives to tell the tale. Many tales in fact! John has downed cocktails with Jackie Collins, spruced up Piece Brosnan, sparred with Eamonn Homes and cuddled Ewan McGregor but what he loves most is helping ordinary men and women [...]

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 [...]

TV Expert tells of her ‘Naked Secret’.

By ⋅ October 3, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments

The lovely Anjula Mutanda is a TV psychologist and a great example of how having an expertise can lead to an on-screen role as a TV expert. We worked together on ITV’s ‘This Morning’ where she was our regular psychologist presenting a variety of features, strands and phone-ins on self-help, helping viewers to solve personal [...]

TV Producer Succeeds WITHOUT a Degree!

By ⋅ September 9, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Over the past few articles we’ve been debating the various merits of different types of qualifications if you want to get into a television career. Mostly we debated media degree versus an academic subject. The last post came from Dani, a successful producer who explained why she’s glad she did a media studies degree. But maybe you [...]

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