Take your time: “If you are interested in television, you do not have to decide at this stage of the game what you want to do in TV – I have done almost everything … I don’t think it matters doing lots of different things until you finally settle … It took me some time to realise what I was really good at, which was producing.”

 

Bad things will happen: “Many people have told me that I have no future in television. I have been fired many times and I’ve had a very up and down career. One of my biggest disasters was being a TV presenter – I was literally put on screen and it ended in total humiliation with me being fired at the end of the show.”

 

Keep on believing: “You have to have an undying belief that you’ve got something to say … I’ve never lacked confidence although I have had terrible times.”

 

It’s a good time to be starting out: “If you’re going into media, you’ve arrived at a fantastic time – the [TV] world has totally changed. Streaming services from tech companies have taken over.”

 

Working as a producer: “Ally yourself with great talent. The key to my career as a scripted [producer] has always been my relationship with writers.”