Then with the advent of 24-hour news channels and the internet, news became more immediate. The only delay between a story breaking, and you being able to read about it, was the time it took for a journalist to get on the scene and report.
At over two metres tall, with a gravelly voice that rumbles up out of his chest before skittering around in the thick beard that populates his face, Tom Davis could be an intimidating figure.
But he isn’t. In a soft cap, and chunky glasses, looking dapper and approachable, the Bafta-winning scaffolder-turned-comic reflects on an unusual career trajectory that has brought him to his most recent role: Court Bailiff in Dave’s new series Judge Romesh.
When he was offered two days a week on the Scott Mills Show in 2012, he did everything in his power to get noticed. “I would turn up at 8.30 and stay all day and help wherever I could, no one asked me to leave!”
He has since gone on to become a household name on Radio 1 and has carved out an exciting career with fresh and interesting content for the station. “Try and find a way of being yourself which inherently will make you different,” he explains.
Earlier this year, we spoke to Yianni about about wrapping cars, his Hollywood cameo and how to avoid disaster as a YouTuber.
A range of programming has been announced by the major broadcasters to mark the service’s 70th anniversary, including the BBC’s To Provide All People, a live action poem, written by acclaimed poet Owen Sheers and featuring an all-star cast.
Chaired by Philip Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, the awards recognise the best audiovisual work created by students across the UK and Republic of Ireland at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
In the undergraduate categories, Kingston University picked up three awards including the Judges' Award, which went to Laymun. The film, which was created by Catherine Prowse and Hannah Quinn also secured the Undergraduate Animation Award; while Martha Halliday and Hannah McNally took home the Undergraduate Short Feature Award for Mm-Hmm.
In May 2015, Rio Ferdinand’s wife Rebecca lost her life to breast cancer, leaving behind her husband and three children. The documentary that followed captures the footballer’s own grief and worries for his children as he speaks, frankly and movingly, on camera. He meets other families coping with bereavement and loss, and looks at what help is available for parents and children who have lost a loved one.
“I think everyone can relate to that [feeling]” comments the 34-year-old. “When you’re 16 and you think everything’s conspiring against you.”
The award-winning drama garnered a cult following almost overnight earlier this year when it debuted on Channel 4 and shortly followed globally on Netflix.
Filmed over four years, it took viewers on a journey across the oceans like never before. With audiences of over 10 million on BBC One, this series broke new technological ground, breathtaking new science and has lead the debate into the effects on plastic in our seas.
Join us for what promises to be a very interesting and exciting event, rich with clips, as we hear from the producers involved in the making of the series about how the show came together and just how impactful the show has been.
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“I am so proud of our team, and of our programme which is not even three years old. As our HR department says: in development,” she said as she accepted the award, the first of two she’ll win that evening.
