“I’d been at my dad’s paper since I could walk,” ITV Calendar’s Duncan Wood recalls. “I was smelling the ink, seeing the presses rolling…”
It’s a nostalgic image, and one that drove Wood into journalism.
After flunking both his O-Levels and A-Levels, he got a job at his dad’s paper, the Sunderland Echo.
“My dad hated journalists,” he laughs. “He went from office boy to Managing Director. He hated them with a passion.”
Clive Myrie is one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents. He came to the ATRiuM building of the University of South Wales on the 16th February to join The Royal Television Society for an evening of discussion.
Tim Hartley, Chair of The Royal Television Society Cymru, steered the discussion with a crowd of student journalists, professionals and Clive Myrie fans.
Firstly, how did Clive get in to journalism – and what inspired him?
CNN International, Sky News and BBC News are in the mix to fight it out to be named News Channel of the Year, whilst Murder of Jo Cox (ITV), the Brussels Terror Attack (Sky News) and Battle for Mosul - 48 Hours (CNN International) will battle it out for the Breaking News Award.
Victoria Derbyshire has already secured a nomination for Daily News Programme, but she is also up for Network Presenter of the Year, which is the second year in a row that she's been nominated.
As joint MD at post-production facility, Gorilla, Paul Owen's main aim is ensuring an efficient workflow of media and data through the GloWorks building. "With tightening budgets, there is always pressure to streamline our processes", he explained.
One of CBeebies' most iconic children's shows, Teletubbies, has added Humes and Walliams to their voice cast to appear in a new series this spring.
It has been 20 years since Teletubbies first appeared on our television screens and it continues delight its young audience. The latest series will feature a new area of Teletubbyland called the Hidey Hup, a different way of getting around in a new ‘honk honk’ Tubby Car and a new signature song for the Tiddlytubbies.
BBC Three’s award-winning Uncle is back for the final part of the trilogy.
It’s been four years since man-child Andy (Nick Helm) forged an unlikely alliance with nephew Errol (Elliot Speller-Gillott). Through two series the pair have been kept apart, seen each other through heartbreak and triumphed together.
When we re-join them for series three, it’s eighteen months since Andy found out that he was going to be a dad and the baby he’s never met is haunting his nightmares.
Born to Kill is the first commission for female writing duo Tracey Malone (who also wrote BBC One's Rillington Place) and BIFA-nominated actress Kate Ashfield.
This series stars Romola Garai (who starred in Atonement and Suffragette) and Daniel Mays (Made in Dagenham) as the single parents of two out-of-control teens.
Channel 4's thriller is a look into the mind of Sam (played by Jack Rowan) who’s on the verge of acting out hidden psychopathic desires. The past comes back to haunt everyone and years of deceit escape from the woodwork.
