Waiting for Sign-off
An all too real, recurring nightmare that surely, at some point soon, somebody in power will finally learn from. But until then, this torturous process keeps happening…
Why Did I Read the Daily Mail Comments? (A Poem)
I have made a mistake. For a show of mine, I decided to read a review online And then like a fool (have you done it too?) I scrolled … Continue reading
The Internal Monologue of a TV Freelancer
EVERY DAY DURING PRODUCTION: I did not go to university for a career that ever requires setting my alarm for 5 a.m. I need to leave telly. Crap, these are the jeans without … Continue reading
The Annual Employment Cycle of a TV Researcher
January Funemployed! No one’s hiring in January so you can play out with your other telly friends, except Jules who’s annoyingly sticking to Dry Jan so won’t be invited anywhere this month (even … Continue reading
Rent a Minority!
Does this scathing website finally offer a solution for all our TV diversity needs? Check out http://rentaminority.com brainchild of @ArwaM Hopefully we’ll all recognise it as a spoof site, exposing the … Continue reading
QUIZ: How Much Has Your TV Career Damaged You?
Work in Telly? Take our handy 7 question quiz to find out the terminal tolls this career may have already taken on you: 1. The filming dates have been changed and so … Continue reading
A Word to the TV Wannabes
Despite my job as a casting AP relying on people wanting to be on TV, I cannot stand to be in a room with people who want to be on TV. … Continue reading
7 Questions TV Types Get Tired of Answering
Dear non-telly friends, it’s really rather splendid that you still take an interest in my work. But, after years in The Biz there are certain repetitive questions which are less … Continue reading
TV Commissioner New Year Resolutions
We can’t promise but we can certainly hope that at least a few TV Commissioners are making these resolutions for 2016: “This year I will write down what I say … Continue reading
How to Survive a TV Industry Christmas Party
Non-telly friends have started posting photos of their office Christmas parties. There are dinners and sequins and people pulling crackers rather than pulling celebs. As I listen to my recruitment … Continue reading
9 Reasons We’ve Threatened to Quit Our TV Jobs (This Week)…
Runner: “The ground refuses to swallow me whenever I’m called into the boardroom mid-meeting to make the PowerPoint work.” Researcher: “I have been given a patronising lecture on plagiarism after … Continue reading
Media-Types: How to Tell You’ve Become One
You started out normal enough; back then you thought this was a job, not a lifestyle choice and you certainly didn’t think sushi was a basic food group. Now as … Continue reading
Dear Freelancer…
Try to ignore that cautious voice in the left corner of your brain. This is not the last ever contract you’ll be offered. Book the holiday. Go, be the Best … Continue reading
Surviving the Fickle Friendships of TV Freelancing
Next Monday is the day of my arranged marriage. For better or worse, I will be spending two months alone in a room with a man I’ve never met and … Continue reading
7 Excuses for the Silence
After much soul searching and wine, here are some possible excuses for not updating this blog for nearly 9 months. And yes we are aware we could have each grown … Continue reading
7 Mythical Creatures of the TV Business
Leprechauns, mermaids, frigid cameramen… who are the least likely characters to stumble upon in your television career? 1. The Decisive Commissioner The unicorn of the industry; a lovely idea that … Continue reading
Dating Lessons from TV Casting
“You know it’s dating, and not CASTING for the role of partner, right?” This was my series producer’s valid interruption as I listed the reasons Friday’s date wasn’t worthy of … Continue reading
Why You Can Never Leave the TV Industry
Your script meeting has been postponed till 6pm because the exec’s guinea pig is sick and so you’re cancelling your first date in months, meaning you’ve been wearing the shirt … Continue reading
A Year On (TV Shocks, Successes & a Splash)
TV Types is celebrating our first anniversary. The TV world has changed since we began. 2013 saw top TV talent being outed as pedos, the broadcast of Gogglebox – a … Continue reading
12 Telly People New Year Resolutions
Back to work on Monday and this year (as in every year) we’re on a serious mission to catch the mythical unicorn that is “work-life balance”. This year we will: … Continue reading
TV Job Karma
Sometimes the media industry seems a little off balance… Give an 18 hour day. Get to come in half an hour late the next day. Give career advice to a … Continue reading
7 Perks of Becoming a Producer
If you hang around long enough, making it past the days and nights of despair when you can neither remember why you wanted to work in TV, how the phrase … Continue reading
Bitter Reality of a TV Career (Video)
Technically, it’s probably cheating to come back from a summer blog break with a recycled video, but it’s a classic and annoyingly sums up the frustrations of working in TV … Continue reading
1 Award & 5 Great Blogs for TV People
TV Types has been nominated for a blog award! Between us we have 3 BAFTA and 7 RTS awards but have none of us have big enough wigs to ever … Continue reading
Not in the Job Description
A TV job description has very little to do with what will actually be required of you. Here are some things that aren’t yet, but could truthfully be, listed as … Continue reading
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