The TV Booth Podcast

I think it's one of the best so far, I had to stop myself from laughing right at the start.

Delighted to announce that Trish Bertram will be a guest on the podcast. Recording at the end of September, going live in October.

Really enjoyed the Greg chat Rob.

Listened to the podcast driving home tonight. Was an awesome listen! Greg certainly has some very valid points about the state of TV currently and it is a shame that he feels as though there won't be many opportunities for him on television at the moment. All he needs is to get one show and nail it - I reckon many of us would remember him from Quizmania and I hope he doesn't give up hope for a prime-time show yet.

I absolutely agree. Thanks for your kind words.

2 more episodes to record (Matt Freestone & Trish Bertram), then a special episode to go live on Christmas Day where you get to ask me questions about the podcast and television presentation.

You can PM me here with your questions, or email them to rob.francis@tvboothpodcast.co.uk - you can send audio files as well if you'd like to be on the podcast in person!

I'm recording with Trish Bertram early next week, so if you have any questions you'd like me to ask her, please send them to me by Monday afternoon.

The Trish Bertram podcast chat has just gone live. It was recorded this morning, and was a lot of fun!

Just listened. I thoroughly enjoyed that, especially Trish’s recollections of Pres 2 (announcing on Channel 4) and the loathed ident that was dropped. I’m a bit confused by the timeline here - Granada took over about 1994 - so which was the ident that was dropped and which one returned? I assume the one that returned was the one with a version of the 1989 Dundas score in it and the ITV appearing underneath it in time with drum beats?

EDIT: I believe I’ve found the unpopular ident - at 00:45 here:



Clean version:



And the one I suspect was resurrected:



And then edited slightly - at 01:01:

A very enjoyable podcast, rob. It's always nice to hear people in television who are equally as geeky and anoraky as us and so passionate about her job too.

Thanks for the comments, I've been overwhelmed by the response to this episode, it makes doing this very worthwhile.

Just confirmed Anthony Davis (Stake Out on Challenge, voiceover and announcer) as my first guest of the second series in 2020.

Yes I'm pretty sure those are the idents she was refering to, I remember that the circular one didn't last long. In fact I think they were using both for a while. Now we know why... rebellion in the ranks and a power vacuum.

Great and interesting interview

This might be my favourite episode of the podcast yet. Fascinating and fun conversation, and it was hilarious to hear what the pres team at LWT were able to get away with!