Thanks @BecsHall @MattWilliams @SarahLee - it's now my turn as a fellow TM team member to introduce myself on here....
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Thanks @BecsHall @MattWilliams @SarahLee - it's now my turn as a fellow TM team member to introduce myself on here....
I have been chest-bumped by a Tellytubby. I have played with the real Tardis console. And they call this work.
My name is Robin and I am a TV addict. Weaned on Doctor Who, Blackadder, Twin Peaks and Morse, I love it when TV hits the sweet spot of accessible and smart. I don’t trust anything told without humour. Chernobyl, It’s a Sin, even Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: the subject matter can be as grim as it gets, but the best shows all find time for it. Just as life does.
My mum spotted me in the background of the show on which I got my first researcher credit. There, behind the stripper. Most other eyes were, thankfully, elsewhere. I wish hers had been.
This was back in the late '90s with Chameleon Television in Leeds, during a six-month uni placement, then six months paid work (memorable highlight: hanging out with a busload of Daniel O’Donnell obsessives in Donegal).
Despite graduating with a BA in broadcasting, I’m more comfortable with writing about the media than filming it. As well as TM, I've written for titles like Media Week, Broadcast, Radio Times, Screen International and Variety.
After 20-odd years of back-to-back staff roles, lockdown knocked me for six: being made redundant was just one of several major health and financial blows.
Starting out as a freelancer, Matt and Sarah were lifesavers with their offer to host webinars and deliver news for the site, and I’ve barely looked back or had time to breathe since. I tip my hat to anyone who’s taken the freelance path, whatever their reason. I’ve learned I’m more resilient and adaptable than I thought, more professionally valued, and that taking risks and stepping out of my comfort zone from time to time can be good for me..
I don’t miss office politics, appraisals, meetings, or corporate obligations. I do miss security and company pensions and not having to manage all my finances. Sometimes I struggle to find the dividing line between home and work and believe lockdown has permanently affected my perception of time.
I am married and we have two boys, aged 16 and 13. Somehow I expected them to be the same; I was quickly proved wrong. One teaches me about films and music; the other about football. Both are hilarious.
You remember both those who were rude to you and those who were kind. You can learn from both.
I prefer dinner with friends to a lavish awards do. I tend to make an Irish goodbye.
Connect with me here https://www.thetalentmanager.com/talent/138332/robin-parker
I have been chest-bumped by a Tellytubby. I have played with the real Tardis console. And they call this work.
My name is Robin and I am a TV addict. Weaned on Doctor Who, Blackadder, Twin Peaks and Morse, I love it when TV hits the sweet spot of accessible and smart. I don’t trust anything told without humour. Chernobyl, It’s a Sin, even Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: the subject matter can be as grim as it gets, but the best shows all find time for it. Just as life does.
My mum spotted me in the background of the show on which I got my first researcher credit. There, behind the stripper. Most other eyes were, thankfully, elsewhere. I wish hers had been.
This was back in the late '90s with Chameleon Television in Leeds, during a six-month uni placement, then six months paid work (memorable highlight: hanging out with a busload of Daniel O’Donnell obsessives in Donegal).
Despite graduating with a BA in broadcasting, I’m more comfortable with writing about the media than filming it. As well as TM, I've written for titles like Media Week, Broadcast, Radio Times, Screen International and Variety.
After 20-odd years of back-to-back staff roles, lockdown knocked me for six: being made redundant was just one of several major health and financial blows.
Starting out as a freelancer, Matt and Sarah were lifesavers with their offer to host webinars and deliver news for the site, and I’ve barely looked back or had time to breathe since. I tip my hat to anyone who’s taken the freelance path, whatever their reason. I’ve learned I’m more resilient and adaptable than I thought, more professionally valued, and that taking risks and stepping out of my comfort zone from time to time can be good for me..
I don’t miss office politics, appraisals, meetings, or corporate obligations. I do miss security and company pensions and not having to manage all my finances. Sometimes I struggle to find the dividing line between home and work and believe lockdown has permanently affected my perception of time.
I am married and we have two boys, aged 16 and 13. Somehow I expected them to be the same; I was quickly proved wrong. One teaches me about films and music; the other about football. Both are hilarious.
You remember both those who were rude to you and those who were kind. You can learn from both.
I prefer dinner with friends to a lavish awards do. I tend to make an Irish goodbye.
Connect with me here https://www.thetalentmanager.com/talent/138332/robin-parker
