From crying in the stationery cupboard and mis-spread Marmite to paying a producer's drug dealer - do these runners' tales strike a chord with anyone?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/30/life-as-a-runner-in-the-uk-film-and-tv-industry
‘I was screamed at for incorrectly spreading Marmite’: life as a runner in the UK film and TV industry
After Richard E Grant’s revelations about his daughter’s experience, readers share ‘harrowing’ memories of the job
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Sheryl Sandler BFE
Expert Contributor
I once worked with a director who said: 'I think the runners spit in my tea'. I said: 'well IF they do, it's because you're so rude to them'. Shameful behaviour. I tell runners to do the often thankless job with enthusiasm and they won't stay runners for long.