“It seems that every 10 years, there’s a series about the planets that comes around,” says producer Gideon Bradshaw. He’s not wrong there – in 1999, BBC Two’s highly successful mini-series The Planets was launched, featuring appearances from famous pioneering space scientists and explorers, archival footage from both US and Soviet space programmes and narrated by Samuel West. About a decade later in 2011, BBC Two … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Gideon Bradshaw, Producer of BBC’s The Planets

Best known for hosting various food-themed television series, from his long-running Good Food to reality competition Junior Masterchef, 32-year old Irish food writer and TV personality Donal Skehan is perhaps unique amongst his peers for his early start in TV since his early 20s, compared to others who often started in their 30s instead. Says Skehan: “Sometimes I look back on old shows and realise that I looked like … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with TV Host, Writer and Home Chef Extraordinaire Donal Skehan