Fame at last!

[adamsmithjr]

I have made it into that stalwart magazine, The Radio Times.

If you really want the
gory details, read on...

It is, I admit, an implausible piece of casting. I am ungainly, balding, bespectacled and rather shy. I make an unlikely television presenter. But I bluffed my way past the front door of a production company called Tiger Aspect, which makes

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[floralaetifica]

I am ungainly, balding, bespectacled and rather shy.

Odd. I wouldn't have attached any of those attributes to you

the vampiric drain on the goodwill of everyone we encounter

That is a *very* apt description. Well done. (Of course, apt descriptions are what you do.) I find it very hard to explain to people just how horrible film crews are - even though they are generally composed of very likeable people (being partly hired for being nice to work with), they nonetheless have a combined effect which is pure evil. When they are filming anything with non-fiction content this effect is multiplied by about 50.

Well survived.

[adamsmithjr]

Aha, but I was the presenter - so they were on my side. Fortunately we were able to survive without deliberately screwing people over, but I think you are quite right. Reality TV is anything but, thankfully for reality.

[floralaetifica]

Aha, but I was the presenter - so they were on my side.

Yeah, they *say* that...

[daisho]

For the sake of accuracy, I should point out that our economist-cum-presenter does wear spectacles a fair bit. :)

An RT entry is a nifty indicator that things are going well, old chap. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[adamsmithjr]

Oo, I forgot. There are cool photos of the show here: http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/

[undyingking]

Excellent -- rather you than me, but I look forward to seeing the results!

[ocultado]

Damn me for not being able to get BBC for the foreseeable future - I'll get people to tape it for me.

I am ungainly, balding, bespectacled and rather shy. I make an unlikely television presenter.
My parents think you're very presentable and "a lovely looking lad" - what better praise could you ask for? :)

[ocultado]

Indeed not. And you can get BBC2 in Youghal, no?

[ocultado]

People who live in Youghal probably can - you just like saying the word Youghal, despite the fact I've never ever lived there, don't you? :)

Technically I *could* get BBC2 where I currently live, I just didn't bother getting a digital/satellite/whatever subscription as I don't watch enough TV to make it worthwhile.

[jiggery_pokery]

*cough*

Tim, I'm hugely impressed and will be tuning in! (...and downloading the episodes while I'm out of the country.)

I am ungainly, balding, bespectacled and rather shy. I make an unlikely television presenter.

Adrian Chiles is squat, pug-faced and Brummie. However, he is witty and appears to be both passionate and amiable. Accordingly, over a period of years, his star has risen from Working Lunch through 606 to some new daily daytime chat show. Should there be scope for the TV economist to become as viable a career path as the TV chef or the TV fashionista, go and maximise your utility within the constraints offered by the rest of the world. I know several women who fancy that Evan Davies.

Does this make you TV's face of role-playing?

[adamsmithjr]

OK, I admit it...