About me
I’m a freelance journalist and author writing about television and pop culture for magazines and newspapers and interviewing cast and creatives for media press packs for production companies, communication agencies and TV channels.
Magazines:
Melody Maker, features writer & film reviewer (1982 – 83)
New Sounds New Styles (1982)
No.1 Magazine, features writer (1983 – 88)
New Musical Express, film reviewer (1994 – 95)
Best Magazine, showbiz writer (2002 – 07)
Cosmopolitan, Undercover Man & Venus and Mars columnist (2007 – 10)
Buzz/TV Magazine, executive celebrity writer (2010 – 18)
Pilot TV Magazine (2019 – 20)
Entertainment Daily online (2019)
Radio Times.com (2019 – 20)
Metro, 60 Seconds, TV To Go & Tips from the Top contributor (2019 – present)
Also Telegraph Weekend Review, woman&home, The Sunday Times, Daily Express, Prima, 19 Magazine, Just Seventeen, The Village Voice
Press packs:
Save Me Too (Sky Original)
Stay Close (Netflix)
The Flatshare (Paramount+)
The Tower I (ITV1)
Innocent II (ITV1)
The Rising (Sky Max)
The Pact Series 2 (BBC1)
Grace Series 3 (ITV1)
The Wheel (BBC1)
Saturday Night Takeaway Series 16 (ITV1)
Next Level Chef (ITV1)
Dinosaur (C5)
Marcella (ITV1)
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (Peacock)
Ben Fogle: Lost City Detroit (C5)
Ruby Wax: Castaway (C5)
Ackley Bridge Series 5 (C4)
The Singapore Grip (ITV1)
Wild Bill (ITV1)
Glass Houses (ITV1)
Cinderella After Ever After (Sky Max)
Hansel & Gretel After Ever After (Sky Max)
Jack & The Beanstalk After Ever After (Sky Max)
Little Red Riding Hood After Ever After (Sky Max)
Tell Me Everything (ITV2)
Walk the Line (ITV1)
Zomboat! (ITV2)
Books:
The Saint: From Big Screen To Small Screen and Back Again (Chameleon/Andre Deutsh)
Pop Stars in My Pantry (Unbound, 2017)
TV:
Exploitica & Exploitica Rides Again, writer (Mentorn-4-Later 36 episodes, 1999 – 2000)
My Life with James Bond (Unique TV for ITV1, 2006)
It Started with Swap Shop (Unique TV for BBC2, 2006))