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Sera is 24. She holds a degree in Documentary Production. She works
on 'The Trisha Show' - UK chat show.Ok, lets get one thing straight, working as a researcher on The Trisha
Show is not glamorous. With 6 shows a week being filmed, you are guaranteed
long days and late nights. There is no non-stop partying, no constant rubbing
shoulders with stars - by the end of the week you have just about as much
energy left to drag yourself to the unfamiliar place you call home.
We work a week in advance and so have 5 days to put a show together. In
an ideal world all the guests are great talkers and can't wait to appear
on the show. However, we all know that an ideal world does not exist. And
in reality some guests change there minds and decide they do not want to
appear on Trisha at around 11:00 PM the night before the show. This is when
you know you are not going to see your bed that night.
There also is a huge amount of paperwork to do. There are notes for the
producer different notes for the editor, smaller notes for Trisha, schedules,
seating plans, camera scripts, running orders. the list is endless and if
your guests change, the notes change, and all have to be re done.
The day your show is recorded tiredness is overtaken by sheer panic. Have
the guests arrived? Are they OK? Are they still going on? Has Trisha got
the notes? One thing that is essential on production day is a good pair
of running shoes. When you have 2 minutes to find the producer within a
huge maze of a building with corridors and doors at every turn, kitten heels
are a definite no-no.
It is hard work with little thanks or recognition but I do work with great,
like-minded people with a passion for television. For me, the best thing
about the job is seeing your name scroll past in the credits at the end
of a fantastic show and realising that maybe, just maybe, your hard work
paid off.
Written by Sera Barrett
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