Honeycomb Child

TV How To Be .... Fiona Phillips -- a suprisingly frank interview with the GMtv presenter:

"The job is much harder on slow days when the running order has been in place since the previous afternoon. And I regret the increased number of interactive elements: the sponsorship and competitions. Now it has become more about selling everything than about the content. I remember having to break away from an interview with Tony Blair to a sponsored item about Christmas leftovers. We got slated for it."

My morning tv has been taken up lately with the early Liberal Democrat press conferences. Considering everything they're laid back affairs, carefully ignoring what the other parties are doing on a daily basis. Almost all the questions are asked by some flavour of BBC journalist and for some reason Andrew Marr is always picked on first. Not hilarious but considering the alternatives ...