Monday 31/03/08   Story:  East Sussex county council meeting, Lewes   Lewes seemed like an attractive town but this doesn’t sound like the most stimulating assignment does it? We were to film general shots with hopefully interesting accompanying audio, of a county council meeting about road and traffic issues. Afterwards we had a couple of…

Thursday 27/03/08   Story:  Nerve tests and gunsmiths.   I started the morning with an incredibly chatty Thai doctor sticking needles in my legs. This is the third time I’ve had these tests done in an attempt to discover what, if any, reduction in nerve response and function I have in my left leg.  …

Wednesday 26/03/08   Story:  A cat among the pigeons   Three items today, starting with an interview with Kate Hoey, MP, and her support for a free Tibet. My correspondent was looking for some sound bites for the upcoming Olympic Torch Relay.   Next I needed some general shots of pigeons, after I jokingly suggested…

Tuesday 25/03/08   Story:            Shooting my correspondent shooting   I had suggested that clay pigeon shooting might make a fun piece for the once a month World Report we have to do. My correspondent was initially keen, and then suddenly went off the idea, something about not wanting to be seen with a gun on…

Sunday 23/03/08   Story:  Snow falling on crews   It was just my reporter and I who left the office at 0830 to go to Heathrow airport’s Terminal 3. We had permission to film on the forecourt only, not in the departures building at all. The reason given was that this was Easter Sunday, which…

Wednesday 19/03/08   Story:            Protesting Gurkhas keep their dignity but not their medals.   Winter seems to have returned and it really felt like it today. We were filming a large group of retired Gurkhas outside parliament. They had come to make a determined and yet peaceful protest about two issues, one being that those…

Tuesday 18/03/08   Story:            Anthony Philipson gets an hour, and no surprises, at the MOD   After yesterday’s trip to interview Mr Philipson in St Albans he was in London to visit the MOD and attempt to get them to take back a statement that said that his son’s unit commander was partially to blame…

Monday 17/03/08   Story:            A father’s search for justice   Tony Philipson’s son, James, was killed in Afghanistan at the age of 29 and as the coroner put it he was “defeated not by terrorism but by a lack of basic equipment” with those words he was saying that the MOD was responsible for James Philipson’s…

Saturday 15/03/08   Story:  The Hawkers, almost a year on.   On meeting Bill Hawker once again my first reaction was that he had lost a lot of weight, and he later told me that he had lost nearly 2 stone during the past year. Sadness was still there but in a more controlled way…

Thursday 13/03/08   Story:  Extra shots all round.   Extra shots for the Savile Row piece had me back on Regent Street and Savile Row by myself. Two of the tailors’ shops sent people out to ask me not to film or at least question me over whether I had permission. I don’t really think…