From failing my school exams with distinction to landing my first job in London's West End on the lighting crew of 'Evita!'. Then, following a trail of breadcrumbs, I found myself at Elstree Studios operating the lighting desk on 'Monty Python's Meaning of Life’. Landing a job in video projection, I found myself at the BBC and Noel Edmonds' 'Late, Late Breakfast Show', which led to being stationed above the stage at Wembley Stadium operating the giant TV screen on 'Queen’s Live Magic’.

A chance meeting then introduced me to a passion that was to dominate the next 27 years: television news. I filmed the political turmoil in Westminster, followed by a few dodgy characters on The Cook Report. I jumped ship and joined Sky News which sent me to Bosnia and then down to South Africa where I witnessed Nelson Mandela’s historic election victory.

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The Associated Press (AP) gave me a contract and packed me off to sea to join the crew on HMS Invincible where I played with Harrier jump jets. Reassigned to Paris, I began a meaningful two-decade love affair with the French, their culture, their women, and their food ... though it all started with the death of a Princess.

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The 1998 Football World Cup came to town, bringing its unique party atmosphere. There followed interviews with Presidents and World Leaders, then out to Kosovo, making way for David Bowie’s chewing gum, and breakfast with Lucius Malfoy ...