Overheard by a Director on comms: “can someone please turn down the noise of the bubbles in the hot-tub, they're too... bubbly” #OverheardInTelly #TV #Media #Bubbles #HowBubblyIsTooBubbly #Comms #television

Overheard in the viewing of an edit for a story-driven fact ent series (exploring v sensitive subject matter)... Exec to edit producer: “this cut is too much about the stories”. #WhoNeedsStoryAnyway #TV #OverheardInTelly #EditSuiteStories #Television #Media

Producer to parent: “ugh, I’m working with one of those ‘knee-jerk-NO men’, you know, those who automatically say no to your good ideas because they don’t like that it’s come from someone else, & then regurgitate it later down the line as their own”. Parent: “that’s just all men”

Producer to post house runner (just now): "we need two urgent lattes". #LatteEmergency #OverheardInTelly #NotThatWeCatastrophizeOrAnything #TV #Media

When timehop brings up casting calls... #Telly #overheardintelevision #obesity #casting #TV #castingcall #meedjyah

“Run after her we need a release from” 😂 x.com/ItsAlfieGreen/…

#TV

Exec talking about talent: “they’re a bit tricky to pin down because they’re also trying to re-launch their mediocre music career....” #TV #Mediocre #OverheardInTelly #Talent #Execs

Producer to PM: “once, an exec had the ultimate Freudian slip, they said: ‘triumph in the face of DIVERSITY’ as opposed to ADVERSITY, and I just thought to myself: you don’t even realise how ironically right you are if you apply that statement to TV. Brilliant...” #TV #overheard

#Freelancing #TV #FREELANCERDEPRESSION

Producer to Coordinator, listening to VO samples: “but can you imagine her saying VAGINA?" #TV #overheardintelly #Vagina

Prod to AP: “what’s the best thing about working on a Louis Theroux doc? AP: “well when you’re on a night out and you’re chatting up a girl and she asks you what you do for work... yeah, that gets you major points” #TV #OverheardinTelly #LouisTheroux #ChatUpChat

“...approaching people on the street and asking for urine samples” #TV #Casting #OverheardInTelly #UrineSamples

SP to AP (about talking to nervous contributors): "You're too kind. It's not going to get you very far."

Overheard on set: “do we need a release form for the dog?” #godhelpus #overheardintelly #tv #media #releaseforms #dogs

PM to Director: “yah so the leaves you wanted for the shoot are actually from South America, you can’t get them over here”... Director: “right, ok, because I didn’t like the other leaves that you showed me. Cant we get a leafier leaf? Surely we can get leafier leaves?!” #TV

Producer in gallery: “this is so technical it feels like we’re trying to launch a rocket to space! How do people actually do THAT?!”

Editor to ed-prod: “I’ve heard the company are really stingy with rates and money because they know everyone wants to work for them...” #TV #overheardintelly #popularmeanspayless #stingy #morals #money #budget

PM to PD: “... we have a last minute shoot... and wanted to see if it would suit you to come? Just one question, are you clean shaven or willing to be?” #OverseenInTelly #WorkEmails #TVCrewRequest #CleanShaven #TV Phil Turner Director #overheardintelly

Commissioner to Producer: “is anyone actually producing in those edits - this cut sucks the soul out of me”. #OverheardInTelly #TV #CutsThatSuckSouls #TheEdit #Television #Meedjyah