Live TV!: Telly Brats and Topless Darts - The Uncut Story of Tabloid TV Book

David Montgomery, newly appointed helmsman of the Mirror Group, wanted to make megabucks with pay TV, just like his mentor Rupert Murdoch. Janet Street Porter, BAFTA award winner, self-appointed Style Queen and 'yoof TV' guru, wanted to be the head of her own TV station. And Kelvin MacKenzie, bawdy, jingoistic philistine and mightily successful editor of The Sun, had a vision of tabloid telly that could make a grown man weep. They each had a dream, bless 'em, and together they launched L!VE TV--described by insiders as "Absolutely Fabulous meets Men Behaving Badly on the set of Drop the Dead Donkey"--on an unsuspecting world. Horrie and Nathan chart L!VE TV's antics--from its inception as a 24-hour, rolling, "innervitff"-style station fronted by pretty (but untrained) Tellybrats, through to the rapid rise of MacKenzie-vision complete with Cunning Stunts, topless darts and some poor sod (one of the few Proper Journalists at the station) dressed as a fluffy bunny to read the news--with a comic-strip irreverence that pulsates against the backdrop of a vicious, multi-billion pound war between cable and satellite companies. L!VE TV will tickle in-the-know media bods pink, give nitty-gritty media students a taste of what they may be letting themselves in for, and is a humdinger of a book for anyone who gets their kicks from watching the mighty fall. And businessmen seeking advice on How Not To Do It? look no further.-- Susan HarrisonRead More