The People of GTV

Who were they, and where are they now?

GTV, or Guild Television. Based at the Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham.

This is a tribute to all of the people who have made GTV, past and present, what it is. People are listed by the year that they left GTV - in many cases several years after they graduated! Click on the pictures to see them fullsize.

This is very much a "Work in Progress" - I haven't had time yet to write paragraphs about everyone I know/knew, so if your hasn't been written yet it doesn't mean that I don't like you! Oh, but if you don't know who I am, then it probably means I know that you was part of GTV but have no clue as to who you are or what you did.

It is likely that there are some errors on this page, in particular with reconstructing exactly when people were active members of GTV. I am trying to make it as accurate as possible, so if you sees something on here which is not correct, let me know. For a lot of people I have had to guess the year in which they left GTV, based on who told me about them, or by the year that they were on the comittee.

Along with accuracy, I want this page to be as complete as possible, so if anyone has _any_ details about any of the people on here, including ways to contact them and what they did, or if there is anyone who I have missed off this list, or if you want to write a paragraph about how great they (or you!) were, then don't hesitate to contact me and let me know!

Thanks (so far) go to Rob Brewer, for providing huge amounts of info on people who were involved in GTV between about 1992 and 1997, and for outlining the history of how GTV came to be in the basement of the guild, also to (in no particular order) Alexandra Taylor, Kerry Murdock, Phil Hayes, Toby Harris, Monica Coyne, Chas Castell, Robert Longstaff, Peter Coleman and Gordon Kirkpatrick for imparting on me their knowledge, wisdom, ideas, and nostalgia.

Someone mentioned to me that several pictures on this page are a bit dark. Trouble is that they are taken off a digital camcorder, and so what you see is all there is. I might photoshop 'em if I get time, but at the moment that is woefully lacking.

Note that contact details will only be added directly to this website after recieving permission to do so, though I will redirect people to your homepage if your details are there.

01/02/2003 - Update

Updated with everything that people have sent me in the last couple of months. Cheers people, keep it up!

05/06/2002 - Update

After being in touch with Phil Hayes, I have discovered that at around about the same time two weeks ago when I started this project, totally coincidentally, seperately and freakily, Phil and Simon Hargreaves were discussing a very much related idea, which has started up as www.gtvreunited.com. You may want to check it out as well, though there are definite considerations that both projects will merge into one single community website. Stay tuned...

History of GTV

GTV was founded in 1968 in the Medical School. After years of wandering it got studios on the first floor of the Guild in about the late 1970s (directly above the current premises). The move to the basement "media centre" was made in the summer of 1997. The new studio was specified and designed by Dave Wild; Building Services gave us walls, power and lighting bars; Anna Reid and Rob Brewer put it together with help from Gordon Kirkpatrck as and when he was available and occasionally other people.

Founding Members?

The following people were found on the "GTV - The Early years" souvenier tape from the 1992/3 reunion party. I believe that they are founding members, but have not yet confirmed this.

Anthony Lee

Producer and Presenter for a number of interviews, including Kenneth Williams (Carry on Kenneth), Ernie Wise (in which he was the interviewer for both), and John Cleese.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Andrew Goltz

Director during the interviews as mentioned above.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Ray Lowry

Interviewer for the John Cleese interview, mentioned above.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Dave Entwhistle

Had something to do with the Magic Roundabout (parody, I assume), I'm not sure what.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

John Williams

Did graphics on the Ernie Wise Interview.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Derek Cooper

Did graphics on the Ernie Wise interview.

University Course :
Doing What Now? :
Homepage :
Contact :

Gordon Lee

University Course :
Doing What Now? : Anatomy department at Birmingham Uni? Need to find out and contact him
Homepage :
Contact :

Pre - 2000 & not yet determined where they should go

The following are known about, but I have not yet determined in which year they left GTV. If anyone knows, please let me know.

Kath Posner

No info.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Simone Nesbitt

No info.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Kilin Perry

No info.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : Last heard to be a BBC Cameraman
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Pascale Marie

Came into GTV a few times, did some acting in Tiverton Road. Not a regular.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Emma Linfield

Co-producer of early episodes of Tiverton Road. Emma was one of the original residents of number 41, around which much of GTV at the time revolved. Often to be found in the Mermaid bar, one of Emma's finest GTV moments was filming a video to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Higher Ground at the Vale, and getting about fifteen people into a small red car which her boyfriend Rick drove around the carpark in circles.

University Course : Media, Culture and Society.
Doing What Now? : Last seen in Kenilworth, but could well have gone off travelling around the world again by now.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

Alison Holden

A keen photographer, taking many of the pictures we have from her era.

University Course : unknown - 1981 - 1984(?)
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : www.aubaine.info
Contact : alison@aubaine.info

1985

1986

Andy Ashworth

(written by himself)
GTV from 1982-1986, Tech Director in 1985/6. I was one of the engineering staff that was involved in commissioning the EMI 2001 cameras to actually work in colour (these having been procured the year before). I was also involved in the installation of the ProWest vision mixer obtained from Central TV on Broad Street which invovled a mass effort in multi-core cable wiring just before the NASTA conference of 1984 (I think). Also during my time, we produced two programmes for external customers namely, IPC Magazines (Learn to Read?) and a Fishing Video for a guy from Central (Grahma Thompson) which starred Terry Thomas. Other notable memories were setting up the Deb Hall for a production written by Tim Crow for the NASTA Conference and also filming a GTG production of Equus. Also held up by head of undergraduate studies in Elec Eng as a living example of the perils of Student TV in damaging degree prospects! :)

University Course : Electronic & Computer engineering
Doing What Now? : Safety Critical System Engineering based in the East Midlands (only 30 miles from Brum)
Homepage : Luddite who doesn't have one
Contact : andy@the-ashworths.org.uk

Wesley Smith

GTV producer in 1985

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : Now a "star" as he is the anchor-man of Central News in the Abingdon area.
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

1987

1988

Dean Jenkins

GTV Engineer

University Course : Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Doing What Now? : Working for NEC on 3G telecomms stuff
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : Known, permission not yet requested

1989

Martyn Lavender

Long term techie member, in GTV from 1985 - 1989, when he left to work as an engineer at BBC Pebble Mill

University Course : Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Doing What Now? : Living in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, I.T.Manager for BBC (North) based in Manchester
Homepage : None
Contact : Martyn.Lavender@virgin.net

Ian Leeds

Producer

University Course : Unknown
Doing What Now? : Unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Marianne Jenkins

Producer

University Course : Unknown
Doing What Now? : Unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Paula Hall

Producer

University Course : Unknown
Doing What Now? : Unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

1990

Philippa Forrester

Presenter. Subsequently became a CBBC continuity announcer (in the "Broom Cupboard"), The O-Zone, Tomorrows World. University Course : English, probably between 1987-90 (can anyone clarify?)
Doing What Now? : Techno Games, Robot Wars and the Heaven & Earth Show
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

1991

Dave Thomas

Involved with gtv it seems, for a very long time. Lot's of people from the late 80's remember him, though it appears he may have started in the 70's.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : Living in Southend-on-Sea
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Ellis Birt

(written by himself, slightly modified)

GTV from 1988-1991, I was an Engineer in GTV and was very heavilly invloved with the Rewire that took place in 1990-91. I also rebuilt the EMI2001 that was known as Camera 4. It was also at this time that the Sony DXC M3 was bought to replace a Hitachi that was stolen, followed by the first SVHS kit. I also worked on Dr Who "Sacrifice", the James Bond Spoof (Production Designer), and the adventures of Clent the Mouse including the crash edit for the open section of the NASTA 1989 conference - we lost by a technical decision (The tape was still in the UMatic recorder as it was wheeled into the council chamber just time to be used for the competition - some said that we had cheated, quite fair considering the entry was decided on over drinks in the bar the night before) UEA Neus TV took a copy to show on their network though. I dropped out (In debt) in August 1991. Got a proper job as a computer programmer in 1993.

University Course : Physics, then Computer Science (No Degree)
Doing What Now? : Still programming, and working backstage in Amateur and (low end) Professional Theatre in Worcestershire
Homepage : unknown
Contact : ellis@g7sai.demon.co.uk

Roy Softley

Long term techie member, 1984 - 1988, but still involved in 1991

University Course : Elec Engineering. Didn't get a degree (but deserved one; he knew his stuff - Ellis)
Doing What Now? : Self Employed Electronic Design Engineer
Homepage : www.softleyr.demon.co.uk
Contact : Known, permission not yet requested

1992

Max Gates

Executive Producer in 1991

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Jane Geere

Treasurer in 1991

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Aisla Greenhalgh

Advertising Manager 1991

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Geoff Maskell

Station Manager, or Executive Producer as the title was then, in 1991-92. Geoff was instrumental behind the scenes in modernising GTV's equipment, as we moved away from old Umatic recorders to S-VHS decks. Geoff's passion was for journalism and he presented several of the Sabbatical Election Shows. It was a source of great amusment when his photo appeared in the prospectus (and on the University's website).

University Course : Modern History and Political Science
Doing What Now? : (By Geoff himself) Working for the BBC for the last 8 years as a reporter, producer and local radio presenter at a variety of stations up and down the country; Southern Counties, Leicester, Nottingham, (although never as a station engineer). Went travelling a lot through Africa & Australia. Got married, highly recommended. Bought a house. Discovered DIY (not so highly recomended). Heading back to Birmingham in the autumn of 2002 to be the reporter for the regional political programme "Viewpoint Midlands". Sunday lunchtimes on BBC2 will never be the same again.
Homepage : none existant
Contact : geoffrey.maskell@ntlworld.com

1993

Richard Ayers

Treasurer 1992

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Richard Lewis Jones

Known universally as the Moog, Richard was a prime mover behind BVR (bIG vIDEO rHINOCEROS) with Andy Wood and went on to present GTV?s news programme Update Live in 1991.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Kristian Knigge

KK, as he was known, was Executive Producer after Geoff Maskell, (in 1992-3?). He famously appeared in a short film called The Boyfriend, which was made up as we went along. (We entered it for Nasta at Bloomsbury TV, but failed to arrive for the screening as we were all hung over from clubbing at Heaven the night before - Phil Hayes)

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

1994

Robert "robl" Longstaff

Technical Director in 1992-3, and one of the 'full time' GTV engineers, along with Stu Hamlin. Was party to various great re-wirings and the seeing off of as much of the old equipment as possible. Remembers spending an inordinate amount of time in the roof of The Guild, usually above the Deb Hall. Tried desperately to avoid appearing in front of the camera, often unsuccessfully. Made cameos in Phil Hayes'"Tiverton Road".

University Course : BEng(Hons) Electronic & Communication Engineering 1990-1994 (with year out), BSc(Eng) Electronic & Information Technology 1994-95
Doing What Now? : Project manager at telecomms company AePONA (England) Ltd (http://www.aepona.co.uk), formerly a division of Ericsson, in Guildford
Homepage : www.dreamfish.org.uk
Contact : dreamfish@dreamfish.org.uk

Stu Hamlin

Technical Director in 1993-4

University Course : BEng Elec Eng 1990-93, MSc Elec Eng/Comp Sci 1993-4
Doing What Now? : Unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : Unknown

Ira Jersey

American, came over to Birmingham for one year. Producer of Sabbs in 1994.

University Course : Master of International Studies 1993-4
Doing What Now? : Working in the financial sector in the US and campaigning for Republic candidates in the state of New Jersey
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Rachel Taylor, Robin Hudson, Tom Taylor

Rachel Taylor is Alexandra Taylor's sister, Robin Hudson was Rachel's boyfriend at the time, and Tom Taylor is Rachel and Alexandra's dad. They were all involved in the filming of several Tiverton Road episodes.

Alex writes :

Basically, the 'Live Dead' episodes were filmed at my parents' house in Wales. My sister and her boyfriend were roped in as 'zombies' and my dad as a 'strange man' (type cast). If you look closely at the zombies you can see their hysterical giggling. Probably a side effect of being raised from the dead. Although my mum doesn't appear on screen, huge thanks should be given for looking after the rather large cast/crew, and for fetching the horses back from the village when we left the field gate open!

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : Rachel is married (not to Robin) with two children, Tom Taylor is now retired. Unknown as to what Robin is doing.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown, though Rachel and Tom are probably contactable through Alex.

Liz Muldowney

Deputy Executive Producer in 1992-3. A stalwart of Extension 249, Liz worked mainly behind the camera but was sometimes dragged in front of it for sketches.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : She's an archeologist.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Hannah Finch

Marketing Director in 1992-3, Secretary in 1993
University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Ben Fuller

Colaborated with Phil Hayes on comedy sketches for Ext. 249 and had a recurring role in Tiverton Road.

University Course : 1991-4
Doing What Now? : Now a teacher
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

James Lingard

Phil's other comedy sketch collaborator and short Super-8 film maker.

University Course : 1991-4
Doing What Now? : Worked on the British movie Hideous Kinky
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

1995

Alexandra Taylor

Producer of CGTV in about 1993. External Affairs 1992-3 and Executive Producer (Station Manager) in 1994-5 (her final year...I thought she was mad - Rob Brewer).

University Course : English 1992-1995
Doing What Now?: Working for the BBC.
Homepage : www.alexandrataylor.co.uk
Contact : alex@alexandrataylor.co.uk

Richard Gulliver

A regular in GTV around 1993-5, mostly as a presenter. Was Marketing Director in 1993-4.

University Course : Man/Mech Eng 1992-5 (Possibly incorrect)
Doing What Now? : Working at BBC Westminster as a production assistant
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Simon Thomas

Presented the Lunch Box in 1994-5.

University Course : History
Doing What Now? : Now presents on Blue Peter
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Adrian Lees

Deputy Technical Director in 1993-4

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Gavin Philips

Treasurer in 1993-4 and co-Treasurer in 1994-5 with Mark Little
University Course : Comp Sci & Elec Eng 1992-3, Geograph 1993-6
Doing What Now? : Now in the world of computers, according to FriendsReunited
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Cathy Walker

Publicity Director 1993-4
University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Andy Wilmot

Events Organiser 1993-4

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Fiona Bassett

Network Coordinator 1993-4

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Monica Coyne

Technical Director in 1994-5, until she graduated (Rigged every bloody programme and fixed more cables than you can shake a stick at - Monica). Wasted her life away there doing lunchbox, Where is the News? and Extension 249. Monica also appeared in several of Phil's sketches - her performances as John Paul Sartre and a beekeeper especially come to mind.

University Course : Electronic and Electrical Engineering 1992-5
Doing What Now? : Network Director for Channel 5 (Employed by RTL)
Homepage : none
Contact : Known, permission not yet requested

Mark Little

Co-Treasurer in 1994-5

University Course : Astro Physics
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Caroline Hitchman

Was Publicity Director for a while, sometime in 1995

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

1996

Oliver Clark

Producer/Presenter of Ext. 249, and later of the Six-Thirty Show. Deputy Executive Producer. in 1992-3, became Executive Producer when KK dropped out, was reelected, then resigned in the summer of '93 when he went for an external year.

University Course : Civil Eng 1992-6
Doing What Now? : Working at BBC Pebble Mill.
Homepage : www.fcnk.co.uk
Contact : See homepage

Kerry Murdock

Actor in Tiverton Road, and writer and director of the five part drama "Point of View". Studio Manager 1992-3 going on to Production Director in 1993-4. Did a year abroad in Spain.

University Course : Compu Sci & Elect End 1992-6
Doing What Now? : Became a casino croupier for a while, now working in Reading and running a fun-casino business on the side.
Homepage : www.thru-the-roof.co.uk
contact : known, permission not yet requested

Simon Hargreaves

Deputy Technical Director in 1992, eventually became Technical Director in 1995-6 while he was hanging around waiting to take his finals, which he'd missed due to illness. Phil's comic stooge in later years.

University Course : Physics 1992-5 , did his finals in '96
Doing What Now? : Always full of grand schemes, he is now attempting to document the whole of human history in XML.
Homepage : www.openhistory.net and www.gtvreunited.com
Contact : See Homepage (either of them)

Andy Wood

Still a fairly regular helper in my (Rob Brewer's) day, but was most involved as an undergraduate. Producer of BVR (Big Video Rhinoceros) and of Update. Later founded a software business (aqtive.com).

Andy's GTV page from about 1994 (optimised for Netscape 1.1): web.archive.org/web/19980122120404/www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~amw/gtv/

University Course : Comp Sci 1990-3, and PhD 1993-6
Doing What Now? : Now works in interactive TV in the west country
Homepage : uk3.aqtive.com/aboutaqtive/management/awood.html
Contact : unknown

Steve Pillinger

Whilst not a student at the time, Steve was Technical director after summer in 1994 after being introduced to guild television by Andy Wood.

University Course : not a student, was sysadmin in Computer Science
Doing What Now? : Still sysadmin at Computer Science.
Homepage : www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~smp/
Contact : See Homepage

Leon Campbell

First Presenter/Producer of The Lunch Box; presenter/producer of Friday Night Fever (which was essentially Ext.249 under another name while Oliver was "external") and of the Six-Thirty Show. Co-executive producer with Sarah Coles in the summer of 1994. Also active in GMTG, as a performer and committee member.

University Course : Political Science 1993-6
Doing What Now? : Producer with the BBC
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested.

Andrej Lipkin

Producer of Hype! the game show at one point, Network Coordinator in 1994-5.

University Course : Man Eng and Commerce. 1993-96
Doing What Now? : Currently taking a PGCE at Liverpool JMU
Homepage : andrejlipkin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Contact : andrejlipkin@blueyonder.co.uk"

Sarah Coles

Producer of The Lunch Box, co-Exec.Prod., Joint Executive Production Manager with Leon Campbell in the summer of 1994 and going on to be Events Organiser in 1994-5.

University Course : History 1993-96
Doing What Now? : Unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : Unknown

Sam Winter

Deputy Executive Producer in 1993-4.

University Course : SportEx 1993-6
Doing What Now? : Last heard to be working in the film industry as a clapper-loader.
Homepage :
Contact :

Rebecca Drought

Producer of various things, Network Coordinator at the start of the 1994 year, moving on to Publicity Director after the AGM for 1994-5, later a founder of BURN FM

University Course : Ancient History & Archeology 1993-6
Doing What Now? : now a BBC local radio reporter in the Brighton area
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : Unknown

Damien Randell

Deputy Techincal Directory in 1994-5.

University Course : unknown
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Alison Franks

Secretary in 1994-5. May have been producer of Hype! in it's dying days?

University Coursei : Politics & Social Policy
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Isla Paton

A regular in about 1994.

University Course : English 1993-6
Doing What Now? : Became a continuity announcer, initially for the BBC. She can now be heard voicing the links between Channel 4 programmes late at night. Given the content of some of those programmes those who knew her find it quite amusing what she often has to say.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Kasia Uscinska

Marketting Director in 1994-5

University Course : Law with French
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : unknown

Richard Walley

(written by himself)

Secretary 1995-6 and co-creator with Peter Coleman of Where is the News?, in which he played God to great critical acclaim, co-presenter of the Eggs Files (for trivia fans who happen to want to watch the tape, shot the same week as I got kicked out of Birmingham. Can you feel the pain?), seen corpsing next to Peter Coleman on the GTV review of the year (1995?). Smoked a lot in the corridor, tried to help with some stuff in a sort of halfarsed way, smelt bad, failed to get within spitting distance of any of GTV's female members. The WITN awards are still on my CV.

University course : Music
Doing what now : Your Mum. All sorts of silly shit. Have my own web business, making music, harbouring a recently rediscovered lust for Anna Reid. And I did get a degree in the end.
Homepage : www.orpheo.co.uk
contact : richard@orpheo.co.uk

1997

Lizo Mzimba

Sometime editor of Redbrick, Guild hack extraordinaire, professional journalist on the side, presenter of several Sabb Election programmes, writer/producer of short-lived sketch comedy A Maximum Quantity of Onions. Often found asleep in the gallery long after he'd graduated and started working in real TV, possessor of a fabulous collection of out-takes and behind-the-scenes tapes. Went to Nasta every year until at least York 97

University Course : Law 1991-4. Dropped out of Medicine before that
Doing What Now? : Now presenting Newsround.
Homepage : news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/the_team/presenters/newsid_1607000/1607383.stm
Contact : known, permission not yet requested.

Rob Brewer

(Written by himself, with slight modifications...)

Production Manager on the committee 1994-5, and secretary until the end of 1994. Producer of It's Early 4 Us 2 (I was hard-working but not very creative) and of Sabbs 95 (I delegated well). Sound mixer, vision mixer, camera operator, graphic designer, rigger, de-rigger and general fixer.

University Course : Political Science 1993-6 and Masters 1996-7
Doing what now? : Still searching for my métier
Homepage : rbrwr.org
Contact : See homepage

Peter Coleman

Deputy Executive Producer & Marketing Committee in 1994-5 and Executive Producer in 1995-6. Had a year aborad in 1996-7, coming back to be joint Co-ordinator with Anna Reid of NaSTA 1997-8 Co producer (with Richard Walley) and star (as Clive Iceland) of spoof documentary Where Is The News?, which got Highly Commended for the RTS Student Award and also won Best Comedy at Nasta 1996. Co-producer of the Lunchbox, bodyguard 1 of El Presidente. Presented all sorts of stuff, including various items for LunchBox, The Review of the Year Show (1995), The Eggs Files (1996?), Roving Reporter (Sabbs 95), Movie News (Hush!) and lots of nondescript stuff during GTV Week, including Up Your Brum and a co-hosting slot with Simon Thomas on a "breakfast" show. Peter also appeared in the later episodes of Tiverton Road as next-door neighbour Keith.

University Course : German & Italian
Doing What Now? : International Salers for an access control company (security). Essentially preying on people's paranoia. Still works with Phil Hayes on comedy sketches.
Homepage : None yet, but keep an eye on www.petercoleman.co.uk
Contact : pc@petercoleman.co.uk

Gordon Kirkpatrick

(written by himself)

Technical director intially in 1991 with a further brief stint later on. Performed many roles behind the camera, but tended only to appear in front of the camera covered in yellow fur. Often seen providing emotional support to much-abused equipment, usually managing to persuade it to cooperate just-in-time after a mechanical tantrum had resulted in serious stress in presenters, producers and the technically challenged.

High-points: Producing/Directing the filming of the 1992 Oxfam Fun Run on broadcast-quality equipment and getting to edit it at Pebble Mill for Comic Relief (unfortunately it never made the final show). Sly & Arnie's 'Mills and Boon'i.
University Course: BEng Electronic & Communication Engineering 1989-1992, followed by 3 years treading water in an attempt to gain an MPhil.
Doing What Now?: Working in the Midlands in the railway industry.
Homepage: Under development
Contact: Can be contacted through Alex if required.

Phil Hayes

Producer and writer of Tiverton Road, also wrote and performed sketches for Ext.249 and its successors, and did a huge amount of live directing, especially when we were filming GMTG and GTG shows. After graduating, Phil Hayes continued to be an active member, doing sketched for Friday Night Fever with Simon in 94-95, and Tiverton road for the next three years after that. Wrote Meet 'El Presidente with Peter Coleman as co-writer, which won Best Comedy giving him a long overdue award from Nasta 1997/8? He was on the committee for a while - Production Director in 1992-3.

University Course : Media, Culture and Society 1991-4.
Doing what now? : Press Officer at the Birmingham office of the Government News Network, he continues to tinker with sketches and bits and pieces of filming.
Homepage : www.philhayes.co.uk
Contact : Known, permission not yet requested.

David Wild

Technical Director in about 1997. Later became a BBC studio engineer

University Course : Elec Eng 1994-7 (course may be incorrect - can anyone verify?)
Doing What Now? : Now a freelance cameraman
Homepage : www.wildcam.co.uk
Contact : See homepage

Anand Sathe

Anand was friends at school in North London with Oli. Was Treasurer in 1996-7, and was more active during his masters than he was as an undergrad.

University Course : Mech Eng 1992-6 with a year out, then an Msc 1996-97
Doing What Now? : unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

George Baxter

Presenter on It's Early 4 Us 2 in 1994.

University Course : International Relations & French 1993-7
Doing What Now? : Now a Civil Servant according to FriendsReunited.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

1998

Anna Reid

Station Manager in 1996-7, producer of The Lunch Box and Sabbs 97. Later worked on The Big Breakfast.

University Course : History 1995-98
Doing What Now? : Working on Big Brother over the summer
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : annareidx@yahoo.com

Leanne Phillips

Treasurer in 1995-6

University Course : Drama and Theatre Arts
Doing What Now? : Working as an Insurance Broker
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

1999

Nathan Slater

Production Manageri 1997/1998. He was a tech-genius on a par with the greats David Wild & Mike Cowan.

University Course : Unknown
Doing What now? : Went on to join the RAF
Homepage : Unknown
Contact : Unknown

Junaid Abbas

(written by himself)

Station Manager/Exec Producer 1997-1998 In the four years i practically lived in GTV I spent a lot of time pissing off a lot of people with my immature attitude, love of incredibly vulgar comedy (especially Bill Hicks), collosal ego/arrogance and my talent for believing in my own talent (despite plenty of evidence suggesting its non-existence). Produced & presented GTV's original music show - "Twist n Shout" - which always featured incredibly lame attempts at comedy sketches. Also Produced & presented several Sabb Election Specials, and the first to do joint GTV & Burn FM broadcasts. Cajoled by the legendary Phil Hayes into starring as the original (and best) El Presidente. When the crappy old TV's throughout the Guild were replaced, personally put up half-a-dozen shiny new ones myself one rainy Sunday afternoon/evening. (The techies refused to help cos it wasn't part of their job!) Last, but certainly not least, was in charge of GTV during our hosting of NaSTA 98. After leaving GTV became a trainee-journalist with BBC Radio WM, worked on some crappy game shows & home improvement nonsense for BBC2 & ITV (before it became ITV1), was a Graphic Designer and also spent some time writing the scripts for Children's ITV.

University Course: Political Science & Philosophy
Doing What Now? : Was a Manager at Glee Club but sold out his soul to join NatWest. Currently a Bank Manager in West London (and doing a very bad job of it!)
Homepage: none at the moment but owner of www.junaid.tv
Contact: mail_at_junaid.tv or iam_at_paki.com

Ian Myatt

TO BE WRITTEN

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : Part of the online team based at BBC Birmingham.
Homepage : http://www.myatt12.freeserve.co.uk/
Contact : See Homepage

Lissa ???

Erm... I saw her twice I believe, once at Toby's HighLife Show and once at Sabbatical Elections 2000. Can anyone expand on this one?

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

2000

Toby Harris

Toby, famous for turning up to the committee elections wielding half a bottle of whiskey, and walking away as station manager 1998-9 (amongst other things). Won best Music to Video at Nasta 2000 in Bournemouth

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : Last heard to be organising promotional visuals for a record label.
Homepage : www.tobyz.net
Contact : See Homepage

Mike Cowan

Production manager of GTV when I joined in 1998-9, Mike taught me everything I needed to know about being a GTV techie - he always used to wander around with a beer in his hand too! Saved many a camera by taking it apart with a soldering iron in hand.

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Laura Fox

Did a lot of presenting on Burnt TV, left GTV in 2000 when she took a year out in Canada.

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown (or hasn't yet replied)

Doug Pendsé

TO BE WRITTEN

University Course : Medic 1996 - 2001 (not sure - if incorrect, let me know)
Doing what now? : not known but probably a doctor somewhere
Homepage : www.dougpendse.com/
Contact : unknown (or hasn't yet replied)

2001

Ellie Tinto

Joint station manager with Laura Jackson, I (Jason Wood) will always remember Ellie as the one who had the most rotten luck in the world when it came to technology, often through no fault of her own. For instance, the time when we recorded the Changing Rooms thing for two or three hours at Pricewater house Coopers only to come back and find there was no sound... Well who could have expected a bloody great big resistor to be in that little bodge, eh Mike? And how about the documentary that she made for her course and Nasta, which she had to re-edit three or four times because people who knew nothing about the 2 gig file limit on Windows kept moving her project around... Doh, eh? (a bit gutted you talk all about my hopeless technical failures and nothing about my charismatic leadership and social drinking skills!!! - Ellie) Sometime in her second year, Ellie was making a dating show called Brum Love - I can't remember if she ever finished an episode though. She might of been making it in her first year but I wasn't around then.

University Course : English 1998 - 2001
Doing what now? : Living in Islington, Now an events organiser, in and out of the country working in Asia and the like and having a great time.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : ells66@hotmail.com

Laura Jackson

Joint Station manager with Ellie in 1999-2000 and executive Producer of Burnt TV in the same year. Directed Sabbs 2001.

University Course : Media, Culture and Society 1998-2001
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Adam Hopkins

Made Tigger TV

Doing what now? : Works at the BBC
University Course : Unknown
Homepage : unknown
Contact : Known, permission not yet requested

Chaz Castell

He's tall, he can talk, he's got charisma by the bucketloads, he was in a local band called the Soul Penguins who played down GTV once in my first year, but Chas didn't really get involved in GTV until some time afterwards. The first thing I recall him doing was a Burn TV, where he played guitar, and sang, and talked, and... was tall, and talked and it was really good. Sometime, I'm not sure when, it was just before one of the holidays, we started throwing around the idea of doing a big show, and then one thing led to another and we made Later With GTV, which won best title sequence at Nasta 2002. Chas really knew how to use alliteration and write scripts, and talk, and be tall, and give pep talks, and be a presenter, and... be tall, and... did I mention he could talk?

University Course : Classics 1998-2001
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : Known, permission not yet requested

Claire Wiggington

Love in the Naughties for BBC Choice Scotland

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Jenny Wicks

TO BE WRITTEN

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Nick Lockey

The first time I got to know Nick was the very first GTV social I went to - which ended with us both missing the bus, Nick losing his wallet, bus pass and having to get his mom to pick us up (for which I'm very greatful - I wasn't in the mood for walking the five miles to West Brom - not that night at any rate!) Was joint special projects with Gemma in his second year, and they spent all year filming for this big project for the Sports centre... who then decided that they only wanted a smaller 5 minute version and didn't pay up for the full project.

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Gemma

TO BE WRITTEN

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Claire-Elaine Arthurs

Executive producer of Burnt TV the year after Laura

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Beatrice Barleon

Producer and Presenter of Student Affairs

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : Was working on a production team for Jonathon Ross, unknown if she still is or not
Homepage : unknown
Contact : unknown

Bill

"Random Bill" as I believe he was nicknamed by some, Bill always wanted to make his own movie. Starting out in Fishtank (I think), he then joined GTV, then went to fish tank, and then... um, vanished. Dunno if he ever made the movie he always wanted to make or not, haven't seen anything of him recently.

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Dan Birks

DJ on Burn FM, but always wandering in and out and around the media centre, including GTV. Was present on the Title sequence for Toby's Highlife, and was the RON character in the 2001 sabbatical elections.

University Course : Congnitive Science/AI
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

2002

Nadine "Deanie" Sharma

TO BE WRITTEN

University Course : Unknown
Doing what now? : Production Assistant at September Films
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Andy Sayers

Social Secretary for a year, Treasurer for a year and general all round nice bloke. Responsible for several of the best GTV socials that happened during my (Jason Wood's) time at GTV, including the Cowboy Fancy Dress, and the GTV Vs Burn FM LaserQuest tournament! (Redbrick were also invited, but I think only 2 people turned up...)

University Course : CSAI 1999-2002
Doing what now? : Going to camp over in the USA for the summer
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Jason "Tigger" Wood

(written by himself)

Ahh. This would be me. Should I be self-flattering, egotistical, vain, elitist and arrogant? Course I should :-) Chas and I Co-produced and co presented Later with GTV, including the Title Sequence which won Best Title Sequence at Nasta 2002, and in a fit of madness, I created Ultimate Attention Grabber Ident, which got highly commended for comedy, also at Nasta 2002. In other spates of editing, I made a morphing ident or two between the faces of people at the station (of which several of the pictures used are on this page), I wrote the software used for the Sabbatical Elections called SabbGraph, two years running (again, I wrote it twice - the lesson of "back things up" was one hard learned in my case), and in my spare time now I am working on Kdenlive, a free, Profesional Quality non-linear video editor, licensed under the GPL. Sourcecode and details of both SabbGraph and Kdenlive can be found on the links to the left. After Later with GTV, people realised that I could actually play keyboard and organ and thus started making use of me...

University Course : Comp Sci / Software Eng 1999-2002
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Contact : uchian@blueyonder.co.uk

John "Spanners" Main

John has been described by a number of people as being "a bit random". His first contribution to GTV was on Beth and Amy's show, where he impersonated a station manager. He later went on to become joint station manager with Nadine, running GTV with all of the charm, talent and sheer quality that you would expect from a tall random techie bloke with a goatie. (remarkably well, in other words). When not at the helm of command, John could be found sitting in the engineering cupboard playing with bits of wire, or saying "oh well, it was goosed anyway" after frying seven hundred quids worth of camera... Let's not forget his artistic side, as he would take a (different) broken camera, stick it to a piece of wood in weird shapes before covering it in crayola paint. In his more rational moments, John would take on the charge of directing, and has been known to get quite comically stressed out whilst things go tits up.

John and I made a number of idents together. John made a music video using scenes from the matrix, which alas did not survive a harddrive crash. He made a drama for Nasta in 2001, and produced several Gallery Chat's, where a show was produced by... the gallery crew! He produced Guild@home, which got highly commended for Video to Music at Nasta 2002

University Course : CSAI 1999-2002
Doing what now? : Going to America for the summer, then off to Ireland on a BBC training scheme
Homepage : www.spamspameggandspam.co.uk
Contact : mrjohnmain@talk21.com

Nick "General" Long

Whilst not a regular at GTV, Nick long came down and helped out on a number of shows and idents, including the Sepia ident, featuring Nick Long, John Main and myself(Jason Wood), Later With GTV, where Nick showed off his superior guitarmanship, and knowledge of Radiohead when reviewing Amnesiac.

University Course : Cog Sci & AI 1999-2002
Doing what now? : Project Manager at BBC White City
Homepage : members.lycos.co.uk/Monquixote
Contact : See Homepage

Neill Magill

Introduced me to GTV in my (Jason Wood's) first week of university. Produced and directed the End of the Year show 2000-2, handy with the roaming camera, and creator of the title sequence for the sabbatical elections in 2001 & 2002, gaining him a highly commended for Best Title Sequence at Nasta 2001

University Course : Comp Sci / Software Eng 1999-2002
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested.

Francine Watson

Director of Progammes in 2001-2. Presenter on a huge range and variety of shows, including Burnt TV (usually with Deanie), XXXMas (being drooled over by Pervy Santa), and the End of the Year show, 2002. Other highlights include the Sabbatical Elections 2002, which Frankie co-hosted with Ed, and The NaSTA 2002 Music Show Burnt TV entry, which she produced and presented.

University Course : unknown
Doing what now? : Working at Sunset & Vine and will be working on the (award-winning!) Channel 4 Cricket from April.
Homepage : unknown
Contact : frankiwatson@hotmail.com

Robin Stattersfield

TO BE WRITTEN

University Course : Philosophy
Doing what now? : not known
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Ian Parkhouse

I first saw Ian around in the first year, talking to Toby. Then he decided not to get involved until his final year. For a time, he was the major provider of technology for Fishtank, till he decided that he was going to join GTV again instead. Ian's self-proclaimed mission in life is to know every bar-woman wherever he happens to be, and seems to spend way too much time in Joe's.

University Course : unknown
Doing what now? : Working in the finance office in Aston Webb.
Homepage : www.perculis.co.uk
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Still around in 2003

Chris Cooper

Removed until I have time to rewrite it
Contact : known, permission not yet requested

Anna "Spanna" Brickles

Joint Station manager with Alice Hibbert for 2001/02, Anna was up editing till midnight on several occasions making sure that something or other was ready, on one occasion for the Sabbatical elections, on another occasion to make sure that the Nasta entries were ready to be sent off... Anna is one of the few people who I've actually thought I could learn something from watching her edit - she's a natural. Anna produced, presented and edited Move on Up.

University Course : unknown
Doing what now? : Still at Uni
Homepage : unknown
Contact : known, permission not yet requested