Over the last three weeks, I’ve been travelling to a studio in Suffolk to join the Bruizer boys on BBC Young Talent of the Year 2010.

George Lamb presents, and over five shows, groups of young people compete to be best of their trade - this year it was plumbers, butchers, hairdressers, fishmongers and beauticians. It’s on in the autumn season.

It’s one of those jobs that, after rigging, settles into a routine for each show, so one can concentrate on the content a bit, and try to learn something. As each trade had long challenges to compete on, there was an opportunity to find out some of the technical ins and outs of the jobs, which was extremely interesting (especially the butcher and fishmonger shows, where I previously didn’t appreciate the difference between buying from a specialist or a supermarket).

Every time I work out in Suffolk, I’m reminded what lovely countryside there is out there, and what small roads. As the days ended quite late, I did lots of country lanes in darkness and rain, and narrowly avoided redecorating my car in deerskin on one occasion. At least, the deer strolled off quite happily, and apart from a bit of broken plastic on the headlight guard, the car was fine. Good job I was doing a sensible speed rather than the allowable limit...

Interesting morning’s work with a cameraman friend today - albeit starting at a slightly inhumane 4.45am. We were shooting a promo as part of a sustainability initiative; a photoshoot with giant wine and champagne corks, and wine expert Jilly Goolden at Speakers’ Corner.

The screengrab above is where my colleague’s cheekily got me in shot to make this interview by a wine magazine look like a TV interview.

We did our interview afterwards, with me scrabbling together some questions after eavesdropping on the previous questions and scanning the press release... Fortunately, interviewees who’re professional broadcasters do all the work for you in PR situations.