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Neil Ben's video blog

Some people love reading, others love watching videos... well you get to do both at Neil Ben TV. With stories from the world of TV in "Gossip from the Gallery, "How to videos", helping you do everything from writing scripts to filming with your phone, and a little bit of Neil wisdom thrown into the mix.

Writer's block

What to do when you get stuck and don't know what to write? Writer's block is not unusual, and it […]

Priceless Advice

Life is too short to work with difficult people... That was the advice I was given by one of the […]

Never work with Children

They say "never work with children"! But I disagree, I loved working in BBC Children's and BBC Schools Television because […]

Scofield and Minelli

Even talented, professional TV presenters get star struck When I got into the BBC, but before I started in telly, […]

Let it go

No matter how hard it was to get that shot, sometimes you need to let it go When I got […]

Joanna and Hugh

Directing Joanna Lumley and Hugh Laurie on the same day was "interesting" I was very lucky to have had the […]

Tricks of television

Not everything is as it seems in the world of television If you ever have the opportunity to walk round […]

Lily Savage

Lily Savage was great even if she hadn't learnt her lines In the mid 90s I directed an English programme […]

One video and Channel 4 calls

Dog Portrait artist Claire Thorogood invited onto Channel 4's Crufts I recently finished editing a promo video for Claire Thorogood, […]

I'm sorry, what did you say?

Business jargon, what's the point? I only ever watch one episode of each series of The Apprentice... The one when the […]

What Teletubbies has taught me about directing business videos

In the mid 90s I left the BBC and became a freelance director. Over the next 15 or so years […]

how to get a job in television

It's Friday, it's five to five and it's Crackerjack! When I was 11 my parents got audience tickets to go […]

How many excuses can you make

When is an excuse valid and when is it a cop out? This is something I've been asking myself all […]

Why laughter is the best educator

They say "Laughter is the best medicine"... I agree with whoever the they are that says this... But I say […]

It's a wrap

The 30 day blogging challenge With added video, just to make it a real challenge So I'm sitting in the […]

How to teach difficult subjects to 8 year olds

Just So Darwin BAFTA nominated series In 2009, to celebrate the death of Sir Charles Darwin, I was asked to […]

Engage, Inspire, Educate and have Fun

It's not just enough to Inform With many years experience in video and television production, particularity in making educational and […]

Where's your neck?

Thank you for your question I didn't get to where I am today without people helping me out, so when […]

How do you make an engaging video?

Is it not enough to just have video? That statistics are very persuasive: 70% of marketing professionals report that video […]

How to get 1.7 million people to see your story

Without trying too hard You know I keep going on about how easy it is to make your own videos, […]

How to make your video less boring

If you want to make your videos less boring you need to stop telling people what you know and start […]

What is a videographer?

And why I get upset when I'm called one What is a videographer? A videographer is a person who works […]

If it's good enough for Bentley

It's got to be good enough for us ! If you've known me a while you've probably picked up that […]

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