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Ed Scott

Pressure is my middle name. Except it is John.

About Me


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Where do I start? Creatively rich. Morally bankrupt.
My mother's oldest son. No credit. No deposit. No return. No assembley required. Parental discretion is advised. However please note that there is a substantial penalty for early withdrawal.
I live in London working in television as a Creative Producer - making TV channels look good!
My work goes out every month to a potential audience of hundreds of millions of viewers across the world in over 40 countries. This includes the UK, Europe, Middle East, and US.
In 2004 I relaunched the ITV News at Ten to great acclaim. My work was presented by the Chairman of ITV, Charles Allen, in Parliament to MP's and Lords explaining ITV News's public service and regional remits.
My work has been recognised internationally through my appointment as judge for the PROMAX awards in Vienna.
I work regularly for Abbey, Barclays Bank, BBC Worldwide, BSkyB, BT Vision, CBS News, Discovery Networks (UK & Worldwide), Emap Communications, ESPN Classic, Five, Fox News, Fremantle International Distribution, Fremantle International Media, Hallmark Channel (UK & Worldwide), ITN, ITV Network, Movies 24, Performance Worldwide, Real Estate TV, Setanta Sports, Sky Italia, TV2 (Hungary), UDirect Films, Virgin Media, and Yes Television. I have just directed a television commercial for one of the UK's top 100 companies - a unique project as their agency were not involved - a first.
You can see some video clips below for some of my jobs including when I launched the ESPN UK television channel.
Prir to my TV career I spent 6 years working at the top end of UK radio. I began working for the BBC where I produced a 4 hour live sports programme with a recorded audience of over 100,000 listeners and a 42% share of the North West radio market. I even had more listeners than the UK Top 40 on Radio 1 which went out at the same time in the market. After launching a dedicated radio station for Premiership club Everton Football Club I was hired by Kelvin Mackenzie as breakfast show producer for the launch of for the UK's most listened to national commercial radio station, Talk Sport.
I love Everton Football Club, travel, foreign culture, trying to plan three holidays in advance at any given time, and just be a happy chappy. Oh, and women. But that's kinda obvious.
Strange But True Fact 1:
I used to live with one of the main actors in EastEnders.
Strange But True Fact 2:
I managed to annoy the Atomic Kitten girls in the lift at work enough to complain about me. My boss agreed with what I said to them so I got away with it ;-)
Strange But True Fact 3:
I have no clue on what colour my eyes are and always need to check for passports etc!
Strange But True Fact 4:
I have been hit on the head by Timmy Mallett's mallet. It didn't hurt as it's only made out of foam. Stupid.
Strange But True Fact 5:
I met the legendary Everton player Dixie Dean (he holds the unbeaten record for 60 league goals in a season). I was in a pram at the time. Don't worry, I was young and not for any other reason. I don't remember any of it though - I must have had vodka in my bottle or something.
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"The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." Hunter S. Thompson

My Interests

Travelling, travelling, more travelling! Down Cannons Gym every other day, attempting to learn Spanish, obsessive about my job, media biogs, and trying unsuccessfully to leave my former career in radio behind. I'm also trying to start a couple of sports and music TV-related businesses as well. If there are any superb media lawyers out there, please step forward - I can't afford the rates of the good ones! I don't fancy re-mortgaging my house *just* for legal advice!

I'd like to meet:

My ideal women are Sandra Bullock and Natalie Imbruglia. Can you actually believe that Beth in Neighbours could look even better with short hair? Natalie has moved to Windsor. Clearly she is trying to find me. Over here love. Failing those two, maybe Kirsty Gallacher. Or Rachel Stevens. Or all four of them. I'm getting carried away now... Actually I really want to meet Dave's new jetski ;-p

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Music:

Without any hesitation whatsoever my favourite song off all time is 'Cats In The Cradle' by Harry Chapin. The *original* not the Ugly Kid Joe Version! Love Rob Dougan (guy who did The Matrix soundtrack), The Foo Fighters, The Mooney Suzuki (wicked New York rock band), movie soundtracks (Kill Bill especially), Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, most commercial dance and the odd foreign band like M-Clan. Really varied. I also am rather good at playing 'beat the intro'. Go on, dare me!

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption - easy. I own 5 different versions of the film! Can you believe it was nominated for *seven* Oscars and won zip! Still, it's damn good! Also Amores Perros is a dynamite movie and rates very high on my list.

Television:

I don't watch that much actually but I do spend my working week producing for TV so it's cool to get away from work. I love The Office and South Park, and have really got into Spooks and Ghost Squad after working on them recently. Also the classic episodes of The A-Team on UK Gold are fantastic 20 years on! Obviously, I always watch Everton on Sky Sports, plus I really *should* watch more TV Espana... Oh if you have never done so watch Record TV (channel 810) Sundays at 8pm for Brazilian football. It's worth watching for the commentators alone "Gooooooooooooooaaaaaallllll"! Serious! Go check it out! Does anyone else remember 'The Box Of Delights' back on BBC TV in 1984? I picked up the DVD on eBay - awesome stuff!

Books:

A thought provoking book called '50 Facts That Will Change The World' - and on the flipside 'The Gospel According To Chris Moyles'. Also by my bedside is McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy. A top read is 'No Logo' by Naomi Klein, as is Fast Food Nation. Flip told me of an amazing book called Positive Thinking which I dig into now and again. Plus I've got a stack of media biogs I dig into like 'Stick It Up Your Punter - The Uncut Story of The Sun Newspaper'. I've also just finished reading Dished! The story of BSB. Also got loads of books waiting to be read like Buying a House in Spain, and Leadership by Rudolph Guiliani. I'm a lazy git..intend to read them but don't actually do so! If you want to buy me a present *don't* buy me a book - I have too many waiting to be read!

Heroes:

The Chuckle Brothers, the legendary Ray Cokes (MTV), David Moyes, Sam Chisholm, and my mate Clare. She is the most positive and inspirational person you could ever meet!

My Blog

New TV ad

Real Estate TV has produced a set of commercials and sponsorship bumpers for Abbey's new Spanish Mortgages division. A Spanish villa and couple were animated in Cinema 4D and composited in After Effe...
Posted by Ed Scott on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:09:00 PST

Ed walks into a bar...

..> f(x) = x³-2x² walks into a bar and asks for a sandwich. The barman says "Sorry, we don't cater for functions." 3 prostitutes walk into a bar, barman says 'sorry, we don't allow prostitutes i...
Posted by Ed Scott on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:33:00 PST

The bizarre world of Richard Madeley!

Interviewing Frank Sinatra's daughter: "Now obviously you loved your father, but do you think you were actually in love with him?" Richard: "We'll have Neve Campbell on the show who was recently vo...
Posted by Ed Scott on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:57:00 PST

Science Exams

If you need a laugh, then read through these Children's Science Exam Answers.Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made ...
Posted by Ed Scott on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:26:00 PST

How will you be defined in the sexual dictionary?

Ed --[adjective]:Insatiable to the point of crazy'How will you be defined in the sexual dictionary?' at QuizUniverse.com...
Posted by Ed Scott on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:43:00 PST

Guide For Americans Visiting Britain

Ed's Completely Factual and Not At All Juvenile Guide for Americans Visiting Britain I regularly get emails from friends asking my advice on travelling and researching in the UK-apparently someone st...
Posted by Ed Scott on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:09:00 PST