TV and Radio
I’ve been a guest on:
The Tony Livesey Show BBC Radio 5 Live talking about Nudism - January 12 2012
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC 5 Live talking about how I spend NewYear’s Eve – December 30 2011
Eddie Nestor’s Drivetime BBC Radio London talking about driving children to school – November 29th 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss whether men are getting more romantic – October 27th 2011
BBC London’s Drivetime Show to discuss Westminster City Council’s comments about children and buggies – October 17th 2011
The Tony Livesey Show BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss women who choose property ownership over pregnancy – September 13th 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show to discuss the joys (or not) of gardening – Friday 2nd September 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show to debate whether a school in Bolton should have paid to erect a 10 foot high acoustic fence to block the noise of children playing at break time – August 5th 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show to discuss an incident where an autistic child was removed from his seat in a London theatre for making noise – July 22nd 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show to chat about whether parents of children under 5 should ensure their offspring take three hours of physical exercise each dayin order to follow government advice - July 10th 2011
The Irish Eye programme on BBC Radio Oxford talking to Producer/Presenter Henry Wymbs about my book ‘Me and Mine’. I also chose music for the programme that strongly reminded me of growing up in a London-Irish household in the 1960′s and 1970′s – July 10th 2011
The Giles Dilnot Show on BBC Radio 5 Live to chat about choosing the same place to go on holiday year after year – June 26th 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss cigarette smoking in pregnancy – June 5th 2011
BBC Breakfast TV to debate the idea of ‘serenity parenting’ with Professor Bryan Caplan of The University of Virginia – May 17th 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss Sony Online Gaming being reintroduced after a security scare – May 15th 2011
The Vanessa TV Show - Channel 5 – April 26th 2011
The Vanessa Feltz Show BBC Radio London to discuss what women carry in their handbags – April 4th 2011
The Tony Livesey Show BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss road saftety issues – February 9th 2011
The Kaye Adams BBC Scotland programme discussing the Dragon Mother – a self confessed pushy parent from China – 13th January 2010
The Wesley Smith Show BBC Radio Oxford talking about the media and sexualisation of children – January 10 2011
The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio 5 Live talking abougt the joys (or otherwise) of an extended family Christmas – December 27th 2010
The Tony Livesey Show on BBC Radio 5 Live talking about charity giving at Christmas – December 20th 2010
The Tony Livesey Show on BBC Radio 5 Live talking about the X Factor Final – December 14th 2010
The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio 5 Live talking about whether children should be allowed in pubs and restaurants – November 12 2010
The Tony Livesey Show on BBC Radio 5 Live Talking about teenager sleepovers – November 2nd 2010
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC 5 Live talking about the joys of empty nest syndrome -September 19th 2010
The Peter Allen Show BBC Radio 5 Live talking about helping teenagers get ahead – September 14th 2010
The Phil Mercer show on BBC Radio Oxford talking about A Level subject choices – September 14th 2010
The Tony Livesey show BBC Radio 5 Live talking about couples who take holidays separately – August 3rd 2010
The Tony Livesey’s BBC Radio 5 programme talking about how parents embarrrass their children – July 29th July 2010
The Tony Livesey Show BBC Radio 5 Live discussing British Airways policies concerning children who travel alone – June 24th 2010
The Tony Livesey Show BBC Radio 5 Live talking about whether men should wear pyjamas or not – June 16th 2010
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live talking about paedophiles and their abuse of technology – May 28th 2010
The Tony Livesey show BBC Radio 5 Live discussing parents who take holidays in term time – May 27 2010
The Stephen Nolan show BBC Radio 5 Live discussing the Miss England beauty pageant – May 14th 2010
The Tony Livesey Show on BBC Radio 5 Live talking about the decision of teaching unions to scrap SATs - April 21st 2010
The Tony Livesey Show BBC Radio 5 Live discussing whether women over forty should wear jeans – April 14th 2010
The Tony Livesey show BBC Radio 5 Live talking about the importance of grandparents – February 15th 2010
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live and had a ding-dong with Julian Bennett from ‘Queer Eye for A Straight Guy’ about Kate Moss – January 30th 2010
The Vanessa Feltz Show BBC Radio London chatting about how parents get revenge on their teenage children for being messy around the house – January 16th 2010
Point’ - produced by Seamus Hosey and read by Cathryn Brennan was broadcast on RTE Radio 1 – 31st August 2009 – http://www.rte.ie/radio1/francismacmanus/1251037.html
The Stephen Nolan BBC Radio 5 Live show to discuss whether the smacking of children should be legislated against – August 22nd 2009
The Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio 2 show to talk about how far parents go to help their children into jobs and universities – August 21st 2009
The Richard Bacon’s Show BBC Radio 5 Live to talk about grey hair, karaoke and genral chat for an hour – August 11th 2009
BBC Radio London’s Breakfast Show selecting and discussing news stories of the day with Paul Ross and Jo Goode – July 15th 2009
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live show to talk about parents who take desperate measure to secure a school place for their child – July 3rd 2009
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live to talk about sanctions for parents whose children truant and misbehave – June 28 2009
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live show to talk about school uniform do’s and don’ts – June 19 2009
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live to talk about children who are embarrassed by their parents – April 4 2009
BBC Radio York’s Morning Show about why women should liberate themselves from the tyranny of hair dye – April 1 2009
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live discussing the effectiveness of primary school teaching – February 20 2009
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live discussing bullying - January 30 2009
I was a guest on the Nick Wyatt Show on BBC 5 Live talking about how to encourage teenagers to aim high - 2nd January 2009.
The Victoria Derbyshire Show on BBC Radio 5 Live with Nicky Clarke, celebrity hairdresser, talking about grey hair ‘to dye or not to dye?’ – November19 2008
BBC TV London News discussing how far parents will go to secure state school places for their children
The Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio 2 - October 9 2008
The Charlie Crocker Show BBC Radio Solent November 7 2008
The Stephen Nolan Show BBC Radio 5 Live October 9 2008
