Southport to Saudi: 34 Stories of a Life in TV, Radio & Online

Philip Hilton did what most people wouldn't do, he made a successful media career relocating to where opportunity presented itself. An early dream of a working behind the microphone started in Ireland on pirate radio with all the hilarious curiosities of rural Irish life to the slick, number one rated super-pirate in Dublin. Then back in the UK, there was radio presenting for the BBC, TV presenting on Granada and BBC Wales, production and voiceover work and his own commercial radio station to start, each opportunity giving a unique relationship with the viewer and listener and not always in a good way! Follow the adventures of live breakdowns, mystery listener packages, being locked out of the studio, the Commonwealth Games, starting your own radio station, wacky radio game shows and celebrity encounters. A media job in Saudi Arabia was a fitting climax to a long, varied and diverse career celebrating culture and enthusiasm for a life in the media.