It’s been just over a year since I joined the 成人论坛 through the . For my initial six-month placement, I worked on as a researcher, and while I had previous experience as a , I knew I had a lot to learn as I started my first day.
Thankfully, my new colleagues made me feel very welcome and I quickly settled into the Cardiff-based unit that makes films about the arts, history and food for the show. More often than not, a film we shot one week would be broadcast to millions of viewers the next, which was hugely rewarding… if at times slightly scary!
A few weeks before my contract was up in March, I spotted an internal job advert for a researcher on the television team. I knew instantly I wanted to apply, as I have a music degree and continue to perform and write classical music alongside working in TV.
I sent off my application, received an invitation to interview, and was thrilled when they offered me the job. I could now apply the new skills I had learnt on the One Show to a subject area I was already really passionate about, and help bring the best of the world’s greatest classical music festival to audiences far beyond the Royal Albert Hall.
And as if that wasn’t exciting enough, there was another huge surprise in store when I started there in the summer. Two days in, the executive producer took me to one side and revealed she had seen some presenting work I had done online prior to joining the 成人论坛. She offered me a screen test, which went well, I guess, as on 6 August at 7.30pm I made my 成人论坛 Proms presenting debut alongside
The live, two and half-hour broadcast on 成人论坛 iPlayer was the perfect way to top off my first year in this amazing organisation, and I realise now they weren’t joking when they told me on my first day that "anything is possible" at the 成人论坛.
Since then, I’ve had more brilliant opportunities come my way. Last month, I joined a group of C成人论坛 presenters at the in Birmingham’s huge NEC, to host a series of talks, games and quizzes on the main stage. This was a great way to give something back, by encouraging others considering their future career options to join the 成人论坛 and follow their dreams.
You can watch Lloyd’s latest onscreen appearance when he joined Josie D’Arby and singing star Julian Ovenden to present on 成人论坛 Four earlier this month.