My book, Silly Beggar: The World’s Stupidest Begging Letters, was featured on Monday’s edition of magazine show The Hour on Scottish Television.  The item was the first in a series about blagging freebies.  Throughout the week different approaches to acquiring items for free will be reviewed, with my light-hearted comedy approach up first.  Other methods they will look at include the Freecycle project and a group called the Freegans who live on things that the every day folks leave behind (wait - isn’t that the Wombles?).

The item was introduced by two very well-known Scottish presenters: Stephen Jardine and Dorothy Paul.  My interview is with presenter Vicky Lee, who visited my home to see some of the goodies I received.  We discussed the book and I read a brief excerpt (although all the jokes were mostly cut out!).  Even the blog you are reading right now was featured.

One viewer very kindly put my interview on YouTube, so please enjoy the link below:

Silly Beggar made it’s first television appearance this evening on the Richard and Judy Show.

Last week, after the Daily Mirror article came out, I was contacted by the producers of the show asking if they could fly me down to London to be interviewed.  Of course, I jumped at the chance.

The format of the show is such that it has a main studio where Richard and Judy interview the big name guests, and a second studio known as the ‘Star Bar’ where a guest comedian interviews the other guests.  In tonight’s show, legendary comic Rowland Rivron interviews yours truly.

It was great fun to record the show and an experience I will remember for a long time.  Richard and Judy even gave me some expensive toiletries by way of thanks for appearing on the show.  I do love a freebie.

The good news is, a reader who follows me on Twitter had the technical know-how to put the interview up on YouTube, so I will provide the link below.  Enjoy!