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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Tag: nightshift

Blog

I am now fully nocturnal

ward 28/07/2009

This is the life of a transmission controller doing the nightshift. We walk among you looking relatively normal. We work in dark rooms without windows. We literally watch tv for a living hoping it won’t break. We are the ones responsible for putting up ‘Sorry we are experiencing technical difficulties’ pictures as we panic and realise we’ve done something wrong.

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A nightshift draws to a close

ward 25/05/2009

It’s now 6am and I am at work. There is something wrong with the way my life is going. Working in TV as a freelancer is a bizarre way to make a living.

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