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Podcast: All My Clothes Need Burning (formerly Television Times)
Episode: Charlie Parsons: The Godfather of Reality TV on Creating The Word, The Big Breakfast, and Survivor
Description: Charlie Parsons: The Godfather of Reality TV on Creating The Word, The Big Breakfast, and Survivor🎙️ Episode OverviewIn this lively conversation, Steve Otis Gunn talks with Charlie Parsons — the creative force responsible for some of the most iconic and genre-defining shows in British TV history, including The Word, The Big Breakfast, and the global phenomenon Survivor. Charlie takes us through the early chaos and joy of The Big Breakfast, revealing how a morning show set in real lock-keepers' cottages became a pop culture fever dream. He discusses the instinct and research that went into creatin...