Why a Booktrail?
2025: Your child has been kidnapped. You’re live on television. Going live in 10, 9, 8 . . .
Deadline
What you need to know before your trail
Today is a huge day for TV reporter Rose’s career. A live interview with one of the most powerful men in the country, on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows.
But, when she hears an unfamiliar voice in her ear, she knows something is very wrong.
Her earpiece has been hacked. She’s live on air in the middle of the interview. They tell her they have kidnapped her family.
And, in order to protect them, Rose must do exactly what the hijacker says. They are in control now.
Travel Guide
On the road as a roving reporter
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be a roving reporter for live television, then this is it.
The locations are scattered and some of them are fictional or vague but it’s what behind the camera that counts – the early mornings, the scrambled starts, the producer in your ear as you are about to go live to the nation. Some interesting insights into what is required to have to be nice to the public all the time when you really want some peace and quiet! The cold, the hunger, the randomness of it all.
The stress and nerves involved in life telly are well evoked and the whole buzz around how many people it takes to produce just a few minutes of telly is really well done.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Deadline
Destination/location: Derbyshire, Yorkshire, London Author/guide: Steph McGovern Departure Time: 2025
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