This Is What I Look Like

by Theresa Talbot

A joyful, hilarious memoir from one of BBC Radio Scotland’s best known radio voices. Theresa Talbot is one of the mainstays of BBC Traffic & Travel and also hosts The Beechgrove Potting Shed gardening show. Theresa reveals how she stole a milk float as a child, with disastrous consequences. She recalls producing Lulu and Andy Williams and interviewing Glen Campbell. She also gives an insider’s guide to presenting Traffic & Travel. Plus, there’s a guide to a stress-free Christmas.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 27, 2014

About the author

Theresa Talbot is a BBC broadcaster and freelance producer. A former radio news editor, she also hosted The Beechgrove Potting Shed on BBC Radio Scotland, but for many she wil be most familiar as the voice of the station's Traffic & Travel. Late 2014 saw the publication of her first book - This Is What I Look Like - a humorous memoir covering everything from working with Andy Williams to rescuing chickens and discovering nuns hidden in gardens. She's much in demand at book festivals, both as an author and as a chairperson. Penance is Theresa's debut crime novel.

Reviews

[Liz Moffat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Theresa Talbot reads the travel reports on BBC Scotland most days but her story reveals a person who has had a series of colourful jobs form Pepsi Challenge Girl to library assistant. She has also spent many years as a journalist, music programme producer and presenter on the Beechgrove Potting Shed. This book tells Theresa's story through amusing anecdotes of her life.