S8: Ep6: From the face of ITV Calendar for 20 years to writer, presenter & a Next Chapter for Christine: Christine Talbot

Welcome to the last episode of Series 8... but hold on tight! I’m so excited to bring you Christine’s story…. I’ve admired Christine from afar for such a long time.   Christine Talbot always loved books as a child but she had no idea then that this love for storytelling would take her to be one of Yorkshire’s most-loved journalists and presenters. Christine has worked in newspapers, the BBC and ITV. She’s presented lifestyle shows, was a pioneer presenter on one of the first health and lifestyle digital channels and for twenty years she sat next to Duncan Wood most nights at 6pm for ITV’s Calendar programme.  She’s covered some of Yorkshire’s biggest stories like the Hillsborough Inquiry. She’s interviewed Prime Ministers and was the first person to interview  a young Gareth Gates. (I know!)   It would have been so easy for Christine to stay doing the job she’d loved, but deep-down she knew she had another Next Chapter in her. So she took a deep breath, left the job she loved and made the leap to see where it would take her.   Christine is now writing, presenting, supporting mid-life women (yay) and learning more about herself by the day. We speak about all different next chapters – her TV debut (which is the best TV debut story I’ve ever heard), what it was like when she had to tell her own story following a diagnosis, and how her first job in news was in her airing cupboard.   At a time when I think it’s fair to say the media isn’t always regarded in the most positive of lights – Christine, I believe, is one of the best journalists we have.   You can find out all about Christine and her next adventures at: https://www.christinetalbot.com/     And just in case you were wondering – you can find me and my books at www.elliebarkerwrites.com (I’d love it if you kept in touch) x