On Television

Yesterday I was invited and duly went to the studios of TV21, a Kosova TV channel, to participate in a TV programme about the state of Kosova's water supplies. The show turned out to be a bit like BBC2's Newsnight (not aired live and fortunately without the infamous Jeremy Paxman). Sat at a table under the glow of the spotlights with two other guests we each explained and expressed our differing views on the plight of the less well supplied areas of Kosova and the current drought in particular.

The show will be broadcast tonight at 10.30. I thought it went quite well despite getting some probing and testing questions to answer; not easy on the spur of the moment in a setting where you cannot afford to get in a muddle - it was all done in one take in front of a small audience. I appreciate all the more how difficult it is for politicians to do this. Now I am faced with the opportunity to watch myself. Ahhhh! Why is this such a difficult prospect to face? I presently have much more nervous anticipation than I did entering the studio yesterday. This is not the first time I've been on TV and I have not as yet managed to watch myself. I don't think its some sort of vanity but whatever it is it induces a cringe factor in me similar to the ones I had when I hid behind the sofa as young child watching the scary Dr Who (am I that scary!). Right now its 9.30, an hour to go, and I am telling myself that I need an early night and I should not stay up to watch. But that is the cowards way out. I am going to have to look at myself....