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Realities By Ben Anderson, freelance cameraman If Ron Davies’ recent 10 minute visit to Somerleyton Road in Brixton was a gross error of judgement, I don’t know what you’d call my ending up living there for two years. That’s where I was when I got the call to go undercover for Channel 4. Just eighteen months later, I was getting a Special Commendation at the Rory Peck Award for spending 8 months secretly filming the funeral business. It was my first job in television. I had found something that I wanted to do. Before, I had been
underpaid, underwritten and regularly had ideas and information stolen.
I had accepted this as a newcomer at the bottom of the ladder, thinking
it wouldn’t last long. At the Award, there was a great deal of talk
about the support the industry has for those who chose to put their necks
on the line for the sake of a story. For a few hours at least, the world
in which I had recently chosen to make my living seemed to be at my fingertips.
I was patted on the back for what I had done, and I will remember the
night for years to come. I got the last tube home and was soon back at
a desk in an office full of people who knew nothing of what I had done.
I thought it was only a matter of time before I would be off around the
world like a little Hemingway.
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