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| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Before you start | p. 4 |
| Why? | |
| Why now? | p. 7 |
| Why me? | p. 10 |
| Why presenting? | p. 12 |
| What? | |
| What makes a good TV presenter? | p. 15 |
| What are the differences between presenting and acting? | p. 21 |
| What are the similarities between presenting and acting? | p. 23 |
| What is 'being you'? | p. 25 |
| What if you get nervous? | p. 28 |
| What is good posture? | p. 31 |
| What can you do to relax? | p. 34 |
| What is correct breathing? | p. 39 |
| What eyeline should you have? | p. 43 |
| What is good diction? | p. 46 |
| What kind of energy do you need? | p. 53 |
| What should you wear? | p. 54 |
| What if you are grey, wrinkly, mature or overweight? | p. 57 |
| How? | |
| How to talk to camera | p. 59 |
| How to talk to time | p. 64 |
| How to memorise scripts | p. 70 |
| How to write scripts | p. 74 |
| How to present in studios and on location | p. 78 |
| How to present live and recorded programmes | p. 86 |
| How to walk and talk | p. 88 |
| How to read from a prompt without looking like you are reading | p. 90 |
| How to work with in-ear talkback | p. 94 |
| How to interview | p. 99 |
| How to do vox pops | p. 103 |
| How to be a children's TV presenter | p. 109 |
| How to do 'makes' and 'demos' | p. 114 |
| How to be a weather presenter | p. 116 |
| How to present for different screens | p. 119 |
| How to cope with on-air disasters | p. 121 |
| Getting a Job | |
| Where to train | p. 125 |
| Create a presenting CV | p. 130 |
| Create a showreel | p. 144 |
| Where to find presenting jobs | p. 149 |
| What happens in presenting auditions | p. 160 |
| What happens in presenting interviews | p. 165 |
| Getting an agent | p. 168 |
| What a producer is looking for | p. 171 |
| How to be a one-take wonder | p. 179 |
| Top Tips and Troubleshooting | p. 183 |
| Epilogue | |
| The professionals speak… | p. 187 |
| Appendices | |
| Resources | p. 191 |
| Short, timed scripts | p. 194 |
| Checklists | p. 196 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 198 |
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