People on TV who never seem to get a big gig

[zetec]

Those people who you always see on TV but never seem to get a big shot at acting or presenting.
For example, Jeff Brazier, ex of Jade Goody, good looking, cheeky chappy style and been around for years. Yet, currently flogging a lottery on TV adverts, knocking on people's doors. Never seen him present or star in a big program but seems to have all the qualifications (famous tragic ex, good looking etc etc).
Any others?

[anonymous-user]

zetec said:

Those people who you always see on TV but never seem to get a big shot at acting or presenting.
For example, Jeff Brazier, ex of Jade Goody, good looking, cheeky chappy style and been around for years. Yet, currently flogging a lottery on TV adverts, knocking on people's doors. Never seen him present or star in a big program but seems to have all the qualifications (famous tragic ex, good looking etc etc).
Any others?

Maybe he’s just not that great an actor or presenter?

Loads (most) of the people in the industry don’t make or land the big roles when you think about it, for a variety of reasons. Often it’s just things like luck and being in the right place at the right time etc.

Looking at his wiki page etc he seems to have done more work on the tv/radio etc than the majority of people though?

It might just be that he’s not good enough at acting to get a big part in film or tv and when presenting gigs come up the tv roles he might be suitable for get taken by bigger names like Dermot o Leary or Bradley Walsh etc.

Also being a white (bloke) in tv or entertainment industry will often put him in a large group of talent and often there might be other groups being promoted more.

My daughter is in this industry and often her agency gets calls for kids that look a certain way or colour before any auditions take place, unfortunately being someone like Jeff Brazier is unlikely to tick many boxes at the moment unless you’re already a big name.

[marcosgt]

And then there are the ubiquitous presenters on everything, regardless of their talent or appeal.

People like Claudia Winkelwitch, Claire Balding and the mulit-talentless Shane Ritchie.

M