At the Cutting Edge of telly: TV veteran Bill Hughes
He's produced everything from music videos to hard-hitting documentaries - now he’s making a chat show
When Bill Hughes was ten, a sophisticated cousin in her 20s visited his family at their home in Kildare. She asked each of the 13 children what they wanted to do when they grew up. Hughes caused some laughter around the kitchen table with his answer – he was going to work in television.
“I was fascinated by television. She said: ‘What are you going to do?’ and I said I was going ...