Television
In 1999, she was invited to co-host of the mid-morning live talk show Dateline on Trinidad and Tobago Television, alongside Allyson Hennessy.
In 2002, she was offered the premier role as host of Trinidad and Tobago Television’s live prime time morning talk show T&T This Morning, which she hosted and co-produced until the station closed in 2005. By this time Wickham had launched her own television production entity making the transition to Producer-Director and producing Caribbean syndicated shows such as “The E-Zone” and “Bon Mange” as well as music videos for some of the top Soca Artistes in the Caribbean like Shurwayne Winchester and Patrice Roberts. She had also begun to make Guest Host appearances on the prime time morning show of Barbados - Mornin' Barbados, on the National TV Channel CBC Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 2002-2005.
By 2006 The E-Zone TV Show (produced, directed and co-presented by Wickham) had been picked up by Omni 1, Canada, and BET J, in the US having already aired in 20 Caribbean territories. The E-Zone TV Show features the people, places and faces of the West Indian Diaspora. It has been to Carnivals in London, Miami, Canada, New York and most of the Caribbean Islands, St. Kitts Music Festival, Dominica World Creole Music Festival, Antigua Sailing Week, St. Maarten Heineken Regatta among others. It has featured personalities including regional Prime Ministers, Presidents, International Recording Stars and Caribbean Artistes.
By 2008, Wickham had produced and directed shows for Black Entertainment Television (BET and BET J) like the St. Lucia Jazz Festival Post Show 2006 and 2007, the Turks and Caicos Music Festival, 2006 and the 2007 Trinidad Carnival Special. She continues to produce and direct with selected on-air appearances.
Wickham produced and directed the stage production of the 2007 and 2008 COTT Music Awards and produced and co-directed the edited TV version of the show which was aired across the Caribbean.
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