Writers and Producers
The first month of the show was produced by Ric Blaxhill, a former Top of the Pops producer. He was replaced by Steve Pinhay, while Phil Mount was brought in as producer of CD:UK.
From 1999 until 2003 SM:TV Live was produced by David Staite
In its first year the show was written by Richard Preddy and Gary Howe as well as Dean Wilkinson who stayed with it till the end. In September 1999, Ben Ward and Gez Foster, two writers from Men In Trousers were brought in from rival BBC show, Live & Kicking, to work on semi-scripted features including 'Chums'. After a steady erosion of Live and Kicking's initial popularity, SMTV overtook them in the ratings in October 1999 and never looked back.
Multi award-winning writer Dean Wilkinson was with the show throughout most of its run with Blaze Television's director of programmes Conor McAnally as its executive producer.
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