Elaine Penn

Elaine Penn

Freelance Writer

A TV journalist with over 30 years’ experience (she still has the shorthand notebooks to prove it!) Elaine is the former Deputy Editor of TV Choice and previously worked at Woman’s Own and the BBC.

Since going freelance, she has continued interviewing international and home-grown stars with her words appearing in What’s On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite Week, Best and whattowatch.com. During her career, she’s sat on judging panels for the RTS Programme Awards and the RTS Midlands Awards, been heard on local and national radio, been the voice of TV Choice’s telly recommendations on Alexa, appeared as an expert on Kilroy! and was an extra in The Last Fast Show Ever.

Elaine is a huge fan of subtitled dramas and also claims to have been the first person in the UK to talk about the magnificence of Breaking Bad before anyone else had heard of it.

She can usually be found in front of the TV – with or without a cat on her lap.

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