NIKOLA HUGHES
Entertainment Showreel
A showreel highlighting my work as an entertainment correspondent, combining junket interviews with high-profile talent, audio-produced entertainment news packages, and on-camera presenting. Drawing on experience across Cameo Productions and Virgin Radio, it reflects my range across entertainment reporting and audio production.
Junkets
Junket interview with Leo Woodall for Tuner (2026)
Junket interview with Brian Cox for Glenrothan (2026)
Entertainment Bulletins
As an Audio Producer & Film Correspondent at Cameo Productions, it is my responsibility to plan, produce and record Entertainment Bulletins for our radio clients to broadcast on their stations. Please find some examples below!
Virgin Radio
During one of my shifts as Assistant Producer on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Chris kindly asked me to come on air and chat through what I'd found out about our guest, Vinnie Jones!
On the Tom Allen show, as Assistant Producer it is one of my responsibilities to write the end-of-show 'Roll Call', re-capping everything Tom has talked about during the programme. Here he is presenting it, while I drive the desk from the control room.
MY RADIO EXPERIENCE
My radio career began in 2022 as a Broadcast Assistant at Bauer Media, working on Simon Mayo's All Request Friday Show on Greatest Hits Radio. In 2023 I moved into audio branding as a Production Assistant at Wisebuddah.
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Since going freelance in May 2024, I've taken on Assistant Producer shifts at Greatest Hits Radio (Simon Mayo's Drivetime) and across multiple shows at Virgin Radio, including Tom Allen, Dick & Dom, and Ryan Tubridy. These roles have given me hands-on experience driving live desks, editing in Audition, preparing crib sheets for high-profile guests, writing presenter copy, and managing station timings on Zetta, alongside invaluable insight into what makes great radio and getting to work with some of the industry's most experienced producers and presenters
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Besides production work, I've presented on Radio Essentials since 2022 (Sunday afternoons) and previously on Eirewave (2023–2025, Friday/Saturday evenings), where I also prepared and read music news.
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At Cameo Productions I continue to work with Radio Stations, liasing with local and national stations across the UK and recording and editing their interviews with celebrity guests.
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My love for radio started at Leeds Student Radio, where I presented and produced weekly Breakfast and Hometime shows, was nominated for a Student Radio Award for Best Entertainment Show, and was voted in as Head of Hometime, overseeing five production teams. I also created and ran two of my own shows: Music That Made Me, an interview series co-presented with a friend, and The Sound of Musicals, handling concept, production, presenting, editing and marketing myself.