Violet Berlin

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Violet Berlin (born 2 January 1968) is a British television presenter, producer and script writer for films, games and immersive experiences, best known for her pioneering coverage of innovative technology and video games.[1]

Career

Berlin first appeared on television screens in the 1990s, as a presenter on WildBunch on BBC1 and as writer-presenter for live youth magazine show Cool Cube for BSkyB from 1990 to 1992.[2] On Cool Cube she produced and presented the first regular coverage of computer and video games on British television.[3] She went on to present Bad Influence! between 1992 and 1996, a video gaming series which she hosted with Andy Crane on ITV.[4] As well as presenting from the studio, Berlin covered outside reports in the USA and Japan and wrote and presented her own opinion features as "Virtual Violet".[5]

Berlin then went on the host a number of other terrestrial shows, including live entertainment show Saturday Disney[6] and long running ITV popular science show The Big Bang[7]. On the 30th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 flight in July 1999, along with Jon Snow, she co-hosted the live UK Channel 4 programme Real Time Apollo: One Small Step.[8]

She helped devise branching narrative games[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">clarification needed] for the BBC and Science Museum,[9] she has written the scripts for large-scale projection-mapped films, including an immersive visual poem for Gardens by the Bay in Singapore[10] and she created the dramatic characters who appear as part of the British Museum's Temple of Amaravati interactive experience in 2018, where visitors summon pilgrims to an ancient Buddhist shrine.[11][12]

Personal life

Berlin lives in Stoke Newington with her two sons.[13] She sometimes appears on her ex-partner Gareth Jones's motoring podcast Gareth Jones on Speed which celebrated its 400th episode in October 2020.[14] Berlin and Jones have been separated since 2021, with Jones relocating to Wales.[15]

Roles in video games and films

Berlin has cameos in at least five popular video games.[16][not specific enough to verify] She is well known as a playable character in the 1994 Codemasters racing videogame Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament and subsequent sequels, including Micro Machines World Series revived from 2017, and also appears as a non-player character in Gabriel Knight 2 and Normality[17] and as herself in Peter Gabriel's game EVE.[16]

In 2022, Berlin played the role of Queen Isabella of France in an immersive film shown to visitors in the gatehouse when they visit Leeds Castle in Kent.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Violet Berlin: Bad Influence The Inside Story - The Retro Hour EP227. YouTube.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Violet Berlin Website 2008". Whizzbang.tv. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."London Games Festival 2018: W.IN". Universe. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.James Osborne. "Violet Berlin, Andy Crane, et al". Bad Influence!. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bad Influence Series 4 Episode 4 Part 1. YouTube.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Violet Berlin girl gamer – Honorary Oakley | Female Gamers at Thumb Bandits - Female Gaming with Girl Gamers Australia - Women and girl gamers in Australia". Thumbbandits.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gareth Jones and Violet Berlin". Planet-science.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Patrick on Real Time Apollo - July 99. YouTube.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Templeton, Ben (20 July 2018). "Total Darkness descends! A chat with Josh Blair and Ben Templeton". Medium. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Violet Berlin : Scriptwriter and narrative designer for interactive and immersive experiences". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."British Museum Presents The Asahi Shimbun Displays". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Violet Berlin – FOCUS". Tlgfocus.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frequently Asked Questions". Garethjones.tv. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gareth Jones On Speed: Video Podcast 058: On Speed Ep 400 LIVE Trailer. on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gareth Jones (14 March 2024). Gareth Jones On Speed #486 for 14 March 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bundy Jr, Larry (2019). Fact Hunt.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Osborne, James. "An interview with Violet Berlin". Bad Influence!. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Queen Isabella of France". www.leeds-castle.com. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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