`He didn't think you had to spend 10 years covering village fetes before getting a break'; MY MENTOR: ADAM BOULTON ON LESLIE STONE.(Features) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: March 7, 2005| Author: Boulton, Adam | COPYRIGHT 2005 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: ADAM BOULTON

WHEN I came back to London after university in 1981, my father insisted I was going to be unemployed for the rest of my life, and told me to sign on at the dole centre. But by the time I arranged my first interview, Leslie had hired me on a temporary basis at Central Current Affairs Talks at the BBC. I had been rejected by all the graduate-trainee schemes and this bald, moon-faced man, who was head at the time, was the only person to give me a chance...

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