Chopping block: An interview with Jeremy Bullmore and Market Leader wasn't the only thing to have happened in 1998…

Jeremy Bullmore

Discusses advertising over the years through an interview with the author and highlights some key things that happened in 1998.

An interview with Jeremy Bullmore

How did you come to a career in advertising?

The BBC was making a documentary about Oxford University and they broadcast a bit of the revue I had written - produced by Ned Sherrin and starring Maggie Smith - called Oxford Accents. And it happened to be seen by George Butler, who was then head of the art department at J Walter Thompson.

Ned and I went for interviews, and George had totally forgotten why we were there. He was very vague and only interested in art directors, and we had an...

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