BBC
- BBC Breakfast News
- BBC London News
- BBC News 24
- BBC Real Story
- BBC Now You're Talking
- BBC3 TV News
Broadcast archive
Television and Radio Appearances
A selected record of programmes and stations that Barrie Segal and AppealNow.com have appeared on or contributed to.
Archive note: many appearances date from the period before broadcasters maintained complete public online archives. The list below is therefore based mainly on AppealNow's own long-standing media record, supplemented by surviving independent articles and current web sources.
Television
ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and US television
- ITV London Tonight
- Tonight with Trevor McDonald
- Channel 5 News
- Channel 4 Dispatches
- The London Programme
- ABC Nightline in the United States
Radio
National radio
- BBC Radio 4 Today
- BBC Radio 5 Live phone-in
- TalkSport Radio
- LBC Radio
BBC local and regional radio
- BBC Radio Newcastle
- BBC West Midlands
- BBC Three Counties
- BBC Radio Berkshire
- BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
- BBC Herefordshire
- BBC Radio Kent
- BBC Radio Bristol
Why Parking Worked on Radio
Parking is unusually suited to phone-in radio because almost every motorist has an experience or opinion. A caller may begin with “I got a ticket and it was unfair,” but a useful discussion needs to separate the emotional reaction from the legal and factual questions.
Barrie's combination of case experience and public-speaking technique made it possible to deal with complicated circumstances quickly: what document was issued, what restriction applied, what evidence exists and whether there is a recognised route of challenge.
Later Online Broadcast Coverage
GB News — Challenging Parking Fines
Barrie discussed why motorists often pay rather than contest a penalty and the circumstances in which an appeal may be worth considering.
GB News — Tunbridge Wells Penalties
GB News quoted Barrie in reporting on a large increase in parking fines, continuing his role as a specialist commentator many years after AppealNow was founded.
Technical Advice Behind the Camera
AppealNow's biography says Barrie also provided technical advice to television programmes, including the BBC's Whistleblowers series. That role is less visible than appearing on screen but can be equally important: producers need to know whether a proposed claim is technically sound before it becomes part of a programme.