Violet Berlin (born 2 January 1968) is a British television presenter, producer and
script writer
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for films, games and immersive experiences, best known for her pioneering coverage of innovative technology and
video games
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.
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. On ''Cool Cube'' she produced and presented the first regular coverage of computer and video games on British television. She went on to present ''
Bad Influence!
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'' between 1992 and 1996, a video gaming series which she hosted with
Andy Crane
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Career
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ITV. 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".
Berlin then went on the host a number of other
terrestrial
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shows, including live entertainment show ''
Saturday Disney
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'' ''and'' long running ITV popular science show ''
The Big Bang
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'.'' 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''.''
She is also known for producing, writing and
hosting video gaming
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shows including
GameSpot
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TV and ''
Gamepad
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Features
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'', which aired on the
Bravo satellite channel between 2001 and 2004.
''Gamepad'' ran for four
series
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
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, and was produced by the company Berlin runs with her partner, TV presenter and podcaster
Gareth Jones.
Since 2004 Berlin has been a script writer and experiential storyteller for interactive and immersive experiences for the public, including for museums, cultural and heritage sites. She helped devise branching narrative games for the
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, she has written the scripts for large-scale projection-mapped films, including an immersive visual poem for
's Temple of Amaravati interactive experience in 2018, where visitors summon pilgrims to an ancient Buddhist shrine.
Today she has written hundreds of digital games and immersive films for visitor attractions across the world.
and their two sons, Tycho and Indi. She sometimes appears on Jones's motoring podcast "
Berlin has cameos in at least five popular video games.
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''EVE'' was a music and art adventure game which won the Milia d'Or award Grand Prize at the Cannes in 1996.
Berlin also appeared as the cult leader in a sci-fi movie written by screenwriter
in an immersive film shown to visitors in the gatehouse when they visit Leeds Castle in Kent.
Berlin and Jones's television production company
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