Meeting Kenneth Clarke

We have just got back from Nottingham after our interview with Mr Clarke; The build up towards the interview made us all nervous - especially Zoe as she was the one interviewing. However when we met Mr Clarke it was clear that we could relax as he was very kind, welcoming and cheery. After a seeminly long wait in the tense conservative waiting room we got called in to set up the cameras. After meets and greets with Mr Clarke we briefed him on the content of the interview and what we would be asking, we began the interview. He gave us lengthy, detailed answers and we were surprised how much information and personal views he gave us, which we didn't expect as politicians rarely go into personal views on subjects as touchy as this. The interview came to a close with some questions that we put in there about his love of jazz and other interests, which we hoped gave him an insight to the research we had done into his career and personal life. We got some good shots and close ups and had photos with him after. All in all the interview went very well, we got lots of interesting information and we're going to have plenty of footage to edit as the interview lasted longer than 20 minutes.