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Young Talent Time was one of the biggest success stories in the history of Australian television, and to be the founding Young Talent Time team member will always be one of my proudest achievements.

I had worked with YTT producers Johnny Young and Kevin Lewis on a number of television productions for 2 years prior to the YTT concept being born, and my father Sam was instrumental in supplying the contact details of the talented young friends I had previously worked with on the Seven Network production of Brian and the Juniors, so that the audition process could begin to choose the other 5 members of the original Young Talent Team.

Did I enjoy my time with Young Talent Time ? You bet I did !

I can honestly say that my time with the show was a major highlight of my career and gave me without a doubt many of the happiest moments of my life.

A small number of my fellow YTT cast members don't feel the way I do about their own time with the show and have made it very clear in the media that they would rather forget the whole YTT experience, which saddens me greatly. 

In my opinion, both sides ( JY and the team members in question) are decent and honest people, so you can imagine how hard and confusing it is for me to hear such opposing views on their respective YTT experiences. 

The truth, as they say, probably lies somewhere in the middle - and, although I was present on the YTT set at the same time much of the negative stuff is alleged to have taken place - I remember nothing but happy times and lots of fun and laughter, and would do it all over again in a heart beat.

In fairness to my team member friends, I was only a little kid at the time, so maybe I was simply too naive to be aware of anything negative that may have been happening - it all appeared to be no different to our time with Brian and the Juniors to me.

I loved Brian and the Juniors, I loved Young Talent Time, and I'm now loving my Jamie Redfern Presents television show which I produce for Foxtels Aurora channel - tune in and join in the fun !!