Evening Standard
The 2015 profile is especially useful because it describes both Barrie's accountancy background and the practical investigations that drew him into parking enforcement.
Television, radio, newspapers and digital media
Barrie Segal in the Media
A fuller archive of Barrie's work as a commentator on parking enforcement, motorists' rights, consumer issues and public speaking.
A Specialist Who Could Explain the Story
Parking enforcement became a recurring media subject because it combines ordinary daily experience with complex rules. Barrie's value to broadcasters was not merely that he had opinions about tickets; he had spent years examining notices, adjudicator cases, road markings, council practices and legislation.
BBCBreakfast News, London News, News 24, Real Story and multiple radio stations are listed in AppealNow's media archive.
ITV / C4 / C5AppealNow lists London Tonight, Tonight with Trevor McDonald, Dispatches and Channel 5 News.
USAAppealNow's archive includes ABC's Nightline and coverage in The New York Times and International Herald Tribune.
PressNational coverage spans The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Standard, Independent and many other titles.
Selected Media Timeline
| Period / date | Outlet | Subject or significance |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, TalkSport, LBC | AppealNow's own archive lists repeated television and radio appearances on parking enforcement, motorists' complaints and unusual ticket cases. |
| 2005 | National television and newspapers | The AppealNow viral-film campaign attracted mainstream news coverage; creative director Alan Cinnamond later said the traffic was sufficient to crash the website. |
| 4 Dec 2015 | Evening Standard | A substantial profile described Barrie as a motorists' champion and recounted the origins of several parking campaigns. |
| 2015 | The Independent | Barrie commented on a parking-contractor payment arrangement and the risk of financial incentives affecting public confidence in enforcement. |
| 4 Dec 2018 | The Guardian | Consumer coverage sought Barrie's view on a cross-border Hungarian road-charge/enforcement dispute. |
| 30 Jun 2022 | GB News | Interview on challenging parking fines and motorists who pay rather than appeal. |
| 2025 | GB News | Barrie was quoted again in reporting on a sharp increase in parking penalties in Tunbridge Wells. |
Broadcasting
AppealNow's historical media list includes BBC Breakfast News, BBC London News, BBC News 24, Real Story, BBC3 News, ITV's London Tonight, Tonight with Trevor McDonald, Channel 5 News, Channel 4's Dispatches and ABC's Nightline in the United States.
The radio list includes Radio 4's Today, BBC Radio 5 Live, numerous BBC local stations, TalkSport and LBC. Barrie's older biographies also describe a regular parking-ticket phone-in programme.
Newspapers and Magazines
AppealNow's archive lists coverage in The Times, The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Sun, Metro, Auto Express, What Car? and Which?, as well as American and international titles.
Independent online sources preserve some of that record and provide useful corroboration of Barrie's role as a parking commentator.
The Independent
Coverage of parking-contractor remuneration quoted Barrie's criticism of incentives linked to the number of notices issued.
The Guardian
A 2018 consumer column sought Barrie's opinion on enforcement of a Hungarian road charge against a UK motorist.
The Viral Films Became a Media Story Themselves
The AppealNow digital films were not ordinary promotional videos. Alan Cinnamond, one of the creatives involved, wrote in a 2024 Caples Awards interview that the three films made the six o'clock news and national newspapers, drove so much traffic that the website crashed, trebled registrations and won two Gold Cyber Lions at Cannes.
That episode belongs on Barrie's media page because it is an example of a campaign crossing from advertising into news. The message was a serious one—unfair parking enforcement—but the route into the story was deliberately comic and provocative.
For Journalists and Producers
Barrie's strongest media subjects are those where technical detail needs to be translated quickly for a general audience. For a media enquiry, include the authority/company involved, the type of notice or enforcement, the key dates and a copy or photograph of the document where possible.