 Thurlow appeared in ITV1's 2007 reality business show "Tycoon", and was the first participant to be dismissed.In December 2007 Thurlow was caught up in The Golden Compass furore and claimed to have received death threats from extremist American Catholics for selling the Philip Pullman books through his book company epi-culture.In summer 2008, Thurlow presented "", a spin-off of "Big Brother" broadcast on E4's website.