dylanwinter
Active member
I got this email from a TV producer friend of mine - any takers out there?
Dear Dylan,
I am so pleased that you are doing so well. You are all over the internet and it such a long time since we worked together in TV.
We at Pathogen TV are setting up a new BBC 1 series called either “Celebrities at sea” or “Strictly come sailing”.
The idea is to get a group of four well know people who have never sailed before and put them in a boat with an “old salt” and a cameraman.
We have managed to buy six former charter yachts – they are 32 footers so they are plenty big enough for the six people on each one. The yachts are being sponsored by different companies. We already have Red Bull and White Stripe on board and are looking for four more sponsors.
The idea is to mold the disparate group of people into a team. In a “race against time” they will all have to qualify for their Yachtmasters examination certificate.
After two months of living in close proximity to his team the old salt will be put ashore and with a tear in his eye he will wave goodbye as the crews set off for their next challenge which will be to compete in the 2012 fastnet race. They really will be in at the deep end.
I know that you are one of the UK’s most experienced and abrasive old sailors and we would love you to be one of our “Old Salts”.
I wondered if you could suggest any other “characters” who would be interested in applying.
As a TV professional and sailor I would also like to pick your brains about ways of ‘jazzing up’ the shows.
We have already taken on some profilers who will help us to choose crews are will create the necessary sparks reality TV execs now expect. The celebrity crew members need to be opinionated and to reflect the whole of British society with the correct mix of races, ages and social groups.
Each week we will be engineering some sort of “incident” for them to react to – as well as some comedy events such as blocked toilets etc. I wonder if you could suggest any innovative ways of jazzing things up a bit. We are also on the lookout for “old salts” who would like to be considered for the TV series.
Yours
Tris
Dear Tristram,
Thanks for asking me. Three come to mind straight sway - Tom Cunliffe, Griff RJ and Paul Heiney. Phone them to see if they are at all interested is your wonderful project.
I myself will be a bit busy next summer as I am planning on replacing the outhall on my whisker pole, varnishing my gudgeons and worriting my crack halyards but I am more than happy to ask around to see if anyone else can come up with other names (both celebrities and sailors) along with ideas for jazzing the shows up a bit.
Sand in the diesel tank, a dodgy carribiner on a bosun’s chair and a lobster pot around a prop can always be played for laughs
How are Henry and the Kids by the way
Dylan
Ps - latest youtube film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezPKNNzAtM
Dear Dylan,
I am so pleased that you are doing so well. You are all over the internet and it such a long time since we worked together in TV.
We at Pathogen TV are setting up a new BBC 1 series called either “Celebrities at sea” or “Strictly come sailing”.
The idea is to get a group of four well know people who have never sailed before and put them in a boat with an “old salt” and a cameraman.
We have managed to buy six former charter yachts – they are 32 footers so they are plenty big enough for the six people on each one. The yachts are being sponsored by different companies. We already have Red Bull and White Stripe on board and are looking for four more sponsors.
The idea is to mold the disparate group of people into a team. In a “race against time” they will all have to qualify for their Yachtmasters examination certificate.
After two months of living in close proximity to his team the old salt will be put ashore and with a tear in his eye he will wave goodbye as the crews set off for their next challenge which will be to compete in the 2012 fastnet race. They really will be in at the deep end.
I know that you are one of the UK’s most experienced and abrasive old sailors and we would love you to be one of our “Old Salts”.
I wondered if you could suggest any other “characters” who would be interested in applying.
As a TV professional and sailor I would also like to pick your brains about ways of ‘jazzing up’ the shows.
We have already taken on some profilers who will help us to choose crews are will create the necessary sparks reality TV execs now expect. The celebrity crew members need to be opinionated and to reflect the whole of British society with the correct mix of races, ages and social groups.
Each week we will be engineering some sort of “incident” for them to react to – as well as some comedy events such as blocked toilets etc. I wonder if you could suggest any innovative ways of jazzing things up a bit. We are also on the lookout for “old salts” who would like to be considered for the TV series.
Yours
Tris
Dear Tristram,
Thanks for asking me. Three come to mind straight sway - Tom Cunliffe, Griff RJ and Paul Heiney. Phone them to see if they are at all interested is your wonderful project.
I myself will be a bit busy next summer as I am planning on replacing the outhall on my whisker pole, varnishing my gudgeons and worriting my crack halyards but I am more than happy to ask around to see if anyone else can come up with other names (both celebrities and sailors) along with ideas for jazzing the shows up a bit.
Sand in the diesel tank, a dodgy carribiner on a bosun’s chair and a lobster pot around a prop can always be played for laughs
How are Henry and the Kids by the way
Dylan
Ps - latest youtube film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezPKNNzAtM
