Walliams Swim on BBC1-Thursday 9pm

[boatone]

This Thursday 9pm BBC1 and BBC HD - Sports Relief programme on Walliams swim from Lechlade to Westminster.

Wonder how many forumites boats we will be able to spot!

 

[HONEYMOMMY]

Just watched it.. What a achievement....

 

[Mirror Painter]

Just watched it.. What a achievement....

Indeed. I was moved to send a fiver via text - every little helps and all that.

 

[teddington_lock]

Caught the end of it , just in time to see my little acre of paradise on telly !

I thought a nice touch at the end as the credits were rolling was the usual 'Thanks to : The Environment Agency , The Port of London Authority , and The Lock-Keepers of the River Thames' ...

Gave me a warm glow inside.

 

[NEB]

Amazing effort. But, did anyone notice he seemed to finish one night in Windsor upstream of Romney lock and started the next day from below Old Windsor lock?

 

[Reverend Ludd]

Amazing effort. But, did anyone notice he seemed to finish one night in Windsor upstream of Romney lock and started the next day from below Old Windsor lock?

It is a tv show though.

Bit like Bear Grill being in a 5 star hotel at night instead of a tent.
So would I mind you

 

[boatone]

Amazing effort. But, did anyone notice he seemed to finish one night in Windsor upstream of Romney lock and started the next day from below Old Windsor lock?

Yes, did notice that.

Also, without in any way wishing to detract from his achievement, I am a little sad that we didn't get to see more of the river.

 

[Lazy Days]

Amazing effort. But, did anyone notice he seemed to finish one night in Windsor upstream of Romney lock and started the next day from below Old Windsor lock?

It is a tv show though.

Bit like Bear Grill being in a 5 star hotel at night instead of a tent.
So would I mind you

I've no doubt he did swim through Datchet just that that the film of getting in at Romney wasn't as usable as that at Old Windsor. It's just the reality of cutting together a programme; geographical reality will always lose out to aesthetic considerations.

The continuity in general was all over the shop, there was another bit where we had a lovely overhead shot of Pangbourne and the next moment we were 10 miles back up river at Wallingford.

 

[TrueBlue]

There were at least two other occasions where successive shots were geographically the wrong way round.

Something for everyone - even the anoraks...