It's funny how animals seemed to sense the UK earthquake long before humans knew anything about it. I went to Ferry Farm to interview some animals about it. Click below for my report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/newsid_7267900/7267955.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
Friday, 29 February 2008
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Rik Mayall
One of my all time favourites BBC reports was when Rik Mayall took to the streets of Nottingham abusing people for being 'northern'.
He was on tour as Alan B'Stard MP in The New Statesman. As Rik he was a delight to interview, but as soon as he changed into his B'Stard outfit he completely altered his character and became this awful politician.
We wandered around the city centre and his behaviour was outrageous. If you click below you can see the piece, but it's the bits that were left on the cutting room that were really shocking. He stuck fingers up at pensioners and pretended to have sex with a community policeman. The poor copper didn't know what to do. I would have been quite shocked if I hadn't been so busy laughing.
I took out the clip where B'Stard claimed to be 'bigger than Hitler, better than Christ'. It contravened at least three BBC guidelines, but after a huddle with the producer decided it was OK to use the clip where he asks a passerby if he's on drugs.
Click to Rik
He was on tour as Alan B'Stard MP in The New Statesman. As Rik he was a delight to interview, but as soon as he changed into his B'Stard outfit he completely altered his character and became this awful politician.
We wandered around the city centre and his behaviour was outrageous. If you click below you can see the piece, but it's the bits that were left on the cutting room that were really shocking. He stuck fingers up at pensioners and pretended to have sex with a community policeman. The poor copper didn't know what to do. I would have been quite shocked if I hadn't been so busy laughing.
I took out the clip where B'Stard claimed to be 'bigger than Hitler, better than Christ'. It contravened at least three BBC guidelines, but after a huddle with the producer decided it was OK to use the clip where he asks a passerby if he's on drugs.
Click to Rik
Pancake Day
This week I learned how to make healthy pancakes, watched a pancake race and was amused by the antics of the shrovetide footballers in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
You can see my BBC news report below.
It features the sorries pancakes you'll ever see made by staff at BBC Leicester who then tossed them during a race. My original draft script contained the phrase 'BBC staff in Leicester were a bunch of useless tossers' , but after a chat with the producer it was agreed that this line should be removed. I went for the less offensive 'flipping heck it's pancake day' as the opening piece to camera.
- click here
You can see my BBC news report below.
It features the sorries pancakes you'll ever see made by staff at BBC Leicester who then tossed them during a race. My original draft script contained the phrase 'BBC staff in Leicester were a bunch of useless tossers' , but after a chat with the producer it was agreed that this line should be removed. I went for the less offensive 'flipping heck it's pancake day' as the opening piece to camera.
- click here
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Ray Winstone
WHO'S THE DADDY?I'm not usually one to be star struck, but when this chap came down onto the pitch at Upton Park, I had to have my picture taken with him.
Ray Winstone when he's not scaring the pants off people at the movies is a huge West Ham fan, much like myself. He has his own executive box at the ground, where my mates Angela and John stayed, when I was married at the stadium. All the boxes turn into hotel bedrooms on non-matchdays. Just in case you were worried about them sleeping on a dining table.
He came down to the pitch recently as his daughter was one of the official mascots. Club snapper Steve Bacon took this picture of us.
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