Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: TV Producer on April 28, 2005, 05:54:23 pm
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I am producing a documentary for Sky One about the people who provide domestic services in suburbia. I am very keen to include a story about a window cleaner. If you are charismatic, eloquent, have strong opinions about your profession, clean suburban windows and want to be on TV please get in touch.
suburbia@shinelimited.com
020 7985 7101
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An elequent window cleaner ??? Might take some finding that one ;)
Methinks TV Producer may well get a few replies by Email, too many skeletons in my cupboard though:-\
Ian
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All the windows I clean are either in the town or the country.
Oh well ..... that's me out.
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All the windows I clean are either in the town or the country.
Oh well ..... that's me out.
;D now thats funny
i was going to add "i dont clean in suburbia" its 45 mins away and dont travel that far :o
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I dont mind so long as I get paid & he helps out for nought. A full week would be nice.
Dont think its going to happen for me though and I think I would let the side down.
I think Ian should do it cause it looks like hes always in the pub and Ross can finnish the day off by taking him home stretched out. (A day in the life of a window cleaner)
What do you think guys?
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Just like buses these requests!
For those that don't qualify for the above you might want to consider another one I've just had:
Hello
And apologies for writing to you direct but I was wondering if you would help us in our new documentary. I am a producer with RDF Media - www.rdfmedia.com <http://www.rdfmedia.com/> - one of the UK’s leading independent television production companies, specializing in high quality factual television and documentaries. We are currently developing a further series of Wife Swap and Channel 4 are extremely keen to introduce a depth and different angle of cultural insight from the vast variety of cultures that characterise modern British society. It is an opportunity for people to get a sense of how other families organize their lives and also to introduce some new ideas to other families. The series Wife Swap is a major hit in the UK (as well as selling all over the world) - regularly reaching audiences of over 6 million viewers, winning three television industry awards. As well as being engaging television, we believe that the series offers a startling transformation to people’s lives and the different ways in which families organize parenting, work, domestic life etc.
We are looking for families from all walks of life and we often find some of our best families through other people’s personal recommendations so, if you know any great families who maybe interested please get in touch, you just never know who could be up for the challenge. We would love to feature a strong, fun and vibrant family from your area and within your organization.
If you are unfamiliar with the series, the format is that in each episode (there are 6 in the series), we take two families and the women of the families swap over for 10 days (i.e. they move into the other family’s home for 10 days). For the first 5 days the wives carry out the role of mum they have exchanged places with and follow her daily routine. Then after 5 days of living by the host family’s rules each wife is then given the chance to enlighten her host family with her philosophy on life and introduce some new ideas to the family.
I am trying to find out-going and memorable families, and have something positive to say about their families' lifestyle. At this stage I'd just like to speak to people who are interested without any commitment to taking part.
Any help you may be able to offer would be hugely appreciated. Please also feel free to pass on my contact details and forward this information onto other organisations/associates you think might be able to help in the search. Furthermore do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries, you can reach me on 07950 912382 or on my direct line.
Thanks again very much for your help, I look forward to hearing you.
Irene Antoniades
Associate Producer
rdf media
The Gloucester Building
Kensington Village
Avonmore Road
London
W14 8RF
T: 0044 (0)20 70134516
F: 0044 (0)20 70134011
irene.antoniades@rdfmedia.com
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the women of the families swap over for 10 days (i.e. they move into the other family’s home for 10 days). For the first 5 days the wives carry out the role of mum they have exchanged places with and follow her daily routine.
If we went for that, the woman who took the place of 'Wor Lass' should not be frightened of heights, hard graft, getting her hair wet, peeing in customer's back gardens and most of all; spiders!
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we take two families and the women of the families swap over for 10 days
Could I do a swap with the lady down the road? ;D
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wayne1972@supanet.com new round put out of other job by the council and now they seem to want to kill off all trades people by bringing in NCP Traffic wardens who refuse to let us park on any lines Torbay area I think i would be interested as i do many things window cleaning odd jobs even started doing a mobile movie business
wayne
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I have to say I expected a few more of you to step forward. Anyone feel passionate about the job to go on TV and celebrate your profession?
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love my job....but not enough to plaster my ugly mug all over the country....
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You want to try Terry Burrows he's been on tv a few times.
But if the price is right ? ........ don't do anything for free
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Yes, isnt Terry Burrows the w/c who would clean the screen of the telly durring the adverts? I am going back some years now.
Steveyboy
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;)yes sir you are correct!every day on carlton TV for 2 years! from 1993 to 1995
it was fun" ;D and loads more!
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I have to say I expected a few more of you to step forward. Anyone feel passionate about the job to go on TV and celebrate your profession?
There are plenty of people here who feel passionate about our profession, especially when it comes to raising standards of safety, professionalism and our status.
However, I think we've all seen enough unscripted; budget-TV 'fly on the wall' programmes that leave people to the mercy of the Editor. You could be the brightest, nicest guy in the world; but if the editor wants to make you look like a lesbian-NAZI-Sunderland supporter; then you'll appear that way.
I seem to remember watching a programme about 'Swinging Couples' and one of them, much to Wor Lasses dismay (who works as a window cleaner with me), was a window cleaning couple from Blackpool. You could try them – I'm sure they're game for some ridicule.
We might be window cleaners, but we're not all thick.
I would hope the majority of members of this forum are bright enough to know what they'd be letting themselves in for.
Why don't you try VGWXYZ (Vince to his mates) at another forum. I'm sure you'll get a better response there.
Thank you for your interest.
(Sorry Ian - don't beat me either)
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;)yes parts of that is true,many times I have been filmed,and thought what a load of krap that was,thats TV for you,you are at the mercy of the cutting room!
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;)yes parts of that is true,many times I have been filmed,and thought what a load of krap that was,thats TV for you,you are at the mercy of the cutting room!
No, Terry. I really believe you are how you were portrayed! You are a Lesbian-Sunderland Supporting-NAZI. I saw the programme. Just hope you don't bump into me in a dark alley. I hate Sunderland Supporters.
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I don't think it's a question of not feeling passionate about the job, to me it's a question of self respect.
Why should I be a tool to help some else get veiwing figures when that person in all probability doesn't give a hoot about me?
Most of these types of programs get 'spiced' up and changed because it's viewing figures that matter.
I worked on the railways at a depot when a supposed documentry was done that was to give a balanced veiw of day to day life.
The resulting program was insulting and totally inaccurate. The editing had been done in a way to give veiwers the veiw that we were all raving militants hell bent on disrupting everything and that we were lazy, had a couldn't care less attitude and hated the traveling public.
The producers took bits of conversations, bit of this and bits of that.
A while back I remember reading a letter in a newspaper from someone who had been in a type of fly on the wall type thing and he was furious just how he had been portrayed.
Having said that, I'm sure there is one w/c who can do more than four but less than seven 3 bedroom semi's an hour who'd jump at the chance.
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Where's Sunderland ?
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Where's Sunderland ?
It's near a place called Lesbian ....
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Iwas on breakfast tele about 14 years back when they were bringing the dangerous dogs act out. I was picking rasberrys in the garden with my two grand daughters.
This staffy cross, jumped over the wall and attacked the young 4 year old. I grabbed him round the throat and didn't let go, till he let go of her by this time the dog was dead. Got the young one to hospital to get stiched up. Came home and the world had gone mad. Police, reporters. A guy from the TV news, the phone wouldn't stop ringing. Next day I made the front page. "GRAND FATHER STRANGLES PIT BULL TERRIER" I had done the dog owner a favour, because it was dead they couldn't charge him.
My grand daughter is now a lovely 18 year old dog lover. I got £60 for the breakfast TV interview.
Never realised how much that affected me till last year. One of my EX customers had a really nasty allsatian. He opened every door inside the house and sat there while this dog tried it's best to break every window to get at me.
I was ready to drop the guy. I finished that clean totally sressed out. I never cleaned his windows again. No more TV for me, Dai
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fancy doing a documentary about a certain ovencleaning company that rip off members of the public, i think youde need a big studio as theres a lot of us that arent happy, and need the law changing so the franchising industry is regulated and policied
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;)when you enter the TV world,pandoras box comes to mind! ::) you just do not know whats round the corner! I ll leave that one with you ???Bin an Done it!
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Its got to interest a w/c somewhere. Cant you remember that program where people did stupid things just to get on telly? There was 1 where a young guy tongue kissed( this is almost to much to mention) a really old woman of around 80 just to get on telly. But you may all be right it could have been kylie and this picture of an old woman was cut and pasted.
Steveyboy