Do you want to be on TV?

[veggiechicken]

[Aberdeenplotter]

damn, there's only one of me and they don't mention onions

[veggiechicken]

It doesn't say that you have to be a couple - just a pair so you could team up with someone who knows about everything but onions

[Alison]

Saw this posted on another forum - it was questioned who defined the perfect carrot, should be on taste rather than appearance but that's subjective and difficult to judge. What's the betting it'll end up focusing on couples that argue as they think it'll make better TV?

[chris]

No doubt it'll be another rubbish series. Not for me thanks, I spend all my days trying to dodge cameras in work (don't want the ceo seeing actually how any coffees I go for during the day ).

[SarzWix]

Being on TV has to be my worst nightmare. I was on the radio once and was so nervous I sounded like a complete idiot Never again!

[Nicos]

Shortie was on TV a while back!
Have to say I was more than impressed!

I too would sound like a complete numpty ( no change there then! )

( Sarz- I bet you were absolutely fine )

[Aberdeenplotter]

I've done radio and tv interviews. The radio one was a hoot. Presenter tried to stop me at one stage in what was a debate with a Council Manager. I told him I was not finished and went on to finish what I had to say and Council manager didn't get opportunity to reply.

TV was funny as well but painful. They got me to lift some sarpo tatties and had a few takes. One of these was because I stuck my fork right through my boot. Was rig boots too so you can imagine. Broke the skin of my foot but that was all. Thankfully they didn't use that footage .

[Mikey]

I was on C4's big breakfast once, an outside reporter was asking people in the street what they wanted for Christmas, I said 'Gaby Rosalind', it got me on the box.

The only other time I've been on the TV, I was trying to reach a very naughty cobweb.

[veggiechicken]

My TV moments have always been silly ones
In a hospital bed wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt:
Pretending to operate a telephone switchboard in a pseudo nuclear disaster (without giggling);
"dancing" with a group of Chinese acupuncturists......
You get the picture. I don't do sensible - ever

[Feral007]

No! Never.

Mind you, I think it would be a lot of fun to organise a 'couple' from the grapesite and set them up to do most of what they want......with just a twist of odd, and a tangle of ambiguous remarks.........and maybe a dead body or two, when the producers weren't looking.

Really I feel we could be up for this if we put our minds to it

[Newton]

Didn't you see me on big fat gypsy weddings?

[Feral007]

Didn't you see me on big fat gypsy weddings?

Well no, I didn't - I was too busy gettin' me palm read - seems I'm going to meet a tall dark handsome stranger with a large allotment...............

[julesapple]

One of the cable channels (famous for country and horsey stuff) came to film at our fairs. They followed us at three events; one in a city and two in a posh market town.

It was a total pain in the butt, someone filming everything you do and say. You had to watch everything you did and said, which made my job very difficult. It's hard enough getting everyone settled in at 7am, when they're grumpy any way, they've not found a parking space near enough to unload, some other person has pinched their 'usual' table, they've had a row with their husband/wife/partner etc etc. And there were some who hated the spotlight being on other crafters, who produced the most fabulous stuff.

Then, a financial scandal with the powers-that-be who ran the hall came to light. Our bit of filming was pulled for bad publicity reasons (don't want to be associated with that, thank you) and because bigger powers-that-be said 'No, absolutely not, nothing on film'

Had the bad publicity thing not happened, I think it might have been quite good. They did only film the best aspects and weren't interested in the b*tchiness. It would have done quite a few of my crafters a great deal of good. This was a few years back, before all tv companies were interested in was back-stabbing.

[ancee]

I hope it's good, but it probably won't be! Once you put people up against each other/competing the love of why they do it will go....... Actually, I think I might take that back - look at The Great British Bake Off - I love that programme all that competing and lovely, kind, funny helpful people! I hope it's the gardening version of the bake off - HEAVENLY!!!