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To get good light to film basket weaving in a village it was arrange to start filming at eight in the morning. At ten the “ladies of the baskets” still could not be found. I did suggest that maybe they had not made it clear that it was eight am.

On viewing the program as it was broadcast I felt sorry for the viewers as I reckon It would have been more informative and very entertaining to have seen the entire film that was shot.

I thank the owners of the properties filmed, as not only did they give us their time, they allowed this “crew” into their home for hours. Part of the program is to film the reaction to the property from the buyers. This was often offensive and critical of personal taste within the ho

A blank screen and brain to go with it! The heavy rain outside, followed by a bright spark that informs me the weather is better in the UK! A depressing fact, but thankfully not often true. The Catalan people like the British love to discuss the weather. The river Ebro is used like a huge barometer with families over Easter all going to look at this mass of raging water. Almost secretly spring has arrived with everything turning that vivid shade of green only waiting for the sun to put the finishing touch on it. By the time you are reading this the thoughts of building an ark will be over!

Last year I mentioned that I was involved, but not at liberty to write about a TV program on this area. Thinking back to it makes me smile. To start with I didn’t want to be involved, as some four years earlier I had been and though it was good publicity for the area it was so misleading about the property market. Generally people want to believe what they see on the screen, even if the content is designed to be entertaining more than informative. With this experience I stated that I wanted to know the content and depth of the subject matter to be covered before I agreed to take part. After the battles with young the “researcher” that had a Masters Degree in avoidance of questions, I finally got a brief of the planned program.

Two month before filming the daily phone calls with more and more questions started “do I really want to be involved with this?” At the first meeting with the research team, held in a local hotel. I was pleasantly shocked to find that some of my suggestions were going to be included! I was given more information about the couple that were the buyers and selected properties to be filmed.

Now the program is filmed to appear that it was made in one day, not the four long days plus the return extra bits! The weather was kind to us – it didn’t rain but was too bright for some of the filming!

The researchers, the sound engineers, camera crew, the “buyers” and presenter were all staying in the same hotel. By day three the tension was showing …..The buyers were complaining about the hours spent in front of the camera and not having any free time, breakfast, and most of all the fact that they had to wear the same clothes every day for continuity! The presenter was just anxious! The camera crew were almost crazy with the heat. The sound man just wore a grin and poured water over his head at every opportunity. The researchers were the only ones that remained calm and professional to the end! If there was any glamour in this work I did not see it.

Once filming of the buyers and properties were over, then all the extra bits that make up the program are shot. This of course was done at various locations covering different topics. The legal side in the form of a question and answer section with the presenter and a lawyer took two hours to set up and film. Less that a minute was shown!

To get good light to film basket weaving in a village it was arrange to start filming at eight in the morning. At ten the “ladies of the baskets” still could not be found. I did suggest that maybe they had not made it clear that it was eight am.

On viewing the program as it was broadcast I felt sorry for the viewers as I reckon It would have been more informative and very entertaining to have seen the entire film that was shot.

I thank the owners of the properties filmed, as not only did they give us their time, they allowed this “crew” into their home for hours. Part of the program is to film the reaction to the property from the buyers. This was often offensive and critical of personal taste within the hom

mile. To start with I didn’t want to be involved, as some four years earlier I had been and though it was good publicity for the area it was so misleading about the property market. Generally people want to believe what they see on the screen, even if the content is designed to be entertaining more than informative. With this experience I stated that I wanted to know the content and depth of the subject matter to be covered before I agreed to take part. After the battles with young the “researcher” that had a Masters Degree in avoidance of questions, I finally got a brief of the planned program.

Two month before filming the daily phone calls with more and more questions started “do I really want to be involved with this?” At the first meeting with the research team, held in a local hotel. I was pleasantly shocked to find that some of my suggestions were going to be included! I was given more information about the couple that were the buyers and selected properties to be filmed.

Now the program is filmed to appear that it was made in one day, not the four long days plus the return extra bits! The weather was kind to us – it didn’t rain but was too bright for some of the filming!

The researchers, the sound engineers, camera crew, the “buyers” and presenter were all staying in the same hotel. By day three the tension was showing …..The buyers were complaining about the hours spent in front of the camera and not having any free time, breakfast, and most of all the fact that they had to wear the same clothes every day for continuity! The presenter was just anxious! The camera crew were almost crazy with the heat. The sound man just wore a grin and poured water over his head at every opportunity. The researchers were the only ones that remained calm and professional to the end! If there was any glamour in this work I did not see it.

Once filming of the buyers and properties were over, then all the extra bits that make up the program are shot. This of course was done at various locations covering different topics. The legal side in the form of a question and answer section with the presenter and a lawyer took two hours to set up and film. Less that a minute was shown!

To get good light to film basket weaving in a village it was arrange to start filming at eight in the morning. At ten the “ladies of the baskets” still could not be found. I did suggest that maybe they had not made it clear that it was eight am.

On viewing the program as it was broadcast I felt sorry for the viewers as I reckon It would have been more informative and very entertaining to have seen the entire film that was shot.

I thank the owners of the properties filmed, as not only did they give us their time, they allowed this “crew” into their home for hours. Part of the program is to film the reaction to the property from the buyers. This was often offensive and critical of personal taste within the ho

the first meeting with the research team, held in a local hotel. I was pleasantly shocked to find that some of my suggestions were going to be included! I was given more information about the couple that were the buyers and selected properties to be filmed.

Now the program is filmed to appear that it was made in one day, not the four long days plus the return extra bits! The weather was kind to us – it didn’t rain but was too bright for some of the filming!

The researchers, the sound engineers, camera crew, the “buyers” and presenter were all staying in the same hotel. By day three the tension was showing …..The buyers were complaining about the hours spent in front of the camera and not having any free time, breakfast, and most of all the fact that they had to wear the same clothes every day for continuity! The presenter was just anxious! The camera crew were almost crazy with the heat. The sound man just wore a grin and poured water over his head at every opportunity. The researchers were the only ones that remained calm and professional to the end! If there was any glamour in this work I did not see it.

Once filming of the buyers and properties were over, then all the extra bits that make up the program are shot. This of course was done at various locations covering different topics. The legal side in the form of a question and answer section with the presenter and a lawyer took two hours to set up and film. Less that a minute was shown!

To get good light to film basket weaving in a village it was arrange to start filming at eight in the morning. At ten the “ladies of the baskets” still could not be found. I did suggest that maybe they had not made it clear that it was eight am.

On viewing the program as it was broadcast I felt sorry for the viewers as I reckon It would have been more informative and very entertaining to have seen the entire film that was shot.

I thank the owners of the properties filmed, as not only did they give us their time, they allowed this “crew” into their home for hours. Part of the program is to film the reaction to the property from the buyers. This was often offensive and critical of personal taste within the ho

st, and most of all the fact that they had to wear the same clothes every day for continuity! The presenter was just anxious! The camera crew were almost crazy with the heat. The sound man just wore a grin and poured water over his head at every opportunity. The researchers were the only ones that remained calm and professional to the end! If there was any glamour in this work I did not see it.

Once filming of the buyers and properties were over, then all the extra bits that make up the program are shot. This of course was done at various locations covering different topics. The legal side in the form of a question and answer section with the presenter and a lawyer took two hours to set up and film. Less that a minute was shown!

To get good light to film basket weaving in a village it was arrange to start filming at eight in the morning. At ten the “ladies of the baskets” still could not be found. I did suggest that maybe they had not made it clear that it was eight am.

On viewing the program as it was broadcast I felt sorry for the viewers as I reckon It would have been more informative and very entertaining to have seen the entire film that was shot.

I thank the owners of the properties filmed, as not only did they give us their time, they allowed this “crew” into their home for hours. Part of the program is to film the reaction to the property from the buyers. This was often offensive and critical of personal taste within the ho

own!

To get good light to film basket weaving in a village it was arrange to start filming at eight in the morning. At ten the “ladies of the baskets” still could not be found. I did suggest that maybe they had not made it clear that it was eight am.

On viewing the program as it was broadcast I felt sorry for the viewers as I reckon It would have been more informative and very entertaining to have seen the entire film that was shot.

I thank the owners of the properties filmed, as not only did they give us their time, they allowed this “crew” into their home for hours. Part of the program is to film the reaction to the property from the buyers. This was often offensive and critical of personal taste within the home filmed. Luckily most of this was edited out of the final program. The buyers did not get what they wanted - A free holiday in Spain! I believe they did what they planned to before the filming started and brought in France.