Caravanner of the Year on BBC this April!

Rocky's not a horror

Oh, im a horror all right, even more so if it ever gets out I indulge in textual intercourse with all you LV'ing types. Particularly so now the COTY has hit the screens-being a horror is the least of my problems

OK, Rocky, no more TI to save your reputation. It's a good job you got rid of that incriminating caravan.

Rocky's not a horror

Oh, im a horror all right, even more so if it ever gets out I indulge in textual intercourse with all you LV'ing types. Particularly so now the COTY has hit the screens-being a horror is the least of my problems

OK, Rocky, no more TI to save your reputation. It's a good job you got rid of that incriminating caravan.

I don't remember having one. . . .For the record

If COTY had included the most entertaining/humorous CT post, we might have had a proper competition on our hands. 

 

Neoprene, then Lycra. So tell us about this clothing fetish then, Ian. 

Write your comments here...I fear this thread is turning into the Rocky Horror show !.

When does IanH wear the fishnet stockings and suspenders then?..

Only when I pop around to your awning, dear......

Anyone reading the derogatory comments about the contestants (who are fellow members) on this forum would get a far more negative impression of the club than they would from watching a light hearted programme

We just watched both programmes after fresh back from a lovely weekend away! Had many friends post to my Facebook page to ask "Pip are you going in for this next year?!" Saw the clips so knew it was a light hearted thing. Watched it, was in disbelief with
a lot of it (the Chairman towing a caravan up a hill and ripping the back off) I did lean across to hubby and ask if they were 'half cut!' I have just towed for first time ever, and reversed round a T junction, had to persuade hubby to let me tow, not sure
why so many men think women are not capable as I've seen lots of capable and incapable men and women. I did say to my husband, so glad I towed before I watched this as it would have seriously put me off!!! Anyway as the programme carried on I did chuckle and
sigh and yell at the TV! By next week the programme will be forgotten about, TV editors are like the press, they want drama, they want a reaction, guess they got it. I've taken it with a pinch of salt, although only been caravanning for two years have met
wonderful people, had a fabulous time talking to campers, caravanners, campers and wardens, really love it and how the BBC portray it has been a bit of a shame! 

Far too many people on here really need to take a chill pill! The programme was a hoot - it wasn't the Olympics. Many caravanners have their little idiosyncracies, look round any site - to most we accept them as such, some see them as something for ridicule. I've seen some things that folk do in their caravans which aren't my cup of tea, some make me cringe some make me laugh but as long as it flicks their switches who cares pretty sure I will have many of both - if you can't have a laugh them you shouldn't have joined. As for calling for heads on the block etc don't be ridiculous - much of the content of this thread will do more harn to new members than anything on that programme.By coincidence I met COTY John at the weekend - he and 15 other members of his makes group were at Garlieston and they were having a fab time. Lovely guy, keen to share stories and his future plans which would put some members here to shame in terms of miles and adventures. So settle down and enjoy the 15 minutes of fame as next week it will be something else designed to get viewers...

Are people still going on about this ??, it was sooo last week , there must be something else we can rip apart 

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The contestants are not to blame, neither is the BBC , the BBC only broadcasted the programme. The program was produce by an independent television company ,which suggest it was probably the caravan clubs idea ,as such probably commission by the caravan club

The blame for the programme falls squarely on the caravan club ,and the members for voting in such individuals, to run the club 

The caravan club set the tests 

The caravan club choose the finalist 

The caravan clubs would have viewed the program before transmission 

The caravan club would have given its ok to transmit the programme ,as it was

The program is a window into the Caravan clubs, the image the club want to project of  ,caravanning, and it members in general  

Finally i would take all of those  contestants any day, over the many snotty, unsociable,  want nothing  to do with others on sites, which increasingly seems to becoming common 

As usual there is deafening silence from Grimstead on this subject.  It would help our understanding if the chairman or his deputies could explain the rationale behind those two TV programmes.

K 

It is very clear some posters on this thread are niaive when it comes to the making of TV programmes! The BBC commissioned it and thus control EVERYTHING IN IT! The CC probably had little say in the edit or contestants. My only criticism of the contestants is some of the woeful driving/towing skills and hope the CC gave them all a free towing course! As I have posted previously the contestants are largely blameless and the 'winner' clearly a decent couple. 

It is very clear some posters on this thread are niaive when it comes to the making of TV programmes! The BBC commissioned it and thus control EVERYTHING IN IT! The CC probably had little say in the edit or contestants. My only criticism of the contestants is some of the woeful driving/towing skills and hope the CC gave them all a free towing course! As I have posted previously the contestants are largely blameless and the 'winner' clearly a decent couple. 

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Typical off the cuff answer, with no knowledge of the commissions procedure of the BBC , or maybe a BBC hating ,Daily Mail reader 

An idea of this kind would have to be pitched to the BBC, by an outside interest. probably the Caravan club

The BBC  then would decide on the idea ,probably after  a meeting with the outside party. probably the caravan club. if the BBC thinks the idea has merit, and fit with their mix of programmes.  The BBC  will either at that  point agree , or tell  the outside  interested party, probably the caravan club,  to develop  the idea further ,and come back, and pitch they idea again  

If the outside interested parties idea , probably the Caravan club, idea is taken up by the BBC   The outside interested parties idea , probably the Caravan club would then go away, and as in this case, produce a programme, using an out side production company

The BBC would then view the programme ,and would engage in discussion with the outside party and  producers, if they though  changes etc, may be needed .

So NO the BBC is not to blame  

 

As usual there is deafening silence from Grimstead on this subject.  It would help our understanding if the chairman or his deputies could explain the rationale behind those two TV programmes.

K 

The information you crave was actually available in an interview with Nick Lomas 8 months ago - see You Tube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8L-iPNQHY

Cheers

Bugs

Write your comments here...We've all seen that one ages ago.  -- 

What we would like, would be, in light of the two TV programmes, that the chairman or his deputies could explain the rationale behind their particular choice of tasks and exactly how those particular tasks determined who was the best caravaner in the UK.  

K