Television productions- programmes re lettings

[tobystrutt]

ITV1’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald is making a programme about Property Development, and we’re looking to hear from you.



Have you developed with the intention of adding value to your property? This could be from scratch after buying a derelict house, or maybe you’ve added an extension or some other home improvement. Has the recent slow down in the market meant you’ve lost out financially – or even gone bankrupt? Perhaps you’re trying to sell now, but know that you’re likely to make a loss? If you’re interested in taking part in the programme, then please contact me on 084488 16453 / 07786 547227 or toby.strutt@itv.com

[jta]

:D Funny innit, how these program researchers join the forum with the sole intention of blagging some poor LL or T to bare their all in order to facilitate an 'in depth report' to show to the nation lasting all of 12 minutes after you take out the crap.

[jasminedavid]

Hi Toby!

What is it? give me brief about ITV Tonight Programme.

[calum]

hello there

sorry to bother you all but i'm working for a company called quicksilver media doing a money programme for the BBC on the residential letting market which will likely be broadcast in the autumn.

i'm interested in speaking to people who have recently become landlords because of the impact of the current credit crunch and how they're finding their new status as landlords.

you can either pm me here, or email me on calum.walker@qsmedia.tv

thanks!

calum

[Sorrel]

So are you just after landlords that have only become landlords because they've been forced into it because they cant sell?

Hehe I love the idea of someone being forced to be a landlord and have tenants

[Southcoast Landlord]

I'd be willing to speak to you. Ive been in BTL since 2001 and bought my latest property last year.

cheers

Lee

[calum]

it's just one aspect amongst several i'm looking at but yes, new single property landlords coming in because of the credit crunch would help for the moment...

[Paul_f]

Spoke with Calum today and he's quite genuine so contact him if you can.

[Landlords tv]

Established L.A. based production company is searching for a professional landlord with a BIG personality to star in a new reality television series. 
The ideal candidate would have about 100+ residential listings that are being maintained. We are looking for someone who deals with the day to day trials and tribulations of maintaining so many listings and keeping the tenants happy. We are also mainly looking for a landlord that works with his family in the upkeep of all the listings.

Candidates from all areas of the U.S. will be considered.
If you or someone you know may be interested, please send a brief description listing the candidate’s qualifications along with a current photo to landlordstv@gmail.com.

If possible, also include links to any videos that feature the candidate.

[mavala25]

my thieving LL would be fine fodder for this show!

[HMO Landlord]

Maybe we should make our own show, i used to work in tv and film production. I can make anyone look beautiful....even you. (didn't point fingers at anyone there, so don't get paranoid)

[islandgirl]

I can see it now - "LLZone the movie"
a thought provoking piece of cinema about numerous lives brought together by one internet forum. We have it all. The exploited and the exploiters, the kind and the nasty, the goodies and the baddies. The film explores how their lives are interwoven by one particular thread which leads them on a quest to rescue a fellow member from unimaginable peril. I have parts for Jeffrey and MTG - others may apply here. Casting in April.

[leaseholdanswers]

I can see it now - "LLZone the movie"
a thought provoking piece of cinema about numerous lives brought together by one internet forum. We have it all. The exploited and the exploiters, the kind and the nasty, the goodies and the baddies. The film explores how their lives are interwoven by one particular thread which leads them on a quest to rescue a fellow member from unimaginable peril. I have parts for Jeffrey and MTG - others may apply here. Casting in April.

I offer my shed as the secret lair for the hero/heroine.:cool:

[islandgirl]

Accepted. You may also choose to play a feisty tenant who battles an evil Landlord or said evil landlord...

[mind the gap]

I can see it now - "LLZone the movie"
a thought provoking piece of cinema about numerous lives brought together by one internet forum. We have it all. The exploited and the exploiters, the kind and the nasty, the goodies and the baddies. The film explores how their lives are interwoven by one particular thread which leads them on a quest to rescue a fellow member from unimaginable peril. I have parts for Jeffrey and MTG - others may apply here. Casting in April.

Groundbreaking as it may well prove in the annals of film history, it would probably be precipitate for anyone to give up their day job just yet on the strength of this concept.

[jta]

I'm only going to come if there's a proper casting couch! Fnarr Fnarr.

[Moderator1]

Several largely similar questions on separate threads (relating to television programmes, producers, productions, and interviews with landlords and tenants) have been merged into this thread.

[jeffrey]

All those hours to of TV to fill, and nothing but L&T stories. Maybe scope for a new "L&T-only" channel?

[islandgirl]

surprised there isn't one already - I have even seen a "pub channel" of all things!

[jeffrey]

surprised there isn't one already - I have even seen a "pub channel" of all things!
Is it off-air in Wales on Sunday afternoons?

[mind the gap]

I'm only going to come if there's a proper casting couch! Fnarr Fnarr.

You and Jeffrey will end up on it by yourselves then.

No sexual innuendo intended, incidentally. (End up/ends up, etc. Jeffrey's favourite stuff).

[islandgirl]

but I have a part for you MTG - you are my heroine!

[mind the gap]

but I have a part for you MTG - you are my heroine!

Sorry, darling, Steven got there first!

[jeffrey]

but I have a part for you MTG - you are my heroine!
Say no to heroin(e).

[mind the gap]

but I have a part for you MTG - you are my heroine!
If I am the heroine, logic suggests that Jeffrey is the villain. Sounds about right :)

[jeffrey]

Jeffrey sounds about right
How true that extract is.

[wilfred]

Sorry, darling, Steven got there first!

Er, who is Steven? Is it another one of mtg's cat's?

[jeffrey]

Er, who is Steven? Is it another one of mtg's cat's?
No. He's deep and crisp and steven.

[mind the gap]

Er, who is Steven? Is it another one of mtg's cat's?

Spielberg, honey.

[wilfred]

Spielberg, honey.

Have you seen the first film Spielberg ever directed called 'Duel'?
A brilliant and spell-binding film which has you on the edge of your seat. It was his first film and he was only 25 at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_(1971_film)

[jeffrey]

Yes; simplest plot ever, yet driven-along with every possible twist and turn. Superb.

[mind the gap]

Er, who is Steven? Is it another one of mtg's cat's?

Steady on. You make me sound like some crazy Cats Rescue Home person! I have only one and a half cats, in fact.

[jjlandlord]

I have only one and a half cats, in fact.

Which makes you sound like some crazy cat butchering person... What's your weapon? Hack saw, axe, chain saw?

[jeffrey]

Which makes you sound like some crazy cat butchering person... What's your weapon? Hack saw, axe, chain saw?
None of the above but a cat o' four-and-a-half tails.

[mind the gap]

Which makes you sound like some crazy cat butchering person... What's your weapon? Hack saw, axe, chain saw?

Fear not. We have one cat who is loyal to us and not only eats at our house but grants us his company on a regular basis. Tells us his troubles, sits on our knees, watches 'Junior Doctors' with us, etc. We have another (his twin brother) who eats at our house, but prefers the company of the neighbours, who are to all intents and purposes his surrogate owners. He enjoys getting away with all sorts of tricks like sleeping on their bed all night, which isn't allowed in our house. He even tried to smuggle himself away in their caravan when they went on holiday one year. They got 10miles before they noticed (in their rear view mirror) his face peering out of the caravan window.

So he's really only 'half' ours.

[leaseholdanswers]

If I am the heroine, logic suggests that Jeffrey is the villain. Sounds about right :)

Isn't Jeffrey the hero?

Mild Mannered Sheffield Solicitor....

Is it a bird, is it a plane, faster than the M1, stronger than Sheffield Steel, it's " Nether Edge"

[islandgirl]

Oh this film is going to be Oscar material I can tell. The creative juices are flowing now...

[wilfred]

Isn't Jeffrey the hero?

Mild Mannered Sheffield Solicitor....

Is it a bird, is it a plane, faster than the M1, stronger than Sheffield Steel, it's " Nether Edge"

Oh no, surely not. Being a superhero means he will have to wear his pants over his trousers, change into his costume from telephone boxes, assist all maidens in distress, and assume an alias. All that in the space of a few minutes. Oh, and put the world to right while he's at it. Not an easy task for any mere mortal

[leaseholdanswers]

Oh no, surely not. Being a superhero means he will have to wear his pants over his trousers, change into his costume from telephone boxes, assist all maidens in distress, and assume an alias. All that in the space of a few minutes. Oh, and put the world to right while he's at it. Not an easy task for any mere mortal

Perhaps he already does....
he already has more puns than Adam West's Batman...
Perhaps he " Nether Edge" is reached via the Sheffield Forum

I have thoughts on a costume but his nemesis, the liberal do gooder,MTG, would shout "stereotypes".

Oh to heck with it he would shout "Hava nagila v'nismeḥa" when he catches the bad guys.;)

[leaseholdanswers]

Oh this film is going to be Oscar material I can tell. The creative juices are flowing now...

I think MTG should be the villaness. She has the cats.
So ala Blofeld or Goldfinger where LHA is tied to a table under a (solar powered) laser made out recycled bicycles and guardians.

LHA ( in the voice of Connery) "Scho MTG, do you want me to exschplain my post again, with punctuashion, and schentensches?"

MTG " No Mr LHA, I want you to die":eek:

[wilfred]

I think MTG should be the villaness. She has the cats.


...and don't forget those boots, 'kinky boots, kinky boots', as sung by Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.

[wilfred]

Oh to heck with it he would shout "Hava nagila v'nismeḥa" when he catches the bad guys.;)

Unless of course you are Bette Midler, who would probably sing
'Wind beneath my wings'.

[islandgirl]

Now we're talking. Offers from Hollywood on my PM please. I have this vision of Jeffrey tied to a conveyor belt heading towards a circular saw with MTG standing by, cat in arms, saying "any last requests, Mr Edge?" Bet that image will turn up in my dreams tonight....

[wilfred]

Cor, all this talk about, ...‘crazy cat butchering person, What's your weapon? Hack saw, axe, chain saw? Conveyor belts, circular saws, solar powered) lasers’ etc…
You lot are making mtg sound like a psycho.
Come on, how about some suggestions of a title for this Hollywood blockbuster film?

By the way LHA, will your shed be the torture chamber and does it look anything like this? Pure luxury.
http://www.buyshedsdirect.co.uk/alsace-log-cabin-4m-x-3m-34mm

[jeffrey]

Now we're talking. Offers from Hollywood on my PM please. I have this vision of Jeffrey tied to a conveyor** belt heading towards a circular saw with MTG standing by, cat in arms, saying "any last requests, Mr Edge?" Bet that image will turn up in my dreams tonight....
** Conveyancer belt, surely?

[mind the gap]

Cor, all this talk about, ...‘crazy cat butchering person, What's your weapon? Hack saw, axe, chain saw? Conveyor belts, circular saws, solar powered) lasers’ etc…
You lot are making mtg sound like a psycho.
Come on, how about some suggestions of a title for this Hollywood blockbuster film?


Quite. It just goes to prove that you lot (jeffrey, islandgirl, LHA, etc) should all get out a bit more and give your fevered imaginations a rest!

[jeffrey]

Well, they've just done "The Lincoln Lawyer" [have any Lincoln-based solicitors tried to garner extra advertising kudos on the back of it?]. Surely "The Sheffield Lawyer" is the logical sequel.

[mind the gap]

Well, they've just done "The Lincoln Lawyer" [have any Lincoln-based solicitors tried to garner extra advertising kudos on the back of it?]. Surely "The Sheffield Lawyer" is the logical sequel.
No, because itdoes not alliterate.

[jeffrey]

No, because itdoes not alliterate.
OK- 'The Sheffield Solicitor'?

[islandgirl]

No we need something far more exciting (like the characters themselves)
How about
"Nether Edge of Darkness"
one mans quest to rid the world of the evil Gap

[jeffrey]

Better, what about a film called 'The Gap on the Left'.
Tagline: one man, one Gap to Mind, one quest to open the Mind.

[leaseholdanswers]

Better: a film called' The Gap on the Left'.
Tagline: one man, one Gap to mind, one quest to open the mind.

Or Stephen Donaldson's Gap series I have read it twice and still do not understand it.

[leaseholdanswers]

Quite. It just goes to prove that you lot (jeffrey, islandgirl, LHA, etc) should all get out a bit more and give your fevered imaginations a rest!

I work in a shed most of the time so, technically, I spend a lot of time out.

I am proud to have an imagination, it's not something which many today have, value, or cultivate.

[islandgirl]

This is my imagination un-fevered. Imagine what it is like when I am excited!

[jeffrey]

That is illogical, Captain. How can we imagine what's unimaginable? I imagine that we can't.

[mind the gap]

I am proud to have an imagination, it's not something which many today have, value, or cultivate.

I agree that an imagination is indeed a faculty to be encouraged. Imaginations which whip themselves up into a frenzy of unpleasantness and which amuse themselves with the contemplation of imagined cruelty are probably best not encouraged, however.

[mind the gap]

And you're wrong about not many people valuing or having an imagination. Perhaps you just mix with a lot of dull people!

[leaseholdanswers]

And you're wrong about not many people valuing or having an imagination. Perhaps you just mix with a lot of dull people!

The dungeons and dragons club is full of imagination...:eek:

I wanted to avoid " the yoof of today comment" but with the internet,tv and movies, the financial freedom to do many things, travel and experience firsthand, and the virtual worlds from gaming to "sims", imagination is not so important.

How many people on a train journey read book or stare out of the window and daydream? So often they end up doing something( even if it is virtual) rather than imagining it.

[mind the gap]

The dungeons and dragons club is full of imagination...:eek:

I wanted to avoid " the yoof of today comment" but with the internet,tv and movies, the financial freedom to do many things, travel and experience firsthand, and the virtual worlds from gaming to "sims", imagination is not so important.

How many people on a train journey read book or stare out of the window and daydream? So often they end up doing something( even if it is virtual) rather than imagining it.

How many people on a train journey, full stop?

[islandgirl]

Has the train stopped then? I'm confused.

[leaseholdanswers]

Has the train stopped then? I'm confused.

Off the rails I think- "vino" on the line...:cool:

[mind the gap]

Off the rails I think- "vino" on the line...:cool:

Not in my case, I assure you. My question did cohere, albeit elliptically, in the context of your question (about people on trains daydreaming) in post #86 above it.

[Rodent1]

I can see it now - "LLZone the movie"
a thought provoking piece of cinema about numerous lives brought together by one internet forum. We have it all. The exploited and the exploiters, the kind and the nasty, the goodies and the baddies. The film explores how their lives are interwoven by one particular thread which leads them on a quest to rescue a fellow member from unimaginable peril. I have parts for Jeffrey and MTG - others may apply here. Casting in April.


I'll wander around the set at night and have a scratch about!

[mavericktv]

Hi
Sorry to bother you, My name is Laura and I work at Maverick TV. We are currently making a documentary series on Community Mediation, following teams of experts whose job it is to help resolve neighbourly issues. After seeing your post we may be able to help you with your current situation.
If you are interested in learning more you can contact me at l.woolf@mavericktv.co.uk
Thanks
Laura

[jeffrey]

Episode 91 in a series?

[mind the gap]

After seeing your post we may be able to help you with your current situation.


Which post would that be then? And what 'current situation'?

You're not making much sense, Mrs Spammer.

[jeffrey]

Great idea for a TV series: a growing procession of novice producers try to drum-up interest in a proposed programme by posting on a landlord/tenant website, with hilarious consequences!