Is There Any T V Or Radio...

[choux]

...programme in which you would like to participate?

Reading Barsel's earlier post:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/Question1764703.html
I think it would be worth travelling to Manch to appear with peter pedant
and rowanwitch would like to do Pointless.

I have often said that I would love to be on Bargain Hunt because I often assess the actual value of items. I don't think I would suffer from nerves.

[barry1010]

If you are a fan of Bargain Hunt my advice would be not to apply. What you see on the programme is very different to the reality and I think it could spoil your future enjoyment of the programme.

Wild horses could not get me in front of a tv camera,

[gness]

The only one I would consider and then change my mind about is Countdown. Quite good on my sofa but nerves would be my downfall.

Two friends went on Bargain Hunt. A real disappointment as they were not given the freedom to choose that they expected. They were pushed into some items they'd never have bought.

I might consider a bit part in Midsomer Murders though.... :-)

[choux]

gness, would you last in the part to the closing credits?

[gness]

Well I would try to be one of the few who do, Choux... :-)

[choux]

I have been a fan of Countdown, though I am not always keen on the celebrity overseeing the show. I have forfeited the programme in the past. I do enjoy both letters and numbers which I do mentally.

The Chase appeals to me until they ask about modern music/artists/films. If it happened in black and white I probably saw it or hummed it.

[choux]

Good for you, gness, right up to the arrest then :)

[Peter Pedant]

sixth form challenge ( third res) 1966
university cack up Trinity Hall - reserve ( the fella who displaced me got to be ViceMaster ) 1970
univ cack - OU reserve - called up er after the prog recorded. 1986
univ cack - professionals - others new more ( anesthetists)
univ cack - old lags. others prettier but deffo did not know more than me. (res)
15-1 - got to final four in one prog - awful journey to Lundy one day only. 2000 - replayed a few weeks ago

thinking about only connect - - anyone ?

ten of us - no tenable

I am prepared to swot. Prof - 5 dictionaries - mod hist: who is what in 19th cent novel (*) etymology, mod lit, and a fifth ( Pears possibly). It IS terribly boring. - certainly as boring as "you read a dictionary" sounds ( well five)

[gness]

Spot on...then I'd send for Barmaid.

We record and whizz through annoying guests on Countdown and even more so since Anne Robinson took over.

[Peter Pedant]

(*) Leigh Hunt ( Byron and all that) turns out to be a doctor but cant stand ill people
and is the fey one in Jarndyce v Jarndyce who WON'T go into Ester Summerson's room when she has small pox....( and I think has sold on Esthers brothers name to the Lawyers ( Vholes) who ruin him)

[choux]

Impressive, Peter, well done. Wish I had seen that repeat.

[novalis]

'The Chase' against Shaun Wallace. His 0 passes to my 2 in the 'Mastermind' final in 2004 is a ghost I'd like to exorcise.

[davebro]

A mate of mine auditioned twice for Countdown but didn't get on. He plays Popmaster on the radio & once won it.

I would love to have a crack at WWTBAM.

[DTCwordfan]

Just a Minute for me....

[choux]

I can understand that, novalis, but well done anyway.

[choux]

DTC, I can think of a couple of "erudite" posters here who may be better at Just a Minute than you ;)

[Ken4155]

Told this tale a couple of times on here. Back in late 70s/early 80s, i auditioned for a gig on Sale Of The Century. Place of audition was the Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester but no Nick Parsons, unfortunately. We 'hopefuls' were split into groups of 3 (i was with an older guy and a woman about the same age as me - mid 20s 20s) and waited our turn to be called into a room where we were seated and given 'buzzers'. Questions were fired at us at speed and i answered about 2/3rds of them - most correctly. I didn't get the gig, but i was amazed to see the woman on the programme a few months later when the series was actually aired. They obviously wanted beauty, not brains :-)

[choux]

davebro, would you set your safety net at £32k?

[davebro]

//davebro, would you set your safety net at £32k?//

Hoping I would have 2 or 3 lifelines left & hold on for 125k!

[davebro]

yes Ken - I think "if the camera likes you" probably plays a part!

[choux]

Some confidence there, davebro!

Bit of a slap in the face then, ken.