In article <...>, ... (Christopher England) wrote:

Damn it. Sussed. However, I have offered this before via these very
pages. A lovely Production House is happy to match GBPound for
GBPound any monies raised for such a venture. I seem to recall I
ended up having the pee taken out of me for the suggestion. And,
nobody came forward to talk about it seriously. Anoraks, eh?

Actually, I recall a similar idea being muted on LBC one night when I was working with Steve Allen and the lubly Mandy.
A lot of listeners thought it was a great idea, not sure about seeing me in the morning.
Trouble is, to some degree, radio is already reality TV. On yes.
Most stations have live video streams now – if I walk in the studio 10:1 someone will write hello to me via the chatroom.
Argh, yes the good old days when all DJs were perfect weight/height all looked fantastic and nobody ever saw them expect for the publicity shots
:-)

Ah, but the gamble is whether or not it would sell in to the lovely
Commissioning Editors. Are anoraks on a ship that interesting? I
guess we'd also need to know if it could become a series of monthly
visits, or a single package at the end. The dream placement could
include 'live' footage from the ship on a nightly basis. Sigh.

Tis how you talk it up, as has been mentioned.
Reality TV, in one form or another, still has massive appeal.

Now you knew this was coming :-) You could even make a show about people from over here now doing XYZ over there – especially as the focus could be a radio station. Yes people would watch just to see how ex-pats make out. Oh yeah that idea is copyright Eric.

Let's face it we have all the right bits, pretty girls, ugle blokes, and an amazing backdrop for cut-aways

Regards
Eric