Tag Archives: TV

Prime-time reality TV botanic bonus (Rousse)

I was the star of a prime-time reality TV show. Cut off from the rest of the world as the team leader of six adventurers, I was only allowed one short walkie-talkie call with my family over the course of … Continue reading

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A new job in football, the Tardis and a night with Harrison Ford (Belle)

I was working for, and living in the same house as, the owner of Huddersfield Football Club. She asked me to help her work on her latest idea – the creation of an ‘eco-cartoon’ for the younger fan-base. Despite having … Continue reading

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Belle bluffs about kids’ TV

My new job was to act as an expert on a children’s cultural movement. It seemed that a TV programme about the manager of a boys’ football team was now must-see viewing and I was expected to interpret this phenomenon … Continue reading

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Reality TV hits a new low (Belle)

Despite reality TV being declared dead, here I was on the set of another lame programme. ‘Model Soldiers’ involved implausibly attractive people being put through their paces with real soldiers. The main prize – a trip to a combat zone … Continue reading

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TV crew trapped in Cary Grant’s Bristol dining room (Rousse)

The presenter turned to camera and proudly declared “And this, ladies and gentlemen, is Cary Grant’s dining room”. Out of shot, I fingered the tatty lime green wallpaper and concluded that the flower design dated from the 1950s at the … Continue reading

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Peter Mandelson and the Labour Party lodge at Belle’s B&B

Being the landlady of a B&B was much more stressful than I had anticipated. My guests, the entire shadow cabinet and Peter Mandelson, had taken over the TV lounge to watch the LibDem conference. They demanded Pringles and endless cups … Continue reading

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Belle unmasked as a thief on primetime TV

My modernist 1950s clock, shaped like a boat, was causing a stir on The Antiques Roadshow. With a value well into seven figures it was quite literally a ‘museum piece’. As the cameras panned into my face, I was asked … Continue reading

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Belle’s bad hair day

One set of parents lived in New York. The other set in San Francisco. So who would the young couple spend Christmas with? This was NOT my type of film and when the girl tricked the boy into flying to … Continue reading

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Chimps, sheep and a dog (Belle)

In the grounds of the stately home, only the chimpanzees were allowed to walk on the grass. The buildings were beautiful, yellow bricked and regency. We were here to reunite a teenage boy with the chimp that had rescued him … Continue reading

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Sorry Michael McIntyre, never seen you (Rousse)

I walked along the sidewalk of a big Canadian city (most likely Vancouver) with Michael McIntyre, afraid to admit that I had never seen his television show.

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