Have you filmed a crash, scrape or near miss? ITV wants your footage

[Drago]

Couple of years ago Sky were following our lot round for one of their Police Action Deathkill type shows. Enough of us declined to be filmed that they couldn't work from our nick. Nothing in it for me, so screw 'em.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

They're getting similarly short shrift over on advanced-driving.co.uk.

GC

 

[400bhp]

And on road CC.

Feckin spam.

 

[glenn forger]

didnt even bother to alter the request, or pathetic conciliatory follow up. Spamming, lazy clown. i hope they get the theme from The Golden Girls as an earworm.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If the OP doesn't get themselves a helmet camera and see what the world looks like on a bike they're going to have to reformat the programme as ''Benefit Cyclists''

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@ITVCaughtOnCamera would get best results by getting on his/her bike for a months, no car use allowed.
Armed with his/her own cam, of course.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

didnt even bother to alter the request, or pathetic conciliatory follow up. Spamming, lazy clown. i hope they get the theme from The Golden Girls as an earworm.

Was that your submission to them?

 

[w00hoo_kent]

TV companies have regularly screwed over small interest groups. I don't know a single one I belong to that would be naive enough to say 'yes' to their presence.

 

[glenn forger]

Was that your submission to them?

Nah, if I submitted anything it would be this:

"Dear ITV.

I noticed your appeal to cyclists and request for helmet cam footage for use in your programme. I was interested to read your reassurances that you are anxious not to encourage aggression or divisions on the road, which confused me because back in May cyclists held a peaceful protest at Elephant and Castle to highlight the shocking collision rate at London's most dangerous junctions. The police were informed, the protest was held on the pavement, nobody was delayed or inconvenienced in any way. The ITN NEWS headline was:


Cyclists try to shut down Elephant & Castle roundaboutitv.com/news/london/st…




https://mobile.twitter.com/itvlondon/status/469162643862073347

Now I'm confused. Are you lying sacks of rotting ordure or just very, very stupid? In the chase for sensational ratings are you really not bothered that your lies encourage hostility and aggression? You deleted that headline but the URL is still the same and of course the damage has been done by now. I think you are a load of crappy, rubbish, irresponsible jerks, you don't care about cyclists at all.

Emile Nawagamuwa is the producer/director of Caught on Camera. He's a dolt, rubbish at his job, ignorant of the issues and happy to stir up hatred so long as he gets ratings. He represents everything that's tawdry and sleazy about British television. He's like a pornographer or an extreme right-wing knuckle dragger who tries to encourage racism by promoting shameful falsehoods. I hope he goes in a room and forgets what he went in there for, the bell end.

Lots of love

glenn.

 

[theclaud]

Why aren't accounts like the op in this thread just closed immediately, obviously no interest in the forum just here to 'sell' us something be it a product or in this case their documentary?

This. 1600-odd views for this thread. Much as I agree with almost every word @glenn forger has written on the subject, the anonymous corporate spammer responsible for the OP isn't interested in our knowledge, experience or expertise, and nothing we write is going to influence the inevitably pisspoor excuse for a documentary. It will, however, as Ian says, get ITN some free material, so it's been a pretty worthwhile thread for ITN. Should've been deleted as soon as it was spotted. "Reaching out" my arse... Deluge the email address with complaints, and get tweeting about their spamming practices.

 

[Ganymede]

Nah, if I submitted anything it would be this:

"Dear ITV.

I noticed your appeal to cyclists and request for helmet cam footage for use in your programme. I was interested to read your reassurances that you are anxious not to encourage aggression or divisions on the road, which confused me because back in May cyclists held a peaceful protest at Elephant and Castle to highlight the shocking collision rate at London's most dangerous junctions. The police were informed, the protest was held on the pavement, nobody was delayed or inconvenienced in any way. The ITN NEWS headline was:


Cyclists try to shut down Elephant & Castle roundaboutitv.com/news/london/st…




https://mobile.twitter.com/itvlondon/status/469162643862073347

Now I'm confused. Are you lying sacks of rotting ordure or just very, very stupid? In the chase for sensational ratings are you really not bothered that your lies encourage hostility and aggression? You deleted that headline but the URL is still the same and of course the damage has been done by now. I think you are a load of crappy, rubbish, irresponsible jerks, you don't care about cyclists at all.

Emile Nawagamuwa is the producer/director of Caught on Camera. He's a dolt, rubbish at his job, ignorant of the issues and happy to stir up hatred so long as he gets ratings. He represents everything that's tawdry and sleazy about British television. He's like a pornographer or an extreme right-wing knuckle dragger who tries to encourage racism by promoting shameful falsehoods. I hope he goes in a room and forgets what he went in there for, the bell end.

Lots of love

glenn.

The awe-inspireing sight of @glenn forger in Not Holding Back mode. Like herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the horizon.

 

[glenn forger]

That bum gravy merchant is famous for such ground-breaking documentaries as

Sun! Sex, and Suspicious Parents and

Come Dine With Me

Both classics of the genre and BAFTA material. We should be grateful he's turning his brilliant mind to the weighty issue of road safety.

 

[Turbo Rider]

New show for ITV..."Internet Forums From Hell"

...said the man in the shadows with the distorted voice, " we only asked for clips...it just goes to show how civilisation is beginning to decay thanks to all of these forums, where people feel they have the right to air their views, no matter how hostile they happen to be to the idea of being made famous..."

I would post my bank account details for the royalty cheque, buuuuut...

 

[Bollo]

Can you imagine the weekly meeting at ITN towers

Director Emile: "So intern, how goes the internet trawl for suckers?"
Intern: "Not good Mr Nawagamuwa. Not good at all......"

 

[winjim]

They'll have spammed enough forums that it'll only take a very small percentage of those who read this message to respond, in order to give them enough footage for their show. And there's no point calling them out about it because they won't be reading this thread, just watching their inbox fill up.

ETA: I have of course just played right into their hands by bumping the thread.