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Have you had your 15 minutes of fame?

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Cherrytree59 Sun 27-Dec-15 20:56:09

Afrer reading another thread that mentions Bargain Hunt the TV programme , I just wondered if any GNers had appeared on TV or radio programmes past or present or had been that.'person' waving behind the news reportergrin

rosequartz Wed 30-Dec-15 13:05:47

It's no good trying to go out incognito without makeup Shestheone - all those long-range zoom lenses catching you when you're not looking your best grin

Daddima Wed 30-Dec-15 13:14:04

I've done live stop smoking question and answer sessions on STV and Breakfast Time, as well as many radio phone ins and podcasts. I've also had a Q & A page in the Sun newspaper ( though the. NHS provided all the answers!)

I've also sung a few times on the tellybox.

LullyDully Wed 30-Dec-15 19:36:42

I read some stories on Jamaican TV in the early 80s........never could watch them.

Sadiesnan Wed 30-Dec-15 19:45:57

I was an extra in the film "A Room for Romeo Brass". I was also an extra in a short-lived TV show "Picking up the Pieces".

WilmaKnickersfit Wed 30-Dec-15 20:54:55

Most recently I've been interviewed for local radio about the jewellery I make, but everything else was as part of my job in a past life. I did regular telephone advice sessions on the local radio stations and was filmed for the local tv news a couple of times. My lovely Mum still has the recording of the time I was on R4's lunchtime money advice show - I can't even remember the name of the programme. Bless. That's Mums for you. tchgrin

Nana3 Wed 30-Dec-15 21:21:28

No, no fame at all. Probably never will have any.

DD1 has been on TV, a Nigel Slater programme about cake. DH been on local radio.

seacliff Wed 30-Dec-15 21:35:21

About 7 years ago after a very wild and windy night, we went down to our local tip, in our van, to get rid of some rubbish. Having been working on our old barn, I had my oldest tatty clothes on. After, we decided to carry on 5 mins to the beach cafe for a coffee and enjoy the wild sea.

We then found that there had been a wreck, and there was loads of huge timber planks being washed ashore. As we had a lot of work to do repairing a barn at our place, the OH decided we should take a few planks. The police were there and gave us a form to complete, declaring what we had taken. A couple of others were also doing this. We struggled with the very wet and heavy long planks, getting them up to the van between us.

It wasn't until we were nearly finished that we saw a BBC camera crew filiming, and that night were horrified to be on the local news. Even worse, a "friend" at work recognised me!! Took a long time to live that one down.

annodomini Wed 30-Dec-15 22:34:44

BBC Radio Manchester - a phone-in about school dinners when I was a local councillor. Such fame!

annodomini Wed 30-Dec-15 22:35:56

Also interviewed on You and Yours about GM food.

Alea Wed 30-Dec-15 23:21:46

Television interview at Borders TV studios in Carlisle when I was 17 about an English Speaking Union exchange with a High School in Kentucky.

Elrel Thu 31-Dec-15 00:17:48

Seacliff - love it, just exactly what would happen!!

grannyactivist Thu 31-Dec-15 02:04:45

My daughter was interviewed for a Mothering Sunday Songs of Praise when she was in Year 6 at Junior School. Hers was the last and longest of the children's opinions (about their mothers) to be aired and she was also filmed singing in the choir in Manchester Cathedral, centre front as she was always the smallest. In her interview she said the loveliest things about me, so that when I watched it alongside her on Mother's Day I welled up with emotion; she caught my eye and with a grin and three words she burst my warm, fuzzy, mother's pride bubble. She said, "So, I lied". hmm (She does truly think I'm a great mother now though. smile)

Actually three of my children, my husband, my parents in law and yes, even I, have been on Songs of Praise at one time or another.

Pittcity Thu 31-Dec-15 09:00:54

Apparently I was glimpsed in a video on BBC Breakfast this morning!

sucraft Thu 31-Dec-15 09:36:21

Been on See Hear a couple of times in the dim and distant past - I was a teacher of the Deaf and the film unit came to the school

margk Thu 31-Dec-15 09:41:34

I had my 15 minutes of fame last month when Which Money magazine did a small article about how to save money on Christmas presents with ideas from me. They even displayed my photo.

phantom12 Thu 31-Dec-15 09:43:33

I saw Mick Fleetwood walking down the high street in my home town. I got his autograph and had my photo taken with him. He was very charming. The next week I was in the local papers.

aprilgrace Thu 31-Dec-15 09:43:42

I once played two songs on the piano for Tony Berry of the Houghton Weavers when he came to do a concert at the local church. I accompanied him singingThe Lord of the Dance and The Rose of Tralee. Magic!

angie95 Thu 31-Dec-15 09:53:36

I had my Tweet read out on Spring Watch last year, on live TV, and my name in the paper,because of it, Plus had a few letters published in magazines x

inishowen Thu 31-Dec-15 09:57:10

I had a tv series made about my house! We lived in a seventies bungalow and I entered a competition to win a more energy efficient house. I won, and the prize was worth £5,000. (This was in the nineties) They were making a tv series called "Green Pages" and they showed all the work being done each week. We had the then secretary of state, Peter Bottomly come to have his photo taken with us. Mary Archer, also presented me with a certificate for the most energy efficient house. i was interviewed on radio, but can't remember being on the actual tv show.

Shrimp Thu 31-Dec-15 09:59:09

My TV appearances have been only fleeting glimpses. A couple of Song of Praises, plus my arm throwing a ten pin bowling ball when I was an extra, along with my OH, in the first series of Peepshow. We were bowling all day and I could hardly move my arm for about a week afterwards!!! Put me off bowling for years grin.

Shrimp Thu 31-Dec-15 10:02:18

Songs of praises - sorry blush.

PPP Thu 31-Dec-15 10:07:28

Not my claim to fame, but my sister in law was in Paul McCartney's class at primary school!

sarahbaileycooksetc Thu 31-Dec-15 10:25:44

I was on the Paul Stainton show on Radio Cambridgeshire talking about "Camchester Dreams" a dessert I dreamt up when Cambridge Utd were playing Manchester Utd in the FA cup. It was a combination or "mash-up" of Cambridge Burnt Cream and Manchester Tart, the recipe and pictures were posted on my facebook page which goes under the name of Sarah's CookerEbook.

Granny23 Thu 31-Dec-15 11:08:04

With a DD working in the film industry, DH & I have been recruited and seen as 'crowd artists' in a couple of feature films and 3 TV series. Back in the day, I did a few 'pieces to camera' as a spokeswoman for Women's Aid and most memorably a programme on local radio where the presenter played music interspersed with questioning me about WA. During one of the musical bits, he started telling me about a close friend of his who had been badly abused. As the music ended he broke down completely and was sobbing loudly. Fortunately, the sound man leapt into the booth and stuck on another record while I tried to comfort the presenter. Family listening at home said the heard nothing untoward but wondered why the interview was terminated abruptly.

However my main claim to fame was my regular 'appearances' on 3 series of '100 Women' with Sheena McDonald. I went along for company with a friend who was one of the 100 Women in the first show. It was a dreadful stormy evening and 3 of the 100 failed to turn up so I was co-opted, along with 2 of the Tea Ladies, to fill the empty seats, with strict orders not to speak as we were not part of the balanced sample of 100.
However the programme was recorded about a month in advance and Lo & Behold when the trailers started to appear, I was featured prominently, looking intelligent and thoughtful wink and as they used the same clip at the start of every show for 3 years, I became locally famous as 'that woman from 100 Women' though I never, ever spoke on the show.

MaryXYX Thu 31-Dec-15 11:26:17

I've done a Channel 4 "4Thought" opinion and I've done a brief interview for the BBC Arabic Service. By the time that was heavily edited and dubbed into Arabic, who knows what I was saying!