How many times have you been on Tv?

[Meaty]

Once in the crowd at a football match.

[George 1978]

It doesn't really count, but I was one of a few pupils from my school who were "extras" in a "far-away-in-the-background" playground scene for a BBC drama which was filmed on a Tuesday afternoon June 1991 - even our Headteacher was so interested in this, and as a result, he also went with us, leaving the school without a head that afternoon! So much so that in the past year, I have completed an online application form to be a TV and film extra, but the main problem is that most of the work is in London and the South East, and I live in the "out-of-bounds" East Midlands. I did Drama for a GCSE option and attended a Drama workshop on Saturday mornings in the early 1990s (please see the Drama Lessons thread that I started on here for more details on that!), and I mentioned this as I think that it is a step in the right direction.

I also wrote to Points of View in relation to another BBC programme (in this instance, praising rather complaining about it), and I was invited to quote a sentence or two of my letter on the programme which I did. This was during the Anne Robinson-era of the programme in the mid to late 1990s.

[LilacLobster]

Used to see myself on ITV's Football League Extra quite often, supporting my lower-league football club.

Fred Talbot the weatherman came to our school once, which isn't a great conversation starter these days! I could be seen in the background in our school hall as he was talking to the camera.

[zabadak]

Once in the crowd at a football match.

Same, although it was on the pitch when my team got promoted at the end of the season

[Semi42]

I was in a crowd of people on Newcastle quayside market when they were shooting an episode of highway with Sir Harry secombe. They had to stop filming because a couple of giggly teenage girls were having a bit daft carry on. The director really had a go at them … I was quite shocked

[TubThumper]

It doesn’t really count, but back in 2001, I was in a band. The guitarists’ mum worked at a BBC training centre. She arranged for us to be part of a “magazine TV show” for teenagers/young adults. There was a variety of different features on this show. Our band were to be interviewed by the host, and then we would “play the show out” as the credits rolled.

Had a brilliant day. It felt like we were at TOTP or something—in a TV studio with three or four cameras catching different angels—the stage lights beaming down—it was a most excellent experience

[zabadak]

It doesn’t really count, but back in 2001, I was in a band. The guitarists’ mum worked at a BBC training centre. She arranged for us to be part of a “magazine TV show” for teenagers/young adults. There was a variety of different features on this show. Our band were to be interviewed by the host, and then we would “play the show out” as the credits rolled.

Had a brilliant day. It felt like we were at TOTP or something—in a TV studio with three or four cameras catching different angels—the stage lights beaming down—it was a most excellent experience

What was the name of the band?

[TubThumper]

What was the name of the band?

Alice Loves Picasso. We weren’t big or anything. We were only together for around 8 months. It was some of the best times I had though

Here is a clip of us playing on that day:

https://youtu.be/Le6SqrJsaZs?si=SCPjwsSK8_XLBY_S