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

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  • October 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm #22647
    ITVCaughtOnCamera

    For a brand new primetime show about UK road crashes, near misses, scrapes and escapes, ITV are looking for footage filmed on dash cams and helmet cams by road users across the country.

    As well as featuring the clips themselves, we are looking to tell the stories behind some of these clips, and speak to those involved.

    Please get in touch if you have a clip you think we could use in the show. We’d also like to know if you might be interested in appearing on camera to talk through your experiences.

    Please contact us at caughtoncamera@itn.co.uk – we look forward to hearing from you.

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  • October 29, 2014 at 2:06 pm #819219
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    crazy-legs

    ITVCaughtOnCamera wrote:Hi

    ITVCaughtOnCamera wrote:
    Hi all, we want this to be a thoughtful and insightful film that goes beyond the standard clip show format and doesn’t take a them/us approach, widening divisions on the road – that’s exactly why we’re reaching out to people like you. Please tell us what you want to see, and get in touch.

    If you really want to use “near miss” footage then do it as follows:
    Show the near miss
    Then show what should have been done – how the driver could have done a safe overtake, how the cyclist could/should have positioned themselves in the road, why the cycle lane was inadequate etc.

    Do that in conjunction with articles like this:
    http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/cyclists-why-do-they-ride-in-the-middle-of-the-road-_62617
    Then debunk the “road tax” myth: http://ipayroadtax.com/

    Otherwise bitter experience from this sort of thing over the years will continue to result in mass scepticism and the idea (rightly or wrongly) that you’ll find half a dozen militant road users – Mr Angry White Van Man, Death Wish Cyclist and all the other usual stereotypes – and use it against everyone for cheap sensationalist TV.

    October 29, 2014 at 1:56 pm #819217
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    Simon E

    +1 to everyone above.
    Why
    +1 to everyone above.

    Why don’t ITV put on another series of The Cycle Show instead of this sensationalist crap?

    It is probably anathema to them, but why not educate drivers for a change e.g.

    from http://think.direct.gov.uk/cycling.html

    October 29, 2014 at 12:39 pm #819215
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    teaboy

    The sort of programme I’d
    The sort of programme I’d like to see would not involve the type of clip you’re after. It would be a programme following a road engineer/infrastructure designers, local councillors (in charge of funding the infrastructure), road haulage managers and bus company managers as they cycle with their children around London in normal clothes and no helmets on the school run, using the roads that everyone else is expected to use, and dealing with the behaviour of people they are responsible for. I’d then like to see the exact same group do exactly the same thing in Assen.

    I’d like to see interviews (before and after each trip) with both the adults and the kids, finding out how they felt about what they were about to do and why, and how the activity felt and why.

    You will pick up your “near miss” footage during the rides, but the programme would have much more value than half an hour of edited youtube clips ever could, and possibly make the future of cycling in this country massively better for everyone. It could be repeated in a range of UK towns and cities if you wanted a series. Call it “A Trial of Two Cities” or something, maybe.

    October 29, 2014 at 11:57 am #819213
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    brooksby

    ITVCaughtOnCamera wrote:Hi

    ITVCaughtOnCamera wrote:
    Hi all, we want this to be a thoughtful and insightful film that goes beyond the standard clip show format and doesn’t take a them/us approach, widening divisions on the road – that’s exactly why we’re reaching out to people like you. Please tell us what you want to see, and get in touch.

    I’m really sorry, but I think you’re going to have a a bit of an uphill battle to convince people that this isn’t going to be just another programme doing exactly what you say you’re not going to do…

    October 29, 2014 at 11:42 am #819211
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    ITVCaughtOnCamera

    Hi all, we want this to be a
    Hi all, we want this to be a thoughtful and insightful film that goes beyond the standard clip show format and doesn’t take a them/us approach, widening divisions on the road – that’s exactly why we’re reaching out to people like you. Please tell us what you want to see, and get in touch.

    October 29, 2014 at 11:12 am #819209
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    bigshape

    do we get £250 if our clip
    do we get £250 if our clip gets used? :))

    October 28, 2014 at 6:45 pm #819207
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    Northernbike

    Alan Partridge lined up to
    Alan Partridge lined up to present I presume

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-q0437X5uA

    October 28, 2014 at 6:41 pm #819205
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    Mart

    If it was done in a very
    If it was done in a very educational way I would be all for it.
    Past shows on TV have been detrimental to calming the “them and us” attitudes of some people, fanning the flames for more dangerous confrontations on our roads. It can be hard to get people to see us as human and sensationalizing it on TV is not the answer, everyone on the roads need to be calmer and more considerate.

    October 28, 2014 at 5:46 pm #819203
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    crikey

    Cheap reality TV to produce
    Cheap reality TV to produce lowest common denominator programmes for mindless consumption which will add to the problems of road safety rather than highlight and address them?

    This is essentially ‘You’ve been Framed’ for the take away pizza generation.

    Ethical journalism can inform, educate and illuminate; have a word…

    October 28, 2014 at 5:38 pm #819201
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    thereverent

    Having herad about the
    Having herad about the experience of other people who have allowed clips to be used and been interviewed on such programs (the BBCs War on Britains Roads for example), I would stay well away.

    October 28, 2014 at 5:37 pm #819199
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    Gkam84

    If anyone has sense around
    If anyone has sense around these parts, they will avoid this kind of thing. Never give you footage to a TV company because they can then twist it whatever way to suit their program and it can then be used it other shows….

    October 28, 2014 at 5:29 pm #819197
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    ITVCaughtOnCamera

    Sorry you think that, but we
    Sorry you think that, but we are keen to produce something more thoughtful than the kind of shows you mention – that’s the very reason we’re reaching out to you.

    October 28, 2014 at 5:24 pm #819195
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    OnTheRopes

    Nicely put bikeboy76
    Seen
    Nicely put bikeboy76
    Seen these kind of requests before and they are rarely interested in showing anyone in a good light but producing cheap TV at the expense of the contributors.

    October 28, 2014 at 4:53 pm #819193
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    Leviathan

    The roads are bad enough
    The roads are bad enough without sensationalizing everyday as a ‘Road War’ and looking for odd personalities who film every ride seeking out conflict. There have already been several programs like this and they have not helped cycling safety. If you were really interested in us you should do half an hour on why utilities companies done repair the pot holes they cause. Or is that too boring? We aren’t interested in your 8:30pm weekday filler slot that passes as current affairs. Journalism not reportage please.

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