Originally Posted by
NathanSTV
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a Channel 5 documentary series about 'extreme commuting', we've been looking at people who fly, drive, get a train, and my thoughts have recently turned to the bike! Does anyone on here do a very long / interesting dare I say it ........... Extreme! Bike journey to work everyday? Do you cross the South Downs? Brave endless gales and downpours? Perhaps you cross a mountain to get somewhere regularly? Or do you just cycle a LONG way?
I'd love to hear from you, and the bike a place in our series.
roadsandcommutes@stv.tv
Many thanks,
Nathan Lomax-Cooke
Assistant Producer - STV London
I'd never go on a show like that myself.
I don't know if the U.K.'s take on the "
Extreme ..." genre of TV programming is the same as those in the U.S. But I find that those type of shows are
typically patronizing toward the "
extremophiles" they feature.
To me, most of them come off as playing to the same appeal as the circus freak shows of old.
The overall message that they seem to be trying to sell (
however subtle) to their audience is a condescending, "
Can you believe such freaks exist? Who does such extreme stuff as that? Aren't you glad you're a normal person, and don't go to such freakishly abnormal extremes?"!
But please correct me if I'm wrong? What
IS the underlying angle of
your show? How will it be different from all the others?