Outback House
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 01:12
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Member - StevenL
I may cop some flak here but I think it is in a good cause.
There is a new Reality TV series to be made called Outback House. It is to be made by a UK production house in association with the ABC (of which I am an employee) and is the eighth is a series of period recreations (1940's house, Edwardian house, Frontier house). Unlike the gameshow or prize based crap this is the real fly-on-the-wall documentary type of reality TV.
It is to be based on a Sheep Station in 1861 outback Australia. The ABC is calling for willing participants for the 3 and a half month filming to go back in time and live as the people of the time would have lived.
I have registered for this as a potential participant and would love to know if other forumites would be interested in this given the affinity that many forumites have with outback Oz and exploring outback history.
I think it would be fascinating to take part and it would be a life-changing experience to be part of this project without any exposure to anything electronic for 15 weeks. I don't know what part of the outback they have in mind but I'm sure they would pick somewhere challenging!
Love to hear your comments
Steven
Reply By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 16:16
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 16:16
I wonder if there were as many flies in the 1860's....although William
Dampier, in the late 1600's said of what is now known as
Derby...."A hellhole of flies and heat"
What is the fascination of going back in to the past. The people of 150 years ago did not have it any harder than we have today apart from transport. Things just took longer and it took longer hours to complete a job. There was also a lot of serious planning involved just like we do before going on a trip. For some of us to be transported back in time will present itself with difficulties but I am sure that within a short space of time we would manage things, Man is ever so resourceful.
But a TV Reality show will be contrived by nature and I would have no interest in watching it.
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