Clarkson’s Farm

[borcy]

Just watched the last episode, no idea how much was staged fully or partly. All I know is I really enjoyed it.

[Dashnine]

Fallingup said:

I would say ninety percent of the program is staged.
Would be boring otherwise.

Definitely the picnicat the end, there is no way the Amazon crew stumbled across that by chance.

[rodericb]

Wills2 said:

p1stonhead said:

Smollet said:

CheesecakeRunner said:

Mont Blanc said:

What an absolute prick that doorman was:

"If you knock that loud again, I'll throw you out"

"Sorry, we're farmers"

"I don't care. I'm not"

fk off mate.

I suspect the producers felt the same, hence it being left in and the volume boosted.

I hope whoever visits next if they've seen this knocks very loudly. I know I would.

Just saw this bit. What an utter prick. He didn’t even knock hard! Mental. Glad they purposely left it in with the audio loud and clear.

Also Sunak comes across as such a Millhouse doesn’t he. The awkward sidekick of someone, really wanting to be cool

Millhouse he well may be, but I'd wager he can spot the difference between a documentary and a scripted entertainment show unlike some people...

Yeah you can tell by closely looking at the pixels, or something like that...

[The Moose]

Dashnine said:

Fallingup said:

I would say ninety percent of the program is staged.
Would be boring otherwise.

Definitely the picnicat the end, there is no way the Amazon crew stumbled across that by chance.

Nah - don’t be so silly. That was purely by chance.

[FiF]

People clearly have no idea how TV is made in reality. Take a show where there is the classic scene where presenter first meets the person of interest.

There aren't the multiple cameras and their setups that might be found on say a movie set.

General area shots.
Presenter walking up to front door, maybe several takes from different angles.
Ringing door bell, again not just one take, maybe ones involving not just door bell but knocking.
Person answers door, again several takes from different angles including ones focusing on one or other.
Get invited to go inside, more takes from outside and inside property.

And that's all without retakes because someone laughed or an ice cream van rocked up with chimes going or whatever.

All that's just for the few seconds of the completely artificial construction of presenter meets person for supposedly first time which of course is never actually the case.

TV, smoke, mirrors.

[borcy]

FiF said:

People clearly have no idea how TV is made in reality. .

I don't think most people would.

[lancslad58]

mick987 said:

I enjoyed this series, The funniest thing I have seen for a long time was Lisa and Clarkson dry humping a pig.

Lisa seemed to be enjoying herself a bit too much in stone pummeling machine...

[defblade]

FiF said:

People clearly have no idea how TV is made in reality. Take a show where there is the classic scene where presenter first meets the person of interest.

There aren't the multiple cameras and their setups that might be found on say a movie set.

General area shots.
Presenter walking up to front door, maybe several takes from different angles.
Ringing door bell, again not just one take, maybe ones involving not just door bell but knocking.
Person answers door, again several takes from different angles including ones focusing on one or other.
Get invited to go inside, more takes from outside and inside property.

And that's all without retakes because someone laughed or an ice cream van rocked up with chimes going or whatever.

All that's just for the few seconds of the completely artificial construction of presenter meets person for supposedly first time which of course is never actually the case.

TV, smoke, mirrors.

My wife and daughter were filmed standing outside of her amusingly-named shop for a 3 second "sponsored by" bit before the proper adverts... it took about a dozen people and most of a day!

[Smollet]

lancslad58 said:

Lisa seemed to be enjoying herself a bit too much in stone pummeling machine...

She did. She's very tall. 6'2".

[Flumpo]

Smollet said:

lancslad58 said:

Lisa seemed to be enjoying herself a bit too much in stone pummeling machine...

She did. She's very tall. 6'2".

It’s all camera angles, she 5’1” without shoes.

[SydneyBridge]

Absolutely brilliant and very fitting that the last words were from Gerald. And i could understand them...

[75Black]

SydneyBridge said:

Absolutely brilliant and very fitting that the last words were from Gerald. And i could understand them...

I liked the fact that he acknowledged the whole crew as well, you don't often get that and it was nice to see. He really is a good guy.

[Doofus]

I did enjoy seeing them all when they were by 'Gerald's Wood' and he turned up. They were all so happy to see him, and then collectively completely baffled when he started talking about planting the trees.

Even Jeremy was too polite to mention his unitelligibility in voiceover.

[gregs656]

I thought the second half of the season was far better than the first. Really enjoyed it.

[SydneyBridge]

Agree
Lisa was in this season a lot more and she works her butt off...

[Bright Halo]

Just binged the whole series over the weekend.
Excellent tv
Lisa is lovely and Jezza showed his human side.

[Mars]

The goat weighing was hysterical. Lizzy the goat lady's constraint when she saw how they were trying to weigh them was so funny, only matched by the camera guy on the ground being mobbed by the goats... or maybe the comment from Jeremy to Lisa about her being in the harness.

Bright Halo said:

Lisa is lovely and Jezza showed his human side.

She really is lovely and I've always believed Jeremy was much more than his media personality.

[MBBlat]

defblade said:

FiF said:

People clearly have no idea how TV is made in reality. Take a show where there is the classic scene where presenter first meets the person of interest.

There aren't the multiple cameras and their setups that might be found on say a movie set.

General area shots.
Presenter walking up to front door, maybe several takes from different angles.
Ringing door bell, again not just one take, maybe ones involving not just door bell but knocking.
Person answers door, again several takes from different angles including ones focusing on one or other.
Get invited to go inside, more takes from outside and inside property.

And that's all without retakes because someone laughed or an ice cream van rocked up with chimes going or whatever.

All that's just for the few seconds of the completely artificial construction of presenter meets person for supposedly first time which of course is never actually the case.

TV, smoke, mirrors.

My wife and daughter were filmed standing outside of her amusingly-named shop for a 3 second "sponsored by" bit before the proper adverts... it took about a dozen people and most of a day!

I was working in the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard when they were filming for “How to build a nuclear submarine “. 3 months of filming ended up as less than a hours TV.

[NAAHD]

MBBlat said:

defblade said:

FiF said:

People clearly have no idea how TV is made in reality. Take a show where there is the classic scene where presenter first meets the person of interest.

There aren't the multiple cameras and their setups that might be found on say a movie set.

General area shots.
Presenter walking up to front door, maybe several takes from different angles.
Ringing door bell, again not just one take, maybe ones involving not just door bell but knocking.
Person answers door, again several takes from different angles including ones focusing on one or other.
Get invited to go inside, more takes from outside and inside property.

And that's all without retakes because someone laughed or an ice cream van rocked up with chimes going or whatever.

All that's just for the few seconds of the completely artificial construction of presenter meets person for supposedly first time which of course is never actually the case.

TV, smoke, mirrors.

My wife and daughter were filmed standing outside of her amusingly-named shop for a 3 second "sponsored by" bit before the proper adverts... it took about a dozen people and most of a day!

I was working in the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard when they were filming for “How to build a nuclear submarine “. 3 months of filming ended up as less than a hours TV.

When I was at school they were filming for a documentary about something to do with foreign immigrants integrating into British society and culture. Camera crews were dotted about all over for months on end for a short series nobody has ever heard of… so memorable I can’t even remember it despite trying to dodge the cameras on the way to science class. All I remember is I didn’t make the Final Cut!

[mcelliott]

Well I really enjoyed that, I thought Kaleb was coming across a bit of a knob initially but on reflection the pressures of the job are plain to see, gotta say the last scene with Gerald was very moving.