Clarkson’s Farm

[lancslad58]

SydneyBridge said:

Next season could include Clarkson's pub
Or a spin off series...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czkvv7rxevgo.a...

The BBC could just go and film at James May's pub but I guess he doesn't the same pullling power as regards viewing figues as Jeremy

[Ben A]

Doofus said:

If you haven't done so, try watching Gerald's bits with the subtitles on.

"They'd be better off if you could"
[Gerald speaking indistinctly]
"Only went to Romania didn't it. It's all Mrs Hasting. Bowsers. Simon is still in that place."
[Gerald speaking indistinctly]
[Gerald chuckling]
"See that was farming, wasn't it!"

Class.

too good.

One episode left. I'm sad that I've got through it so fast..!

[biggbn]

daqinggregg said:

I doubt Cheerful Charlie comes cheap, with all that expertise (rightfully so). I guess a good land agent is contracted to several farms.

Two hats Charlie was hilarious in the piece with renting the goats. Really funny.

[p1stonhead]

biggbn said:

daqinggregg said:

I doubt Cheerful Charlie comes cheap, with all that expertise (rightfully so). I guess a good land agent is contracted to several farms.

Two hats Charlie was hilarious in the piece with renting the goats. Really funny.

He’s definitely a natural at TV stuff isn’t he.

[98elise]

BikeBikeBIke said:

Doofus said:

Dave200 said:

pork911 said:

Fallingup said:

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

As low as 90?

It's absolutely all stage-managed, and mostly scripted too I'd imagine. Doesn't stop me enjoying it though.

I don't imagine Kaleb braining himself on the cherrypicker was planned, and I doubt the script editor decided it'd be fun to kill a load of day-old piglets.

Kaleb Braining himself was utterly set up. They spent an eternity setting the gag up talking about and filming the Nanny State Safety device and then, surprise, surprise, comedy ensued when the safety gear made someone fall over. *If* you think the falling over was genuine then the set up must have been staged to set up the gag *after* the falling over.

As for the Pigs I googled the breed and they're famous for having unusually large litters and you can bet that leads to large numbers of weak piglets that don't make it. Ideal for TV and they ended up getting a whole poignant episode out of if. Look at it the other way do you really think the producers hunted for a low hassle breed that never gives any trouble and never does anything interesting? And even if you think nothing was whatsoever set up about the pigs then the presence of any livestock on arable land is a blatant set up. They even say in the show it can't possibly make a profit and clearly the previous farm manager knew that livestock wasn't the best way to make money out of that land. He keeps buying animals, they keep providing super material for the show and make a massive loss in farming terms.

It's brilliant television, I'm loving it, but it isn't real.

If the kaleb bit was totally scripted then they would have had a better camera angle.

How do you think they script some of the animals bits?

[WPA]

Watched the last episode last night, still one of the best shows on TV and I am looking forward to series 4.

Yes it might be scripted etc but it highlights the struggles of farming which has to be a good result.

[Smollet]

98elise said:

If the kaleb bit was totally scripted then they would have had a better camera angle.

How do you think they script some of the animals bits?

What's saying about show bizz? Never work with animals or kids
Too many people read too much into what they see.

[BikeBikeBIke]

98elise said:

If the kaleb bit was totally scripted then they would have had a better camera angle.

In which case the set up was staged. There is no way there was a gag and a set up for a gag and neither was staged.

You could equally say why film Kaleb getting out of a cherry picker from a bad angle. And that assumes it was a bad angle. The shot was brilliant - my 8yo pissed himself laughing. Not sure how you'd improve on the "mayhem in the background" vibe from that shot.

98elise said:

How do you think they script some of the animals bits?

Explained in my post. (Which you quoted.)

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Tuesday 14th May 09:01

[CLK-GTR]

BikeBikeBIke said:

Explained in my post. (Which you quoted.)

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Tuesday 14th May 09:01

They set the situation up and let it unfold naturally. My friend is a producer on a similar show. It's not faked from start to finish and these are not actors, they film thousands of hours and cut it down to a few hundred minutes.

No doubt they made sure the H&S was over the top but they wouldn't have staged the fall and definitely not the injury.

[Rebew]

BikeBikeBIke said:

98elise said:

If the kaleb bit was totally scripted then they would have had a better camera angle.

In which case the set up was staged. There is no way there was a gag and a set up for a gag and neither was staged.

You could equally say why film Kaleb getting out of a cherry picker from a bad angle. And that assumes it was a bad angle. The shot was brilliant - my 8yo pissed himself laughing. Not sure how you'd improve on the "mayhem in the background" vibe from that shot.

98elise said:

How do you think they script some of the animals bits?

Explained in my post. (Which you quoted.)

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Tuesday 14th May 09:01

But that isn't scripted, it's "manufactured" but no one has sat down and written a script saying "Jeremy will buy X pigs and have Y piglets and Z of those will die". Of course the producers don't choose the easiest livestock or the easiest crops as that would make boring telly. Doesn't mean it is scripted though, just that the chance of a dramatic outcome is enhanced.

[BikeBikeBIke]

Rebew said:

BikeBikeBIke said:

98elise said:

If the kaleb bit was totally scripted then they would have had a better camera angle.

In which case the set up was staged. There is no way there was a gag and a set up for a gag and neither was staged.

You could equally say why film Kaleb getting out of a cherry picker from a bad angle. And that assumes it was a bad angle. The shot was brilliant - my 8yo pissed himself laughing. Not sure how you'd improve on the "mayhem in the background" vibe from that shot.

98elise said:

How do you think they script some of the animals bits?

Explained in my post. (Which you quoted.)

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Tuesday 14th May 09:01

But that isn't scripted, it's "manufactured" but no one has sat down and written a script saying "Jeremy will buy X pigs and have Y piglets and Z of those will die". Of course the producers don't choose the easiest livestock or the easiest crops as that would make boring telly. Doesn't mean it is scripted though, just that the chance of a dramatic outcome is enhanced.

I didn't say scripted someone else did. (Although I'm pretty sure that when they talk to camera they have a very good idea what they're going to say and if they had a sneezing fit they do it again!)

...and yeah, "manufactured" is a good word for it. Its pretty clear what's going on.

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Tuesday 14th May 09:57

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p1stonhead said:

biggbn said:

daqinggregg said:

I doubt Cheerful Charlie comes cheap, with all that expertise (rightfully so). I guess a good land agent is contracted to several farms.

Two hats Charlie was hilarious in the piece with renting the goats. Really funny.

He’s definitely a natural at TV stuff isn’t he.

His look and demeanor reminds me a lot of Adrian Newey.

Seeing the straight man do something funny made it even funnier IMO.

[FiF]

Reckon the situation varies from show to show, there are some where pretty much the majority of the thing is 'manufactured.'

Some like, I would argue, Clarkson's farm where there is a lot of footage just taken as things happen be the situation one which is just letting things happen naturally or there is a ' creation setup' and things just left to go from there and see what happens with a few really manufactured pieces to signpost or close out a narrative arc eg picnic.

Then there are the shows like Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing where apparently they just let the cameras run and run and run.

[BikeBikeBIke]

FiF said:

Reckon the situation varies from show to show, there are some where pretty much the majority of the thing is 'manufactured.'

Some like, I would argue, Clarkson's farm where there is a lot of footage just taken as things happen be the situation one which is just letting things happen naturally or there is a ' creation setup' and things just left to go from there and see what happens with a few really manufactured pieces to signpost or close out a narrative arc eg picnic.

Then there are the shows like Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing where apparently they just let the cameras run and run and run.

Yeah, exactly that IMO.

[suffolk009]

confused_buyer said:

unrepentant said:

I reckon it was staged. The door to No 10 opens as you approach, they know you are coming, are ready and you don't have to knock at all.

Yes it seemed very odd. If you go into No. 10 from the front door you do through the gate at the end of Downing Street. You then have to go through an airport style security portakabin style thing to the left and then out into the (Downing) street. You are obviously watched the whole time and they know when you walk up to the door.

My dad took me to London when I was a kid (would have been mid to late 70s, probably pre-Thatcher, certainly pre Thatchergate). We walked up straight up Downing Street.

[98elise]

suffolk009 said:

confused_buyer said:

unrepentant said:

I reckon it was staged. The door to No 10 opens as you approach, they know you are coming, are ready and you don't have to knock at all.

Yes it seemed very odd. If you go into No. 10 from the front door you do through the gate at the end of Downing Street. You then have to go through an airport style security portakabin style thing to the left and then out into the (Downing) street. You are obviously watched the whole time and they know when you walk up to the door.

My dad took me to London when I was a kid (would have been mid to late 70s, probably pre-Thatcher, certainly pre Thatchergate). We walked up straight up Downing Street.

It certainly used to be the case. I remember walking along Dowing Street with no restrictions.

[suffolk009]

98elise said:

suffolk009 said:

confused_buyer said:

unrepentant said:

I reckon it was staged. The door to No 10 opens as you approach, they know you are coming, are ready and you don't have to knock at all.

Yes it seemed very odd. If you go into No. 10 from the front door you do through the gate at the end of Downing Street. You then have to go through an airport style security portakabin style thing to the left and then out into the (Downing) street. You are obviously watched the whole time and they know when you walk up to the door.

My dad took me to London when I was a kid (would have been mid to late 70s, probably pre-Thatcher, certainly pre Thatchergate). We walked up straight up Downing Street.

It certainly used to be the case. I remember walking along Dowing Street with no restrictions.

A bit o/t but apparently after the 1991 bombing they replaced no10's old oak front door with a steel blast proof one. It takes 8 men to lift it.

[Fermit]

suffolk009 said:

A bit o/t but apparently after the 1991 bombing they replaced no10's old oak front door with a steel blast proof one. It takes 8 men to lift it.

Christ! The thought of any old random, walking unchallenged up Downing Street is unfathomable.

[Smollet]

suffolk009 said:

A bit o/t but apparently after the 1991 bombing they replaced no10's old oak front door with a steel blast proof one. It takes 8 men to lift it.

And one rustic chap to knock on it in an inappropriate fashion

[Bright Halo]

Fermit said:

suffolk009 said:

A bit o/t but apparently after the 1991 bombing they replaced no10's old oak front door with a steel blast proof one. It takes 8 men to lift it.

Christ! The thought of any old random, walking unchallenged up Downing Street is unfathomable.

When is Biden visiting?