Townhouse TV, makers of the new Trisha show for Channel 5, are looking for opinionated people to appear on a show about Sexuality.


The show will feature people of all sorts of different sexual orientation and people of an opinion (whatever it is) are needed to come and join in.


If you are interested or would just like more information please email sam.webb@townhousetv.com and I'll gladly tell you more about it.

Could you tell us more about it in this thread instead please?

What will the tone of the show be? When will it be broadcast? Who is your target audience? Is this intended to be a serious discussion that will actually discuss issues in a mature manner, or is it a shock entertainment show that will probably only serve to strengthen stereotypes in viewers? Is this a documentary or a studio discussion? (Given the association with Trisha, this doesn't necessarily bode well for the intellectual discussion of topics.)

More info please!

Technically you should have cleared this request with me first before putting it on my forums, but I'm leaving it up because it may be of interest to people. If anyone does reply to this I would strongly suggest that they find out the answers to the questions above before proceeding any further.

Firstly, I apologise for not clearing this with you first Mata.

We are a new production company and the show itself is brand new to Channel 5. The show is a studio based discussion programme and will begin filming next year. Dates of transmission are as yet unconfirmed.

The show is all about helping people. Sexuality affects everyone, no matter what their orientation and everyone has their own opinion which they are entitled to.

There is a suggestion that we are becoming so PC nowadays that we hide our own real opinions so as not to appear a bigot.

The show will probably feature gays, lesbians, transsexuals, transvestites etc and also people who have a negative opinion of talking openly about sexuality, or believes that certain sexual orientations are 'wrong'.

The idea of the show is to discuss the situation from all sides.

Sam

sounds about as dreadful as Trisha to me, another point and laugh at the 'weird people' sort of thing.

How are you going to stop these 'discussions' from turning into fights or slanging matches?
Who is the presenter, what other work have they done?
This isn't a 'brand new' concept, so what makes your show different?
How is your show going to 'help people'? Interviewing a gay man and then having a load of bigots yell at him isn't helpful, neither is taking someone with very conservative views and ridiculing/condeming then in front of the nation, thats harmful and vicious.

And, I suspect, sadly that may be why people will be expected to watch it.

Sounds like I'll be avoiding this like the Plauge

And now, just to really mess us up, they'll go and make the best discussion program about sexuality ever created, revolutionising the way Britain sees gender preference, and we'll all regret being so cynical. Or perhaps it'll be filler. Who knows.

All this cynicism aside, I do hope they do a good job of it, but I just think that a true portrait of people's sexuality is actually far too boring to make good television. There is no scandal in a person who finds their life incredibly normal, it is only when you present conflict in that life that it becomes interesting to watch.

*heh* Is this "Trisha" anything like "Jerry Springer"
we have here across the river? *Throws a chair* AAAARGH! *Gets held back by two big guards in black suits as the crowd cheers Jerr-y! Jerr-y!*

Trisha is a lot like Jerry Springer, less fights though but the same amount of bad taste and ridiculing anyone not compliant with 'normal' society.
Saw a show the other week when I was off work with bad laryngitus.
They seem to like taking a young couple with relationship problems and in 'helping' them give them a load of extra problems and cause them to break up live on stage while the audience cat-calls and cheers/boos.

But the show has been axed, probably why Channel Filth, sorry, Channel Five are rushing round getting a new show organised.

Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding here, but this is sounding like a request for people of varying sexualities to come on TV under false pretenses you can "help them." You don't like homosexuals? Deal with it. Want to give a Yank a plane ticket and lodging to be on your show? Then yeah, I'll be there and you wouldn't be too terribly happy with the results. I am happily bisexual and I sincerely doubt you will be able to do anything to disuade me. So as of now, I'll give you a happy "[*loud cough* - Mata] off and go to Hell" and be on my marry life.

Where'd that all come from PSM?

...time of the month?

Whoops, I ment PWM