Recorded For Training Purposes (Series 3) Page 16

Quote: Marc P @ November 18 2008, 8:32 PM GMT

That's the one

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I remember having very nice bangers and mash there a few years ago.

Quote: Keith Rees @ November 18 2008, 10:14 PM GMT

I've got a brother who lives in Wokenham.

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Be thankful it's not you that has to live there.

Quote: Ian Wolf @ November 19 2008, 1:09 PM GMT

Tickets for the third series are now available. Recordings will take place on 13 December, 5 January and 13 January at the BBC Radio Theatre.

http://shows.external.bbc.co.uk/help/shows/recorded_for_training_purposes

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I'd only want to go if I had a sketch in the show. Has anyone heard anything back yet?

Quote: Keith Rees @ November 18 2008, 10:14 PM GMT

I've got a brother who lives in Wokenham.

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My friends alarm clock broke so I've Wokenam.

Arf arf!

Bet you Wokenam types hate that joke.

Well serves you right for living in Wokenam.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 19 2008, 1:15 PM GMT

I remember having very nice bangers and mash there a few years ago.

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Can't beat bangers and mash. The consistently best place for them used to be The Coach and Horses in Rickmansworth a different special variety everyday!!

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 19 2008, 1:15 PM GMT

I'd only want to go if I had a sketch in the show. Has anyone heard anything back yet?

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I haven't. My guess is that they might record the sketch, but it may cut out of the broadcast version.

Anything can happen. It might get rejected straight away, it might make it to the running order but get cut at the read throughs, it might make it through the read-throughs but get cut for time before recording or it might get recorded and cut either for time in the episode or because the audience didn't laugh enough.

There's even a vague chance it will survive all that lot and get onto the air.

I've had all of those happen to me.

I've jsut heard my sketch is in!

My documents folder.

Quote: sootyj @ November 19 2008, 1:17 PM GMT

My friends alarm clock broke so I've Wokenam.

Arf arf!

Bet you Wokenam types hate that joke.

Well serves you right for living in Wokenam.

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Maybe you want to pay more attention to what's written? I have a brother who lives in Wokenham. I don't live there.

I submitted some stuff to this, too. Has anyone heard anything back yet?

If they are waiting until after they have recorded the shows, to let us know which sketches made the cut, then we could be waiting until mid-January.

Like a dumb X Factor auditionee, I'll be the first to say "Please put me though! It's my dream!"

You could do worse than turning up to the recording, spotting the ones who look like the script editors in the back row and going over and talking to them. Once they've met you and know your name, you might be in with a better chance.

(worked for me, sort of)

Quote: ContainsNuts @ December 1 2008, 2:17 PM GMT

If they are waiting until after they have recorded the shows, to let us know which sketches made the cut, then we could be waiting until mid-January.

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I can't imagine that they'd wait until after the recordings. If you had any problems with the contract, or whatever, then recording the sketches would be a waste of time. Could be wrong though.

Of course, even with this, there are three recordings, so they may always be being saved for the last. I dunno.

Quote: Afinkawan @ December 2 2008, 11:13 AM GMT

You could do worse than turning up to the recording, spotting the ones who look like the script editors in the back row and going over and talking to them. Once they've met you and know your name, you might be in with a better chance.

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I think it's good to go and see the recordings in any case. Even if you don't know you've got stuff in or not. Makes any future pitches easier, and is a learning experience of how stuff works in the room with the audience. Genuinely invaluable. If you've got the night free, it's worth a look, for this or any show.

I'm pretty sure that sending them the sketches counts as consent for them to air them. Going on past experience, I didn't receive contracts until after the material had aired.

That reminds me, I've still got to sign the one for Look Away Now and send it back.

Play & Record won't even say if any of my sketches made it to the running order, which is annoying as there were a couple I sent them which I actually wrote for RFTP and if P&R don't want them, I could send them to RFTP instead.