Guest Gollywobbler Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I am now very angry, which is very rare foir me. I am a typical Expat Brat. I was born into a family of Old Colonials in the Far East. I was born in Malaysia. I came to Boarding School in the UK when I was 7. There is not a lot that anyone can tell me about what homesickness feels like, or aboit how to deal with it. Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Missiemo Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I am now very angry, which is very rare foir me. I am a typical Expat Brat. I was born into a family of Old Colonials in the Far East. I was born in Malaysia. I came to Boarding School in the UK when I was 7. There is not a lot that anyone can tell me about what homesickness feels like, or aboit how to deal with it. Gill :?: Now I am confused I thought this thread was about weather people agreed with a certain type of TV program or not. After all Gill it was you who said that people should not navel gaze and put the wrong right. So what is it that has made you angry :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 My two bobs worth - It was Moving Down Under or whatever it was called that 'inspired' me that it was possible and easy to do....As with all reality TV programs - the producers can and will manipulate to ensure there is a story - The good guys and the bad! I don't think there's anthing wrong with it aslong as the people in the show were aware of how the show will pan out...I was once in a TV show and it was evident that once the final cut was made that the folk in the showns personalities were to an extent made up to suit what the audience may have wanted - some times out of context. I don't really watch too much of these shows and don't see any thing wrong with them either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Missiemo Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 My two bobs worth - It was Moving Down Under or whatever it was called that 'inspired' me that it was possible and easy to do....As with all reality TV programs - the producers can and will manipulate to ensure there is a story - The good guys and the bad! I don't think there's anthing wrong with it aslong as the people in the show were aware of how the show will pan out...I was once in a TV show and it was evident that once the final cut was made that the folk in the showns personalities were to an extent made up to suit what the audience may have wanted - some times out of context. I don't really watch too much of these shows and don't see any thing wrong with them either way! Hi Tim How are you :?: I can remeber when living in Australia was just a dream, watching a LIfe Down Under or whatever they called it, and it giving us a good in sight that not all would be a bed of roses. I think the part that stuck in my mind was about one family that did nothing but complain about what c*** was on Australian TV :lol: funny that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Aussie TV - Such a range of quality, well though out, stimulating and exciting shows on offer .....I don't know how I could do without it! Better not say too much as the better half is a fan of Home & Away - I think it makes up for Eastenders and Corrie! :wink: :wink: :wink: They say that 80% of Uk migrants end up going back home anyway. I have a friend who sold up every thing including the kitchen sink and went to da USA, spent six months there and hated it, came back to te UK and had to start again with the house, job, furniture.... certainly migrating is not an easy decision... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest choobs Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 My two bobs worth - It was Moving Down Under or whatever it was called that 'inspired' me that it was possible and easy to do....As with all reality TV programs - the producers can and will manipulate to ensure there is a story - The good guys and the bad! I don't think there's anthing wrong with it aslong as the people in the show were aware of how the show will pan out...I was once in a TV show and it was evident that once the final cut was made that the folk in the showns personalities were to an extent made up to suit what the audience may have wanted - some times out of context. I don't really watch too much of these shows and don't see any thing wrong with them either way! Ok, so raising ones head above the parapet in a thread like this is never a good thing - but here goes. As I understand it - the TV programme this thread is about isn't about people trying to start a new life in a foreign country. It's about people who have pursued their dream, watched it turned sour and reached the heart-rending decision to come home. As such, it isn't a programme about excited people heading to their dream with a chance to be disappointed - it's about people who are already heartbroken because their dreams have turned sour. That's where I believe the exploitation is - it's as if the makers don't want the risk of a happy ending so are targetting the "failed" migrations from the start. I don't generally have a problem with TV series like "A new life down under". This one I have a problem with. Does that make sense? Cheers Choobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest austibeach Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I am also somewhat confused, as to what has caused Gill to be angry. Perhaps I have missed something. Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi Eric Sorry, I've been busy for the last couple of days. I'm not really angry. I'm just deeply sceptical of how much real 'help' programmes of this sort provide for the poor souls who are coming back with a failed dream behid them. Where programmes like this DO score, I think, is that if the programme makers are clued up about the subject - which they might or might not be - is that they can warn the unwary who are maybe thinking of applying when they haven't really grasped that there can be downside with the idea, or haven't realised all the sources that downside could come from. However, they achieve this end by exploiting the misery of those for whom things did not work out. Those people feel they have failed as it is, without being portrayed as total no-hopers on TV. I am very doubtful about whether it is 'helpful' to them to have their sad story emblazoned across the small screen and as far as I know, these programs don't give them even £5,000 to help them to rebuild their lives here. I wouldn't encourage anybody except an arch-exhibitionist to risk getting involved with a programme of this sort, because they can't control what the outcome of it might be for themselves. I'd insist on the final editing rights for anything involving me to rest with me, and I'd get a specialist media lawyer to nail the TV company's feet to the floor about this in the Contract that I would insist on. But most people wouldn't even think of doing that in order to protect themselves. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amy Robbins Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Can I just re-emphasise that for this particular programme - which is not called A Place Down Under, it's a different idea altogether - we are looking for expats who are in a dilemma about whether to come back to the UK. Therefore, it's about the positives AND negatives of living abroad and the positives AND negatives of living in the UK. We are looking at the difficulty people have making a decision about leaving the good things about living abroad to go back to family and friends and other advantages of living in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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