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We're Gonna Make You A Star...

A television production company is looking for people on the verge of throwing it all in and following their dream - all you have to do is make love to the camera ;-)


Posted: 18 June 2004
by Jon

Yet another outstanding TV opportunity as a TV production company looks for someone who is thinking of throwing it all in and following their dreams.

The idea is that you're someone who is in mid to later life and has decided to leave their job, move somewhere lovely and follow their dream, perhaps to become a mountain guide, or run a bunkhouse in a godforsaken corner of the Scottish highlands or what have you.

The cameras will follow you around for 12 months and make you a star, erm, maybe.

Anyway, for the sake of clarity, here's the press release in full, viz, we didn't write the next bit:


Are you about to up sticks, pack in your job, and do what you've always wanted to do with your life?

If so, the makers of a new TV series would like to hear from you.

Twofour Productions, responsible for hit series including The City Gardener, are looking for people planning to use their mid-life, retirement, early retirement or semi-retirement as an opportunity to live out their dreams.

"It doesn't matter whether you're a 65-year-old who dreams of opening a seaside café, or a 40-something with a high-pressure city job who'd rather go and keep bees in a sleepy village," said Executive Producer Jill Lourie.

"We're looking for people who are clearing the decks, blowing away the cobwebs, and preparing to live the life they've always wanted.

"You might be down-sizing and moving to a country cottage with roses round the door, or spending your children's inheritance on a Harley so you can slip into those leathers and get your kicks on Route 66.

"But we'll be focussing on your new business venture in the UK, be it a cottage industry or something that will make the world sit up and take notice.

"Life Begins is not a show about making money - it's a series about finding happiness - and our cameras will spend 12 months following your journey every step of the way from the farewell handshake at work, through the selling of your old home and the buying of your new one, to your first tentative steps into the new life you've always dreamed of.

"We'll be watching you leaving your old friends, making new ones, meeting your new neighbours, and finding your feet in whichever arena you've chosen for your new life here in the UK."

If you'd like to take part in Life Begins or would like to know more, please contact Jon Massey on 01752 333900 or e-mail lifebegins@twofour.co.uk


Now if you'll excuse us, we're about to throw in our life as a web site editor and go live the dream as a stockbroker in Singapore...

Thanks to OMer Alison Stockwell for the lead. Alison's about to throw in her job and open a pancake house in Lapland, erm, not.


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