improvised theatre

November 14, 2003

Televisual Uncertainty

Apparently we were featured last night on (of all things) 'Airport', ITV's reality TV show. It seems that some footage of us from the Royal Mile this summer was used in the 'this is Edinburgh' section at the beginning. Presumably there weren't people wandering round airports subjecting innocent members of the public to bizarre psychoanalysis in the hope that something interesting might pop out. Although we live in an age of authoritarian security, so maybe there were.

If anyone happens to have the clip on tape - or, better yet, if anyone knows if we can get the raw footage from ITV somehow - then obviously we'd be vastly grateful, before descending into a fug of self-admiration. Can we perhaps just pay our ten pounds and get the footage under the Data Protection Act?

Posted by James Aylett at November 14, 2003 01:46 PM
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By all accounts, the 7 seconds of Royal Mile footage featured me on a stepladder talking about rhyming couplets, and a woman sprayed silver.

Thus we learn the difference between human statues and serious performers - in the context of this programme:
silver woman = background artist
James Lark = cameo

Posted by: James Lark at November 14, 2003 04:56 PM