15 mins of fame

[justineo]

Has anyone been on TV?

[londondave]

Yes, I was an extra in "Resort To Murder" a bbc drama seris with Ben Chaplin, I was also in the Charlotte Church film "I'll Be There" I was just in the forthcoming John Malkovich film "Colour Me Kubrick" I have been in rock videos for Zodiac Mindwarp, Claytown Troupe, All About Eve and have spotted myself on film in crowds during concerts like The Cult, The Cure, REM, The Mission.  I was interviwed for some foreign music prob which I haven't seen or remember what it was. I have also been in various tattoo/piercing magazines and have been in the LA Times and The London Evening Standard So I guess I could add up 15 mins of fame

[delilahcat]

Winner Takes All, 15-1, Weakest Link, a Channel 5 prog called 100% Gold (I was their 'Champion of Champions'), Who wants to be a Millionaire, Brainteaser and Eggheads.

I've also been on programmes as part of a choir (3 or 4 times I think).

[sddsddean]

Bobs Full House, Telly Addicts, 15 to 1, Crystal Maze (a brilliant, though cold , 2 days), Test the Nation (I was the studio winner of the Great British Test about 14 months ago).

[kev100]

Not TV exactly, I was an extra in the Hayley Mills film Whistle down the wind. It was a pretty short film career.

[Binky]

I was part of the audience on a recent programme called "Before the Booker".  I was in the background of a shot of "Men Behaving Badly".  I have been on Radio 4s Bookclub programme and asked authors questions!

[acw]

No, but I'd give my left arm to be on Crystal Maze (AFTER the show of course, no point before hand!).

I've met Richard O'Brian.  The experience scarred me for life!  I was fairly young, so being able to tell to which side he dresses through his tight white jeans! *shudders*.  Man's a legend though.

Sorry to give a no answer! :-$

[MargeB]

whoa.....can all the quiz show crowd please give a big shout out to their answerbank chums next time please?

[brachiopod]

londondave, 'Resort To Murder' was that the series (mid 90's?) set in Brighton, and also in Camden I seem to remember?
Goths playing violins on barges. I stuck with it, but it was ultimately disappointing. A friend's younger brother was an extra in that too.

To answer the question, though - my 15 nanoseconds of fame amounts to being in the crowd at various filmed gigs, (including The Mish !), and more importantly, being a 'face in crowd' in an edition of 'It's A Knockout' in the late seventies.

[MargeB]

MY JAW IS DROPPED. SERIOUSLY DROPPED.

Was going to mention my 15 seconds of fame, but didn't think it worthy of mention....

It's a knockout, in the 70's, in the crowd. Brachiopod, you're going to tell me it was in Scotland next...

[tonymclark]

kev100, Whistle Down the Wind is one of my favourite films.

As for me, I was on the "Big Breakfast" in it's early days ( talking about animation )interviewed by Cheggers as Chris Evans was on holiday. "Collectors' Lot" with my Womble collection. I was in a Dalek for a BBC promo ( "Future Generations" with the small schoolboy walking through lots of classic BBC Childrens programmes ). In my Sontaran ( Doctor Who monster ) costume a couple of times for "Dead Ringers" ( one appearence wasn't broadcast ) and in a "Dead Ringers do Doctor Who on The Weakest Link" sketch for Children In Need. About 10 years ago I was in Marvin the Paranoid Android for a straight to video ( now DVD ) documentary "The Making of the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy". And I was a Nurse extra in a Channel 4 drama, though I missed that as it went out under a different title.

There's a few other straight to video things that don't count as "TV".

[ratbag66]

With my last job I  appeared in several Discovery Channel documentries, various News reports, Blue Peter (and I got a badge), National Geographic documentary,  and numerous foreign science documentaries.

[Pinotage]

My biggest piece was presenting a segment of BBCtv's "Food & Drink Programme."

I was interviewed on a California TV show, and interviewed on a Cape Town TV show and was in crowd scene in a court show filmed in New York.

In my teen years I went to the recording of many many TV shows and was shown in the audience of lots of them. Also read a short story I wrote which won a competition on BBC local radio, did a quiz on Radio Luxembourg ...

OH yes, on TV every Saturday - on the big screen as I walk into my local Marks & Sparks - and on dozens of other TVs as I walk through the security camera strewn streets of my home town.

[ICEMANSAV]

I was in a japanese car commercial whilst in NZ my line was to go " wow " as a new car drove past me on the road towards paradise. Not much but got me a few free steinies!

[fairy!]

I was on a kids prog called Crush A Grape when I was 7... & last year I was an extra on Home & Away :-)

[galltin]

Yes when I was 9 I was on Christmas day in Great Ormond Street Hospital with Max Bygraves.Oh the glamour of it all!!

[inferno]

I have made 30 or 40 appearances on local news programmes and occasionally on Channel 4 commenting on issues relating to the NHS. Also been on the radio 100 plus times.

[rja211077]

like seemingly a large proportion of the population, i have been a contestant on 15 to 1. i didn't win.

[spudqueen]

Had my name read out on Blue Peter as a competition runner up, interviewed on Granada Reports and an extra in International Velvet (starring Tatum O'Neal), never actually managed to see my self though! Oh, and have been seen masquerading as a student (when I worked for the University) pretending to look for a flat on The Money Programme and had my picture in the Morning Star! Must all add up to 15 seconds of fame!

[Mistopheles]

I was on John Craven's Newsround Extra as a kid (anyone still remember this?) as one of the UK's best brownies. Sad eh?

Met lots of famous people though - Twiggy lives 4 doors down from my mum, Keith Baron was a regular at the coffee shop where I worked, and I met David Bowie and Iman there too. Seriously nice man - no huge tip though! Oh and the comedian Jethro was a friend of my parents, although I can't stand the man.