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Re: A chance for Verne to appear on the BBC

From: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:01:47 +0100
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140 characters, precious little space indeed.

What are the elements of the story that would make it interesting for Coast?

- The name of famous author Jules Verne of course
- The green flash itself (as a natural phenomenon) and the legend
around it (invented by Verne?)
- The setting: seaside towns like Oban in the Victorian era, and the
awe-inspiring Fingal's Cave
- The itinerary offers a ready-made script for the episode: from
Glasgow to Oban and onwards to the islands and Fingal's Cave

I am convinced that following the novel would make for a fascinating
episode. This seems just the right subject for Coast.

You already mentioned Verne. Explaining the legend takes too many
characters. The best I could come up with is:
"Young Scottish girl wants to see green flash before she marries: trip
to Victorian Oban, Hebrides, and climax in Fingal's Cave"

But do you have to condense everything into one tweet?

Cheers,
Garmt.

On 23 March 2011 15:07, Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com> wrote:
> Yesterday evening, the BBC programme Coast published on it's Twitter feed
> "Hey there, anyone know any good Coast stories for series 4?". So I asked
> "Has Coast done a story about the Green Flash that inspired Jules Verne at
> Oban?". I was most surprised to receive a reply this afternoon saying "Ooh,
> this sounds great, please tell me more!"
>
> Now, I think I understand the background to Le Rayon Vert (someone about to
> marry travels to the Scottish Highlands in order to see a green flash) but
> because all submissions are being done via Twitter I have to condense it
> into 140 characters or less and at the same time make it appealing enough
> for the BBC to actually commission the story. Therefore could I ask our
> Scottish friends if they could explain Le Rayon Vert in 140 characters or
> less (if indeed possible) in such a way that the BBC will think "Wow, that's
> a great story. Right, off we go to Oban then!"
>
Received on Thu 24 Mar 2011 - 06:01:00 IST

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