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Re: A chance for Verne to appear on the BBC

From: Rick Walter <rick1walter~at~comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:01:24 -0600
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

For God's sake, don't forget the Corryvreckan whirlpool. Second, Fingal's
Cave figures scarifyingly in its action-packed climax. Third, and unusually
for Verne, it's a highly amusing love story.

All the best,

Rick

Frederick Paul Walter
Albuquerque, New Mexico


----- Original Message -----
From: "Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd" <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: A chance for Verne to appear on the BBC


> 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 - 07:01:40 IST

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