Yesterday - 8.30am - Ian and Henry perform admirably on The Radio Sheffield Breakfast Show in conversation with the morning presenter and local stand-up comedian Toby Foster.
10am - I am upstairs having a shower when Ian arrives home with Henry and their Public Relations assistant - Sarah.
10.15am - A man arrives from Cambridge in a brand new Renault Kadjar. It's shiny and black and it is a free gift to the Bosh! boys. Renault like the idea of associating with Bosh!
10.30am - Henry reverses the new car into a big tub near our front door. It contains a little fir tree. I hear the tub crack and rush outside. The car is undamaged but the tub is no longer circular.
10.40am - I take the car delivery man down to the railway station.
11.05am - A Mercedes van parks outside our house. It contains Nicola Rees, a BBC TV reporter based in Leeds. She is with Mark - her cameraman. They are at our house to get footage for a good news item that will appear in the evening edition of "Look North"
11.30am - I telephone Shirley at the health centre and urge her - if possible - to get home early as "Look North" want to include her in the Bosh! news item.
12.00pm - The BBC filming continues and Shirley comes home. Nicola Rees interviews her out on the lawn.
1.00pm - I consume a quick lunch and phone Oxfam to say I might be a bit late but they are short staffed so I promise to get down to the shop as soon as I can.
6.00pm - I get back home. We have a quick tea (Yorkshire for "dinner").
6.30pm - We turn on our television to watch "Look North". There's Ian and Henry and there's Shirley on the lawn. Two hours of filming has been turned into a three minute news item.
7.00pm - We jump into the sleek silver Puddingmobile whose name is Clint and zoom into the city centre where we have trouble finding a parking place.
7.35pm - We have arrived at The Pennine Theatre in Sheffield Hallam University. We watch Henry and Ian being interviewed by Paulette Edwards and fielding questions from an audience of two hundred and fifty.
8,30pm - Ian and Henry are signing books in the foyer and they are having pictures taken with some of their fans - if that is the right word.
9.00pm - We pop into "The Rutland Arms" for drinks before heading home. I take a picture of a political placard on which these words are written - "Trump putting the dick in dictator"
10.00pm - We drive home. We hope that Ian and Henry and Sarah get back safely to London in the new car.
Midnight - I finish writing this blogpost.
I'd say you had a great day...lots of excitement.
ReplyDeleteIt was a most unusual day Red.
DeleteWell you've had a busy and fun day and still managed to make your shift at the Oxfam shop. And now you and Shirley are celebrities too! How exciting for you all! Just a thought - maybe Ian should be the one to drive that new car!
ReplyDeleteThey had that thought too but it's not easy setting off in a car you have never driven before. It was on a slope.
DeleteWhew! I am exhausted just reading this.
ReplyDeleteFame and fortune are rather time-consuming! Was there no interview of you planned, or did you not wish to be included in the footage?
Years ago, a team from our local TV station filmed my cousin who was back then training to build and restore organs (he's done quite a few in churches around France since then). The team were there for almost an entire day, and the TV report lasted about 5 minutes.
They didn't wish to film me as I am too ugly.
DeleteWow...what an exciting day. I too wondered why you weren't included on the lawn with Shirley? I guess it might have been Shirley that taught Ian to cook ? Did any of Henry's family get involved at al?
ReplyDeleteJust Ian's family. There was a bit of sexism at work here. The assumption was made that Shirley was queen of the childhood kitchen when in fact it was me! But I didn't mind as I am a painfully shy fellow. (P.S. I had cut the lawn and had a haircut)
DeleteWhat a very photogenic group of happy people - I am sure you can't be that ugly! Did you all enjoy the day?
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen "The Elephant Man"?
DeleteWhat a busy and exciting day! You're all celebrities now!
ReplyDeleteThe Trump sign is very apt.
That Fred Fox picture's value is rising Jennifer!
DeleteThis is all SO exciting! Who knew you could become a celebrity by writing a vegan cookbook? Or two, actually.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing experience, Mr. P. Could you ever have imagined this particular path your son's life would take?
I could never have imagined it. What has happened so far began at a very low point in Ian's life. It's magic really.
Deleteexciting.....
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed Tanza.
DeleteThey were given a CAR??? Wow! That's great!
ReplyDeleteI've had occasion to see the ruthless editing of filmed material -- it's crazy how little is chosen for airing. It's also a bit disappointing, as what the editors think are the good bits are not necessarily what the interviewee thinks are the good bits. I hope the final version in this case was pleasing to all of you.
We were very comfortable with what went out Jenny. It was like a free advert on the BBC which does not have any ad breaks.
DeleteThe lads are doing so well for themselves. It's great to hear.
ReplyDeleteI'm tired now just from reading that agenda...time for a nap! :)
Thank you for continuing support and interest Lee.
DeleteWhat a whirlwind! And a new car -- that's pretty amazing. Your all celebs!
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