Car TV programme appeal ideas needed !

Youtube: Roadkill
Youtube: Chris Harris

Simple.

Roadkill



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The 'reality' stuff just ruins it for many of us, concentrate on the passion and fun side of car culture

get presenters who know what they are talking about, don't ask dumb questions about mpg or practicality. Actually, find a car mad presenter and get him to drive around in one of his own cars (not something rented or bought specially for the show, i want to see him fixing it if it breaks down) and check out some of the best of the modified cars, including trucks and bikes.

Here's a mad idea - Make a car programme about the cars, not the halfwit presenters. Don't fill them full of fluff and bullsh1t.
Most car programme viewers I know actually find most farcical and I've known people actually get enraged by the amount of staged cr@p that gets aired. We all know TG is staged, but it doesn't take itself too seriously either. That 'Wheeler dealers' is one of the biggest loads of wibblepoo on the tv. Buys car for £3K. Spends £1.5k on parts. Spends 100 man hours fixing it. Sells for £5k and calls it a profit! WTF?!?!?!

A programme along the lines of some of the internet based items would be far better recieved imho. Something seeking out the unusual, the wild and just plain cool. But concentrate on the vehicles (and a little about the builder). The show's presenter should be on the sidelines, not centre stage.

Or something FACT based about buying/running/selling cars, where ALL the real world costs are considered

Agreed the current format of British shows is curse word. The most informative car programmes in the past were those done by the vet Mark Evans ("is born" series. That is the only show that went into detailed info when restoring a vehicle

Need a show with real info, something along the lines of:

• Insight to VOSA SVA/IVA etc
• Insight to MOT's & classics
• Detailed classic insurance info
• speak to the cottage industries that keep classics alive
• MIG & TIG welding
• Speak to the owners/clubs/shows etc.

KEEP IT REAL

How about contacting some of the proper car mags (PPC Magazine, Retro, Practical Classics etc...) and seeing if you can come up with something with them?

Whatever they make DO NOT get Bernie Fineman as a presenter

A magazine style show could work, where you have features on cars/builders/communities, reviews/footage of car events (which could contain interviews with organisers, and show goers), possibly some "how to" stuff that the "presenter" carries out with some guidance on a car that they work on over the course of a series (basics on welding, engine maintenance, minor body work). The garage this presenter is working in could serve as the place where they do their links to other segments of the show.

Yes this may be fairly ambitious, and possibly costly, but basically imagine your favourite car magazine you normally pick up off the shelves, and re-create it in a format that works for TV. If your favourite magazine was full of only one type of article, would you still buy it? Variety is the spice of life an' all that!

It may be that you actually team up with a magazine and do video features on the content featured in the mag, which may reduce costs and allow some form of sponsorship deal to be sorted.

Examples of car/builder features









Example of an event feature

Imagine this interspersed with interviews with organisers, owners, etc.


Example of a "how to"

Not the best example, but it's simple enough so as not to go over anybody's head!


And I agree with the points raised above about it NOT being about money (be it saving, making, throwing away, etc.). It needs to be about the cars and the culture that surrounds them. Oh and sorry for all the videos. Some of them are really worth a watch though!

how about a show that buys a make of car, modifies it following ideas rubbished by the cars owners club/ forum and then visits an owners club/ forum meeting unannounced to see their reaction to the car.