OBJ Morris - 2003 Scrapbook

Filming Sort-it-out Man, East End, near Newbury
2 March 2003

We had a call from a TV production company one Friday afternoon - it went like:

"We are filming a TV programme about Sort-it-out Man (a sort of super-hero) who is arranging to create a pub in East End for the day.
We thought it would be nice to have some morris dancers, so do you think you could find some?"

"Yes", I said. "When do you need them?"
"the day after tomorrow"
"I'll do my best"

We actually managed to get almost the whole side out, and it turned out to be a hoot! The programme was due to go out on BBC3 in April/May. The participants are eagerly awaiting this high-quality digital broadcast!!

Postscript: It turned out that the programme was never broadcast - it wasn't contentious enough!! But we appeared in the programme's opening and closing titles for the whole series.

OBJ Comprised: Anne, Chris, Colin, DaveD, DaveK, Doug, Gill, IanF, IanO, Jenny, Linda, Liz, MikeG, Nikki, Vera and a WB helper

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2 March 2003
Filming Sort-it-out-Man for BBC Three

Filmed at East End near Newbury, we participated at 2 days notice then spent nearly a whole day waiting to do our bit. It was a real hoot. The "plot" was that the village had lost it's pub and Sort-it-out-Man would create one for the day.

Dances: Brimfield, Craven Stomp, Sheepskins
Dancers: Colin, Chris, DaveD, DaveK, Nikki, Jenny, MikeG, Linda and Liz
Musicians: Doug, Gill, Ann, Ian, IanF, Vera and a WB helper

Postscript: the episode was never broadcast - but we were in the titles for the whole series.

This is "take 5" of Sort-it-out Man waiting for Dave (the slightly over-weight "boy wonder") to emerge from the portaloo.

"It's not easy being a super-hero. You have to do everything yourself"

It's not easy being a morris dancer either. This picture sums up some of the sheer excitement involved in filming.

IanO, MikeG, Gill, Vera, Anne, Colin and Linda.

Dancing Brimfield for the cameras.

Dave (the boy wonder) and Sort-it-out-man look on

More of Brimfield as Sort-it-out-man gets carried away.

Our super-heros ran the "pub" that had been erected for the afternoon.

IanF and DaveK look on.

Sheepskins around some of the children.

Jenny, Nikki and Linda moving, while DaveD and DaveK are about to do their bit.

Dancing off at the end of Sheepskins

Linda and DaveK with the smallest one.

A picture that I lifted from the CAMRA web site