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Email sent to BBC and Channel 4

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:33 AM

I have sent an email to the BBC and Channel 4 here in England about the possibility of them showing firefly. I gave them a quick overview of what the show was about and have said i would be happy to tell them more about the show if they are interested. I will let you all know if i get a reply.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:41 AM

WAKEUPSOON

w00t!

That would be awesome.

I'd watch 'em all again any day.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 1:40 PM

FREEBROWNCOAT

You know, BBC does Dr Who. Surely they'd be a candidate for FIREFLY.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 2:03 AM

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

They also did Red Dwarf which has similar aspects to it as Firefly. Its worth a try just to see what kind of reply i get.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:22 AM

RALLEM

The BBC does its own shows, so would they be interested in showing television shows from other networks?

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:26 AM

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

They showed buffy and the simpsons alot so who knows. Plus they have extra channels that are on digital now like bbc3 so maybe they could fit into a slot on there. Like i said its worth sending the e-mail just to see what kind of responce i get, cant hurt to try.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:30 AM

WYTCHCROFT

Quote:
Originally posted by MontysSoupCatcher:
I have sent an email to the BBC and Channel 4 here in England about the possibility of them showing firefly. I gave them a quick overview of what the show was about and have said i would be happy to tell them more about the show if they are interested. I will let you all know if i get a reply.

At the recent Dr Who writers panel - everyone knew ALL about firefly and Whedon's work. And the Dr Who show these days is cluttered with Whedon references. It would be nice if they could show firefly - you're not wrong.

And if they don't show Dollhouse i will not be responsible for the consequences (ie sulking).

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Originally posted by rallem:
The BBC does its own shows, so would they be interested in showing television shows from other networks?

a common misconception. The BBC makes very few shows anymore. It commisions existing independant production companies to make stuff - and such companies can also pitch their product to the network.

The beeb will also front money to transatlantic productions (Rome etc) and vice versa.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:46 AM

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

They also helped out with the final series of Due South when the network in america decided to drop it, another of my fave shows.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 11:03 AM

MIIKE

think scifi have loaned the rights from sky/fox so you might have to go through them.

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Thursday, August 7, 2008 8:51 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Good on ya', MSC! Good on ya'

If Baywatch could make it big in Germany....why not FF in GB. I say go get 'em!

BTW cool moniker: MontysSoupCatcher

(Wish I thought of that)

Ahhhh, Due South! They don't make 'em like that anymore.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:11 AM

WAKEUPSOON

Also, they show Heroes now too - so there must be an audience for Sci-fi.

Not forgetting Torchwood, the more adult version of Doctor who, which moved onto mainstream BBC because so many people watched it on BBC 3.

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Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:12 AM

ANDMAN

If the beeb can, the beeb should, that would be the first thing in ages to make me proud to be british.

Plus of course, the beeb has their new iplayer system, so even if they show it on bbc3, anyone (at least in the uk) with broadband can watch it, for up to a week after it gets shown! The beeb would be fools not to

Anybody who disagrees with any of this violently can do so. But no matter what you do, "You can't take the sky from me".

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Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:00 AM

DARKFLY

This would be so gorram shiny if this happened, its hardly out of the question, hell E4 just started showing Dark Angel on the weekends a few weeks ago which is the first time its been shown on a major channel.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:26 AM

MRSHINYVERSE

I hope it works. Something I've been thinking about trying if Firefly is ever shown on a major channel (any freeview channel really) as extra advertising is to send Chris Moyles (Radio 1 Breakfast Show) copies of the BDS & BDM. He loves star wars, heroes etc so I think he'd love our show. If you've ever heard his show and he did indeed love it you'd know he'd plug the hell out of it bringing it to the attention of around 10 million listeners (not including all the online listeners). I was originally planning to try this if Serenity 2 ever got made so more people would hit the box office but as it stands, a re run of firefly would do at the moment.

What do you think?

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:53 AM

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Ok ive had a reply from channel 4 and it is as follows

"Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries regarding FIREFLY.

Your suggestion to purchase the rights to this programme and broadcast it
has been noted and logged. This log is distributed throughout Channel 4 for
all to read. Your comments will also be brought to the attention of those
who purchase our programming.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us here at Channel 4 and for
your interest in our programming.

Regards,

Penny Watson
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries"

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:03 AM

DUN

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Cant be bad,well done,any suggestions on how we can help.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:07 AM

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Well if anybody from the UK can also e-mail channel 4 with the same question then that would help.

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:20 PM

TRAVELER

Our Poblic Broadcasting Network is packed with programs from the United Kingdom, so why not share some of ours.

It is always worth a try. I think people in the United Kingdom who have not seen Firefly will love it as much as the fans here in the United States have loved DR WHO and Red Dwarf.

Good Luck;
traveler

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