Inspired by Agent Orange's fleeting and thuggish appearance in hooligan flick 'ID', I was wondering if any other forum members have appeared on TV or film, be it in a serious role, or as an extra, interviewee or quiz show contestant? Did your 15 minutes of fame redefine cinema as we know it, or were you merely a contestant with a hideously dated perm on Bob's full house?

My only TV appearance was on Richard and Judy. We were interviewed by their research team at a Fulham v Newcastle match on the 'north/south divide'. I gave a long and eloquent speech on the various sociological nuances that contributed to the differences, only to see the final cut edited down to me standing next to my well refreshed brother, Stella in one hand, Stone Island hat in the other, giving some bland rhetoric about it being friendlier up north.

No wonder the show is going backwards up its own arse.

I was on the six oclock and nine oclock news once after marching on Whitehall, sitting in Trafalgar Square listening to Ted Heath. I didn't know they'd filmed me and I was sat intently listening but unintentionally giving cheek rods! My mum told me to hurry home to watch myself on the news! :)

And I was on Meadowhall telly a few times when i worked there which was so embarrassing seeing yourself come up on the oasis screen.

A live interview on RTE with Tracy Piggott, discussing disabled facilities on racecourses.

Just remembered two interviews on YTV's "Calendar"; one criticising SWFC's Charterhouse deal and the other paying tribute to a jockey who died after a racecourse fall.

I had bit parts and a starring role in a few training videos (I was a mother of a cot death baby for the NHS) and the like, but they never ended up on TV. I was in Moloko's first video but ended up on the cutting room floor. :hihi:

I was in the background of a news report on a CND demo in about 1984, lying on the ground on Kensington High Street, stopping the traffic.

I was also interviewed on Channel Four News a couple of years ago, about mental health.

My starring moment came when an accident during my appearance as Fairy Godmother in the school panto ended up on You've Been Framed.

This is a very sore point altogether, actually, because my big talent, and what was going to be my career from 5 to 22, was to be writing television drama/comedy. Soon after I graduated I was contacted by a commissioning editor at the BBC asking me to go down and work with an (unnamed) team that he thought was right up my street. But by that time, I had had a full breakdown and at the mercy of the Sheffield psychiatric services, which blighted my life for years.

I still wonder who this comedy/drama team were who I was headhunted for. I get a pang every time I see writers/performers the same age as me, who have made it big, wondering if I'd have been working on their shows, sharing body fluids and cocaine. :D

5 times

1. A documentry called Tales from hard city
2. A contestant of a tv quiz show on UKGOLD called Tellystack (i won)
3. A contestant on 15 to 1 (got down to the last 5)
4. This is my moment, tv talent show
5. Britain's toughest pubs

5 times

1. A documentry called Tales from hard city
2. A contestant of a tv quiz show on UKGOLD called Tellystack (i won)
3. A contestant on 15 to 1 (got down to the last 5)
4. This is my moment, tv talent show
5. Britain's toughest pubs

In which bit/ what capacity were you in Tales From a Hard City?

I was in '' Star Wars ''. I was on a course '' Darn Sarf '', and the Karate Teacher (Sid) was a stuntman ( he was also in an advert that the over 40' s only would remember for a beer called Worthington E).

He asked our intake if any of us wanted to be an extra in, and I quote him verbatim, '' some stupid little sci-fi film being made down in Shepperton ''.

We had to dress up in these tin foil outfits, and we got paid 10 quid for each day, which was a pretty good wedge for 1976.

I have never actually watched Star Wars all the way through, so I don't know, for certain, where I appear.

P.S The main lad, who was about my age, was a right Jesse.

I was once on "Look Leeds" who where reporting on the Sheffield Star Walk in the mid 80's when it was still a very popular event.

I'd got a tartan hat and shorts combo on for some reason so was followed on part of the walk.


Jim