Week 166, Pitch it

We are constantly encouraged to save money, make do on a smaller budget, to show prudence.

How can we re-work a big-budget TV show to make best use of a small pot of cash?

My proposal is this.

A TV production that has no need for the high cost of other programmes.

One where costumes are not an issue.

No one needs miss a step.

Celebrities not required.

All shot on location at a local car park.

It doesn't require a host, not a conventional one at least.

The non-host rarely has to appear on screen and is mainly voice-over.

It doesn't even need a film crew, just a few well placed CCTV cameras to catch the lack of action from all angles.

It can be broadcast live the action edited down for a highlights package.

Strictly No Parking.

Cars.

Not parking.

Unless of course a car does park, at which point we can get that bald bloke who shouts at people on daytime TV.

Dom, is that him?  The bloke that makes a big deal out of a housing benefit overpayment.

I'm sure he'd do it for nowt more than a bag of jellied eels.*

Here's Dom accosting an elderly lady that is lost and isn't sure where to park.

He'll speak reasonably with her face to face, but on the voice-over he'll ridicule her for her lack of parking acumen.

Ideal.

Although having thought about it that's an approximate definition of actual, current daytime TV anyway.

Back to the drawing board.

* Yes, a bag of them, it's all part of the cost saving.

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