Taxi - RTE 1

doughef

Anybody watching this?

I preume you have to give the ok for you to be shown on the TV?

the people must know there being filmed??

(I'm practically watching behind the couch in case I come on full to the neck talking shi**)

COYW

Yeah watching it here. Only switched on five minutes ago. Some right bleeding hearts on it from the bit I have seen.

doughef

COYW wrote: »

Yeah watching it here. Only switched on five minutes ago.

What if your on giving out about your colleagues / friends or something????

HeidiHeidi

Can't bring myself to watch it - I'll wait to hear that it wasn't a complete cringefest, and if it's safe viewing, see it on the player tomorrow

Just sounds like Da Lahv Line on da telly to me - which would be one dimension too far tbh :eek:

COYW

doughef wrote: »

What if your on giving out about your colleagues / friends or something????

Well, I presume that you have to give consent to RTE (or whoever made this) to record you and broadcast it.

eringobragh

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Can't bring myself to watch it - I'll wait to hear that it wasn't a complete cringefest, and if it's safe viewing, see it on the player tomorrow

Just sounds like Da Lahv Line on da telly to me - which would be one dimension too far tbh :eek:

The traveller lad is staged I reckon know that area well - he's been picked up at the shops - 2 mins later he's on the road from north side returning towards those shops

Grade A misery porn

HeidiHeidi

COYW wrote: »

Well, I presume that you have to give consent to RTE (or whoever made this) to record you and broadcast it.

That's the thing... I've literally only seen about three trailers for this (and all of them looked pretty poor) ,..... but if you knew in advance that you were going to be recorded, then it's all just staged ****e.... and if you didn't, and you came out with any stuff worth broadcasting, then surely - SURELY - you wouldn't agree to it

COYW

An awful lot of this comes across as staged, to be honest. Here we go on the old people, only a few hours cos of cutbacks .... Not paid for overtime or travel anymore.

doughef

John Spillane???


Staged...


Staged....

Staged.......

Atlantic Dawn

COYW wrote: »

Well, I presume that you have to give consent to RTE (or whoever made this) to record you and broadcast it.

Exactly, for data protection they would need to display in the car the purpose of why they are recording and also need your consent to show it so if you knew before hand you were being filmed for a TV show your reactions would likely appear staged to a degree I think.

Gloveworm

Una-Minh Kavanagh (journalist/blogger) was on it earlier too I think?

JohnFalstaff

Just flicked onto it there for a look and have to agree that it comes across as very set-up.

It's a pity, there's be much more craic if it was real life taxi driver/passenger interaction. Although probably a lot more racism too.

COYW

Lol, the lady who worked in marketing is real Celtic tiger case. "We are hitting all our targets this year..." And then she tells the driver that the airport run is the cocaine run for taxi drivers ...

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

Although probably a lot more racism too.

Was thinking that myself.

Covering all the bases here; doctors working long hours, teachers getting their turn as well.

SCOOP 64

Nice foreign girl said "Ireland's nice and so is Irish people "ahhh.

doughef

Teapots ...

Always make or break my holiday!

Johnnio13

Terrible s)ite!

How did this make tv!
Tea pots...first world problems.

Nosy fecking taxi drivers.

COYW

Surprise visitor from the States .... I hope they are at home.

BNMC

70 hours per week? Good for you!

Whingy stuck up old B***H!

SCOOP 64

I knew someone would annoy me on this.
"why should we pay them for them doing nothing" she looks she can pay for every one!

SCOOP 64

She works for a bank, throw her out the cab!

COYW

Wow, if this is the level of knowledge and skill in the banks ........

doughef

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

I knew someone would annoy me on this.
"why should we pay them for them doing nothing" she looks she can pay for every one!

Your location looks like you should be sitting in the back of the car

BNMC

When are we going to here from a few Irish people? :rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

In Germany we move all ze homeless people to ze work camps.

COYW

BNMC wrote: »

When are we going to here from a few Irish people? :rolleyes:

It was all Irish people except for the last few mins.

doughef

The nicest bit was when the driver knew the poor girls mam who had passed away the year before and was telling her stories about their school days.

TeddyTedson

Jesus, I feel like I've wasted half an hour here watching this.
It's awful TV.
I think it should have been shown in between programmes for about 5 minutes.

HeidiHeidi

Well thanks very much folks - you've confirmed my suspicions, and I won't be tuning in to this any time soon.

Life is just too short

Sam Kade

Your man sold his car because he couldn't afford tax insurance property tax etc. What about broadcasting charge he is contributing to the tripe rte feed it's viewers :rolleyes:

COYW

Sam Kade wrote: »

Your man sold his car because he couldn't afford tax insurance property tax etc. What about broadcasting charge he is contributing to the tripe rte feed it's viewers :rolleyes:

Yeah and let's not forget that he sold his car because he can't afford to keep it on the road. However, he can afford the luxury of a taxi, as opposed to the cheaper option of using public transport.

Gloveworm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Just sounds like Da Lahv Line on da telly to me - which would be one dimension too far tbh :eek:

I think you hit the nail on the head there.

Sam Kade

COYW wrote: »

Yeah and let's not forget that he sold his car because he can't afford to keep it on the road. However, he can afford the luxury of a taxi, as opposed to the cheaper option of using public transport.

Public transport the man sounds so poor he should get a push bike

hfallada

I wonder how many seasons RTE are planning to get out of this already. The production cost most be very low figures.
I think the format has potential like the Norwegian president in the taxi. But RTE would put in some "celebrity" no one has ever heard of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-u0I-VUMmw

Engine No.9

What really bugs me is that all of the drivers were given an agenda to get people to talk about. The budget. I mean come on. If this is gonna be a reality show, let it be one and let people have their own agenda and not one which is forced upon them.

ButtersSuki

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Well thanks very much folks - you've confirmed my suspicions, and I won't be tuning in to this any time soon.

Life is just too short

Well Heidi, if you tune into Joe later today I'm pretty sure he'll have all of the taxi drivers featured on the show Lahv in studio regaling us with their tales of woe......

HeidiHeidi

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Well Heidi, if you tune into Joe later today I'm pretty sure he'll have all of the taxi drivers featured on the show Lahv in studio regaling us with their tales of woe......

*shudders*

Thankfully I think Da Lahv Line will be outside my remit today. Between budget whinging, and the potential for taxi "wisdom" prevailing, I'm not sorry :eek:

newtothisdub

Well, OP I had no idea I was being filmed when I went into the taxi at 3 in the morning last Sat! It was a friend's 30th and she had balloons with her in the back so it might make good tv for this rubbish programme. 2 of the other girls were with us and the one in the front got a shock when she heard about this show yesterday and recalled us being asked about being filmed by driver. I have no recollection of this whatsoever- to me it just seemed like
any taxi home! (perhaps being a bloke explains why I don't remember anything)
Can someone please tell me if there's going to be another programme as I couldnt see one for same time next week.
The 3 girls are all teachers so were dreading coming up on this which wasted an hour of our lives. I was planning to watch the doc about M McCann and will be wanting legal advice if we're on this.

keith_d99

I thought it was great!

Sam Kade

They should go into a pub instead, them high stool councillors can solve any problem once they have a drink in their hand

AnonoBoy

newtothisdub wrote: »

Well, OP I had no idea I was being filmed when I went into the taxi at 3 in the morning last Sat! It was a friend's 30th and she had balloons with her in the back so it might make good tv for this rubbish programme. 2 of the other girls were with us and the one in the front got a shock when she heard about this show yesterday and recalled us being asked about being filmed by driver. I have no recollection of this whatsoever- to me it just seemed like
any taxi home! (perhaps being a bloke explains why I don't remember anything)
Can someone please tell me if there's going to be another programme as I couldnt see one for same time next week.
The 3 girls are all teachers so were dreading coming up on this which wasted an hour of our lives. I was planning to watch the doc about M McCann and will be wanting legal advice if we're on this.

If you didn't sign anything you can't be used I wouldn't think. Although I doubt balloons and the discussions of three drunk teachers is what this program is interested in.

Contact the production company if you're worried though.

Here's their contact details. Give them a call:

http://www.independent-pictures.com/contact.html

faigs

There was only one show commissioned. And you cannot be filmed for TV unless you sign a release form. If it was this show you would have been approached by an assistant producer re filming and not just the taxi driver.

doughef

newtothisdub wrote: »

Well, OP I had no idea I was being filmed when I went into the taxi at 3 in the morning last Sat! It was a friend's 30th and she had balloons with her in the back so it might make good tv for this rubbish programme. 2 of the other girls were with us and the one in the front got a shock when she heard about this show yesterday and recalled us being asked about being filmed by driver. I have no recollection of this whatsoever- to me it just seemed like
any taxi home! (perhaps being a bloke explains why I don't remember anything)
Can someone please tell me if there's going to be another programme as I couldnt see one for same time next week.
The 3 girls are all teachers so were dreading coming up on this which wasted an hour of our lives. I was planning to watch the doc about M McCann and will be wanting legal advice if we're on this.

No way??
my worst fear!!!!

I hope your not the star next week

dublinman1990

I watched the last five minutes of this staged ''documentary'' last night. I had to say it was a program of pure tripe. I wouldn't bother watching it again because of the broadcast quality of the programme was very poor because there was no life in the programme.

You have failed yet again RTE. Well done on that.

AnonoBoy

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I watched the last five minutes of this staged ''documentary'' last night.

Obviously it's staged. Nobody claimed otherwise did they?