The week that was...
Well, it wasn't strictly a holiday - contrary to popular belief. It was a holiday from the big show but I was working nice and hard on some TV believe it or not. It's a BBC Three documentary that will be on sometime in November about young Brits abroad in Magaluf. I will of course let you know when it's on, in case you care.
Off I popped then last Monday morning to Stansted airport for a journey into the unknown Well, I know what happens on those holidays - I mean TV - I haven't done an awful lot.
It was a really busy week, non-stop actually. I took my trunks in the hope that I might get the odd afternoon on the beach. Fat chance. We were filming all day then came out at night to get footage of the naked drunks. Let me state this right now, a night out in Magaluf is NO FUN if you're not drinking and seen as the 'squares with the cameras'.
Now, I don't consider myself easily shocked, but I saw some things that were pretty wrong, including naked games involving men's bits.
The crew from BBC Manchester (who are making the show) were a lot of fun and many laughs were had. When you're all collectively shattered and working hard filming people having the best holidays of their lives then you need to find ways of getting through it!
Here are a few lovely photos from the week:
Spot the rubbish mistake on the table stickers. BBC 1 Radio. Poor effort:
I was interested to see a group of holiday makers sitting around at 9:35am drinking and watching a Peter Kay DVD - at a pub:
One of the assistant producers, Kirk, was a dreadful parker. This was attempt 15, and this is still pretty poor:
This is the main man Colin, the producer. He was the boss of the week - but found it hard to put the camera on the tripod:
A nice arty shot:
Simon who was working on the show won the 'stupid comment of the trip award' for thinking this little island 500 yards from the Magaluf beach was Ibiza. We soon put him right:







Comment number 1.
At 18:05 15th Sep 2009, jamienortheast wrote:hi just wondered when you stopped filming i was out there 11 th to the 14 th .
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Comment number 2.
At 19:25 15th Sep 2009, David Shield wrote:Hi Greg - how did you enjoy being on Mock the Week last week as well?!
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Comment number 3.
At 19:59 15th Sep 2009, linewall wrote:AH HA GREG THERE YOU ARE THEN. I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE TAKING LESSONS BEFORE YOUR BIG MOVE.
GAMES, NAKED, MENS BITS - wow., any ladies involved or just naked men????
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At 20:06 17th Sep 2009, David Shield wrote:Just to explain - you look a bit like the young comedian I think.
Good luck for next week Greg but I'm a gutted Edith fan.
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At 14:18 24th Sep 2009, prettysparklingVicky wrote:Ola Greg, I was in Magaluf when you were,I kept seeing you and the crew everywhere I went. I once did keep asking you questions of why you were filming and what for etc, sorry I hope I didn't ruin your recording :) xx
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At 16:00 15th Oct 2009, leobrianthompson wrote:just wanted to know what date the documentary is on the tv. about magaluf 2009
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At 10:43 20th Nov 2009, scott wilson wrote:Any news on the documentary of when its on bbc 3?
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At 11:37 22nd Mar 2010, mand wrote:i really didnt like the way greg presented this show.
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At 12:32 17th Jul 2010, trendymove911 wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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