Caravanner of the Year on BBC this April!

I agree with most of the comments posted on this subject. I actually turned the first programme off after watching the chairman ground and damage his caravan and seeming not to care. The Caravan Club should be ashamed of themselves being involved in this farce. The BBC programme has made a mockery of the Caravan Club and all of its members. I started to watch the second programme but when I saw a toy snake being thanked for its navigation skills I almost vomitted. Thanks Caravan Club for putting the perception of caravanning back years.

This thread was initiated by a post extolling the benefits of viewing the programme. It shows the same level of judgement and competence as that of dealing with members.

To be fair, CY, I very much doubt it was Rochelle's idea to promote the program and it's pretty unlikely she would have known what it contained.

I'm sure it wasn't, rather a "company policy" thing, so my remarks remain pertinent.

 

This thread was initiated by a post extolling the benefits of viewing the programme. It shows the same level of judgement and competence as that of dealing with members.

To be fair, CY, I very much doubt it was Rochelle's idea to promote the program and it's pretty unlikely she would have known what it contained.

I'm sure it wasn't, rather a "company policy" thing, so my remarks remain pertinent.

Maybe they do remain pertinent but it did appear as if they were directed at Rochelle originally. Thanks for clarifying.

Who in the Caravan club thought up the idea for the ridiculous Caravaner of the year  format and then canvassed the BBC to film it? It can only be described as huge public relations failure, reinforcing the publics perceptions of a frequent stereo typical view of caravaner! Just look at the viewings for Top Gear and Clarkson's interpretation and the recent media backlash to see how we are viewed. At the very least a public apology is owed to CC membership. All I can say is that the CC should get a professional public relations company in to try and put right what the CC management undid in 2 hrs of viewing. 

Aw, c'mon everyone! Surely none of you are taken in by the overload of any other of the 'Fly on the Wall' or 'Real Life' type progs, competitions or docusoaps. All except the Nine o'Clock News are produced for entertainment with scripted ad-libs from outrageous panel teams and participants and 'accidents' to titillate, generate controversy or provide chewing gum for the eyes, whilst desperately vying for viewing figures.

 Even the weather presenters are choreographed these days.

 I very much doubt that any non-caravanning people took it at all seriously.

Well said Spriddler. It isn't being mentioned any more on other forums. It's over and finished. What is it with the Club members who are going on and on about it, continually expressing their outrage over and over again? It's all been said. 

Well said Spriddler. It isn't being mentioned any more on other forums. It's over and finished. What is it with the Club members who are going on and on about it, continually expressing their outrage over and over again? It's all been said. 

That's not surprising, Euro, as other forums aren't run by CC and aren't directly linked to the judge, who is also CC Chairman, and who made a spectacle of himself on the show.

The BBC programme has made a mockery of the Caravan Club and all of its members. We witness the Chairman of CC ripping the back end off a caravan and acting as though it's an everyday occurence, then in the second episode we see him traveling ' illegally' in the side facing seat, unrestrained in motor home. I do not have any confidence in the CC anymore following the antics of the main man.

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Write your comments here...this was showing a blatant disregard to motoring law but at least it's on camera so come on what ever police force who wants to take it on, prosecute the passenger and the driver for allowing a person to be conveyed unrestrained in his vehicle.

We are just watching this now and I honestly don't know what the CC thought they would have to gain by participating in this.  The experiences and participants are like nothing I have experienced in my short time of caravanning.....including at Rallies.  This is honestly like something from the 1970s, no disrespect to that era but things have changed.  I mean.....competitors comparing it to how armed forces personnel must feel when going to War...just absolutely ridiculous.

Totally agree.  We are remembering WW1 100 years on with all sorts of events around the country. I thought this comment was an insult to any of those who stood awaiting the command to go  over the top.  Very very inappropriate.

Write your comments here...I can tell you from experience it feels nothing like when advancing into a contact, it's still firmly on my mind 34years on.

 the judge, who is also CC Chairman, and who made a spectacle of himself on the show.

Exactly, Tinwheeler.

The Producer will have loved it and the Chairman was lining himself up to be in the next one.

Shame we haven't had the obligatory tears yet.