Caravanner of the Year on BBC this April!

I noticed that it was being shown again last night, bank holiday Monday, so BBC pleased to have it as a 'filler'. Retreating now wearing my tin hat

I just watched it with my husband, we enjoyed it for what it was. 

There seems to be a lot of debate here about something that's apparantly not worth debating......

same old....same old....

Well, 

Apart from the odd hiccup I thought both episodes were excellent and I hope it becomes a regular feature.

Well done everyone.

pass the  tin 'at?  

No No NO !!!!

I was at a 70th birthday meal with a large group of friends yesterday and "that" programme was mentioned. Knowing I'm a caravanner the consensus was the same as the majority view on here - a matter of some derison.

My wife and I have just erected our full size awning in 15 minutes;  from unpacking to pegs in ground. Not a single raised voice, difference of opinion or falling-out. 

Now, , my problem is this: does this make us eligible for next years competition? Has anyone on site seen our work and nominated us? Sincerely hope not! 

I haven't seen the programs yet so I will not judge them myself but the reason I've entered into this discussion is the fact that just in the last few weeks I've spoken to several non-caravanning friends who all saw the show. Everyone of them saw it as yet another stereotypical mocking of caravanners in the clichéd style of Clarkson et al. They saw it as comedy and yet another reason why none of them have any desire to become caravanners. Now if this was an independent production company making lowest common denominator television for the likes of Channel 5 their reaction would be acceptable. But the fact this was portrayed by the BBC and the Caravan Club as a serious competition means somewhere along the line they got it wrong. I want to see more people entering our hobby. I want to see caravanning becoming more popular not less. But when the Caravan Club itself is seen as reinforcing an outdated ridiculous view of caravanning then someone in the Club must surely be held to account. 

You could start with he who ripped the back off his caravan. 

Who was that then?   Only "rear-ripping" I saw on the programme was some management **** destroying a loaned 'van.

Reminds me it is time we had seperate registration numbers for trailers so that they can be identified.  It could be some poor member on here who buys that seconhand!