It's Hamish

**Colin** · 13th March 06, 10:49 AM

Ah, he's must more entertaining and better looking in person ;-)

**Josh_E** · 13th March 06, 04:42 PM

Does anyone else find it odd that this whole thread is about hamish but he hasn't posted in it at all?

**Iolaus** · 13th March 06, 04:47 PM

No. I imagine he's probably blushing a lot though.

**UmAnOnion** · 13th March 06, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by Iolaus

No. I imagine he's probably blushing a lot though.

I have a feeling it takes a bit more than this to make Hamish blush...

He is just waiting to make a fashionably late entrance

**Hamish** · 14th March 06, 12:52 PM

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! What can I say? You are far too generous. That VideoNation piece did not turn out the way I had planned it, and frankly I was disgusted with it. The BBC should have delivered the camera and left it with me for a few days but, when it came to it, they could not leave it with me. The Producer of the series brought the camera to my home and then proceeded to 'direct' me - where I stood, what I wore, everything. She operated the camera and there was not time for any retakes - I did not even see the 'rushes' before it was used. They did send me a video tape of it, once it was put on the BBC website, however. Big deal!! No, all-in-all, I was very disappointed with the finished piece.

I truly appreciate your compliments, fellas, and yes, I have done odds and ends of radio work over the years - I worked for the BBC in London back in the 1960s. I've also done quite of a lot of acting and made one TV commercial about 25 years ago. That is why I was so dissatisfied with the VideoNation thing! I'd love a chance to re-do it, but that's not likely.

As for what I wore to the theatre that evening: as far as I remember, I teamed the TFCK imitation leather kilt (yes, that one is actually black PVC!) with my grey tweed Argyll jacket and would have looked something like this:

My apologies for not reacting to this thread sooner, but the ol' computer is not well (nor am I particularly well at the moment, but I'd rather not talk about that), and so I'm logging on only every few days for the time being.

**longshadows** · 20th March 06, 10:18 AM

Thanks for giving us your reflections on the VideoNation thing. In spite of its shortcomings, for most of us, it was a chance to know you a little better and hear your sonorous voice. Now, when we read your posts, we can hear you speaking.

Regards!

**Mattg** · 20th March 06, 10:30 AM

Hamish, you're the man!

**ByDand** · 5th April 06, 01:17 PM

Not only stylish but incredibly eloquent. You are the man Hamish. Of course we all knew that but now the world! By the way you've got a great on air presence and voice. Maybe you should do some broadcasting for the BBC in your spare time

Here's to you

**Jerry** · 6th April 06, 05:33 AM

Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but the video won't play for me. I use "Real Player" and when I try to load the clip, I get a message saying "software update required, but then when it tries to update I get another nessage saying "no software available for this file." If anyone can help, please open a thread in the "Tech" topic, so we can discuss this without disrupting this thread further than I already have. But please offer some advice, I'd love to hear Hamish.