To be hurt and annoyed at being dropped by the BBC?

I agree, which is why I would prefer the OP contact them, as they may well need to learn this.

A good Producer would have called to thank & explain re: a significant contributor especially if unused.

You are missing the point asking for scripts and programme links and even questioning motivation.
As several TV producers on this thread have tried to explain, people get dropped all the time for various reasons and it wasn't a statement about the looks or expertise of the OP.
In this case the most likely reason would be overly formal delivery but as none of us are the producer in question, who was making a decision not necessarily based on criteria mumsnetters might expect, we will never know. Its not an exact science

As I keep saying, OP would be best contacting the people who booked her if she wants to take it further.
Nobody on here will be able to replicate the factors leading to the individual producers decision.

With every respect, your first post said "she spoke the exact words I had written and rehearsed."

And your follow-up says "not every single word was exactly the same.

You were, at least, exaggerating in the first post.

You're now suggesting that the blue van you mentioned may not have been a blue van, and that the details you have shared don't matter.

It's not a case of trust. I have no doubt of your feelings about the events. I have no doubt that someone else spoke the list of names that you had discovered in the same order that you had. The question you asked, however, was "Am I being unreasonable to be hurt and annoyed at being dropped by the BBC?"

The answer can only be "it depends on the circumstances." Unless we know the circumstances, it's unclear. Showing us the difference between your script and the finished programme would clear up the circumstances and wouldn't reveal your name.

How much of your "script" did this other woman repeat? Who was she? How was she credited on the programme? What other role did she serve on camera? Was she working for the BBC or an independent prodco?

People find it difficult to understand because you haven't explained how you could possibly know for certain that no-one else is capable of doing the same research you did, or coming across the same information? Fair enough if it was a source that absolutely no-one else had access to, but you aren\t saying that. You could surely give some explanation without revealing anything personal about yourself?

How would anyone find your name if you were dropped from the programme? Finding the programme will not reveal your name. That's the whole point.

It was an exceptionally rude and unwarranted reply from the OP. The more this goes on, the more I can see how deeply affected the OP is by what happened with the piece to camera, and her not being used in the way she thought she would be.

I have asked several times what her motivation was for taking part, but have not been told. I have asked if it was any comfort knowing that at least her material was used in a lesser format to raise awareness of her cause, and that too had no reply.

Seemingly, someone is very, very hurt for putting a lot of time & effort into something, expecting to get a lot more credit for it than she did. And I understand that. I'm only sorry that the posts which provided objective and useful information as to why it may have been so, and how to move forward in an effective manner have been labeled as a pile-on. Goodness knows there were a disproportionate many more who all sympathized and insisted she take it further, so it's not as if she didn't get the type of support she was actually seeking, too.

However she does it, she has to come to terms with it and move on from it, because it's just not worth allowing it to consume the rest of her life. I only wish I could make her pain go away, but I don't think anyone can.

"Never mind"

I agree.

You know what, never mind.

Best of luck OP.

I’ve only just joined the thread actually. I found the attitude and rudeness spewed at me by OP for asking a simple question unnecessary and responded to her attack on me. Call that odd or fixated it whatever you like. Well done you eh? 👍

That did seem an unnecessarily ...forceful response to a reasonable question from @LlamaDharma

Most people have heard of local archives.

Many people are aware of private as well as public collections, and the concept of individuals with specific interests who are local authorities.

It's not entirely clear why it would be totally impossible for any interested person other than the OP to have discovered this information.

(Edit to say that I do not think OP was wrong to be upset at the poor communication from the BBC originally)

Wow. And to think the OP thinks she's been treated like shite.

Did you mean to quote me? Read my post again. That isn't what I said. "Just knows" is not a quote from me.

So many information retrieval options that are not easily accessible to the public/BBC. Local archives. School archives. Company archives. Pamphlets produced decades ago lingering in someone's loft. Fellow local historians who have amassed a private archive over decades.

I've been working in local history for over 15 years and it's amazing what can come out of the woodwork.

You are very, very oddly fixated on this. The OP is just as likely to be right as wrong. But your doggedness to be ‘right’ is quite unusual.

So how do you suggest OP 'just knows' without ever finding the relevant information out herself? Did it just materialise from nowhere?

You will agree that nobody just wakes up one morning with specific expertise? OP didn't just rattle her head until the names popped out. She got that information from somewhere. Obviously using the exact same order is suspect, but the information is clearly out there somewhere to fact check. OP didn't just guess the names from nowhere.

Clearly some people have never heard of local archives with collections that aren't digitised.

No way the BBC will have sent a researcher to the local archives.

You have my sympathy @Ladyof2025. Did you end up contacting the producer/your contact? I'd invoice for research services...

I just asked a question, but rant away. I don't give a hoot what the names are. I just asked if it's possible that you might not be the only person on the planet capable of finding the relevant information out. Not in the precise order obviously, but you didn't just mysteriously 'know' from nowhere. You obviously found out yourself.

Thing is, there's two options when posting on a public forum for advice/opinions...

You either, A) Post all the information and answer all the questions that come back, or B) Accept that if you've left a bunch of gaps that people will do what comes naturally and attempt to fill them in.

Nobody should share info they don't feel comfortable with sharing, but you can't have it both ways.

Seeing as they asked her originally for her specific expertise and the replacement is coming out with the same information, it’s just as likely it comes from her?

Purely curious, but you would have to have found the list of relevant names somewhere from a checkable source. If you were able to find them, is it that outside the realms of possibility that someone else could also find them the same way you did?

You’re not wrong, it’s always been a bit like this but recently it’s to the point that I can’t imagine wanting to start my own thread these days. Apart from to alert the night watch of obscene CSA photos that is 🤦‍♀️ Otherwise I wouldn’t bother.

Agree

That poster that has looked through so many things on iPlayer is just taking it way too far anyway