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

Doesn’t matter what happened, those words and that knowledge was hers to impart. Not for someone to copy and pay someone else to use them

There is a big difference between 56 and 60+

When you get there and find yourself in need of a job, let me know how you get on if you don’t know anyone who can pull strings

You might not retire for another 7 years but in the eyes of employers you should have already retired.

They had it on film. They wouldn't have needed a paper copy in order to replicate all the content.

That's disgusting!! 100% complain and invoice them for your time and script! Surely it's discrimination too. I am incandescent on your behalf!!!

If this is real then YANBU. I was going to say YABU, segments get dropped all the time, it's disappointing but don't take it personally, but nicking material isn't on.

As PP have said, if you can prove that these were your words and your knowledge and experience take some sort of action - people were watching this for local history, not a dolly bird!

How can you learn a script when you are being interviewed? A script works because each person reads their bit.

This.

My work involves getting experts for this type of programme. No one would ever be asked to write a script.
At best they would be given questions in advance to prepare but the point is usually that it doesn't sound like a script.

It's odd for them to use someone else though. I wonder if your edit was very difficult. Speaking very fast, giving overly full answers that can't be cut to the required 30 seconds while still making sense.

that's a really nasty reply

She obviously read and learned OP's script. If she was just chatting naturally, she wouldn't be using exactly the same words as OP, she would be using her own words.

Why on earth wouldn't OP want to look her best if she was appearing on TV?

After she had learned the script
that was yours I presume you have your script on your computer with a date stamp so you can show when you wrote it.

If you did it for free then I presume you didn’t sign anything
I only presume they thought they had paid you and signed a contract signing away any rights
I would be seeing a solicitor about this

If you can bear to have your name in it, I think some of the tabloids might be interested, they love bashing the BBC.

Report it then. Don't troll hunt.

This. I am struggling to believe this. The BBC have plenty of people on who are not conventionally attractive or who are older etc etc.

It was a little girl, a child with wonky teeth, being replaced by another little girl with nice straight teeth, but yes I do remember this.

If they stole your script, you should definitely complain.

Well I'm almost 56 🤷‍♂️

The point is, when you're asked to speak about the subject you work in, you arm yourself with facts and then literally chat/answer the presenter's questions.

The fact the OP took it on herself to write a script completely unprompted, was probably why they decided against showing it.

These things are supposed to flow naturally.

I think that’s abhorrent for a national broadcaster and I would ask a law firm to take on your discrimination case. Even if you aren’t an employee, it was your time and energy and your words. I think you could have a claim.

completely unprofessional opinion

Excellent response. Proportionate, measured, balanced, informed and backed up.

Have you thought of a career in TV journalism?

Why?

My ears prickled at "rehearsed". Nothing comes off worse on telly than someone who has memorised what they wanted to say and spouts it out like a robot. Its really jarring and not engaging for the viewer. Be honest with yourself op - did you do this?

No-one!

There is no script, otherwise they wouldn't bother interviewing randoms.

They'd just pull the info off the internet and hand it to whoever they want.

Anyone remember the Beijing Olympics which had a slim pretty girl miming the words to a song whilst the talented, slightly plainer larger girl was put behind a screen?

I am really sorry you were treated this way. As a journalist, I can tell you that I have been ripped off by Editors a lot as a freelancer who deliberately string you along, come up with some excuse not to 'run' with your feature after stalling for several weeks, and then to add insult to injury, produce a new feature weeks later with the same ideas and words. I recently had an editor from a leading magazine who strung me along for two and a half months saying she really liked my story. Then it went to she was 'out and about' and would get back to me, to then saying that she needed to check space in her magazine, to then saying the future of the magazine is up in the air. I told her directly what I thought of her treatment of me without swear words and made it clear that I am keeping her emails on file in case the story is covered by someone else. I would follow this up and put an official complaint in with the highers up. Check if you have original correspondence that backs up and mirrors their actions with the other woman. P.S please don't put yourself down. You didn't deserve to be treated like this.