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Mumsnet TV show starring Mumsnetters ready to view. Please tell us what you think...

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Carriemumsnet · 18/01/2010 16:12

You may remember at the end of 2009 we asked for volunteers to be filmed having the Mumsnet hair cut and take part in a Mumsnet TV makeover etc. Well the final cut of the first Mumsnet e-TV magazine show is now up and ready to view (and before we go any further there's definitely a starring role/Mumsnet book/our undying gratitude for anyone who can think up a snappier title for the show. Anything other than Mumsnet Magazine TV show would be an improvement).

Made for Mumsnetters and starring - who else - Mumsnetters, the current plan is that this will be a regular show bringing you all the MN staples - AIBU, beauty tips, MN makeovers, sleb interviews, some political stuff - the works.

This episode is a trial run to see what works (and what doesn't). We already have an idea of what doesn't work (mostly any time MNHQ get involved/appear ) but we think you'll agree that the Mumsnetters are great - absolutely star material.

You can find the show in the MNTV slot on the right hand side of the page on Chat, AIBU, Site Stuff, webchats, Telly addicts, competitions and active conversations. Please take a minute (or seven) to have a look and then tell us what you think of it. All suggestions and feedback welcome (but do be gentle with us...). Oh and don't forget a name for the show.

Thanks and enjoy,

MNHQ

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PortBlacksand · 18/01/2010 21:37

I will not be watching again as i like my MNers anonymous. Bit downmarket really compared to this internet forum which is fab...

tootiredtothink · 18/01/2010 21:36

Turn your computers to the TV when you're MNing ladies - John used to be a regular stylist on This Morning (in the good old Fern days).

Could steal the style format they had on there and have John style one Mner while another MNer styles another - and we have to vote who's done the best job.

AIBU in loose women format is a must surely?

Loving the beauty tips - trying to delve down my make up bag to find my long lost eyelash curlers (people still make an effort once they've had a baby ).

And I'd love to see the MN haircut done with someone with straight hair (as that is what I have) to see how to do it.

Agree with others on how lovely you all are .

morningpaper · 18/01/2010 21:27

I had to move Gerry out of the way first

She looked even more nervous than normal

morningpaper · 18/01/2010 21:26

I am already on the desk

mamazon · 18/01/2010 21:25

id be happy to do a bit of filming with HL though

Wereworm · 18/01/2010 21:25

lolol MP at replacing the whole thing with an S/M modification of House. Its just a small tweak but it could make all the difference.

BecauseImWorthIt · 18/01/2010 21:22

Stop fantasising about House, mp!

Ewe · 18/01/2010 21:22

Agree 100% with the Loose Women set up idea, I think a discussion element is key - that way it can be a mix of serious stuff and light hearted banter. Discussing the previous weeks Top 5 threads for example and maybe sticking a makeover bit in there half way through or something.

morningpaper · 18/01/2010 21:17

Gerry looked a small bit terrified

uncross your arms woman

I don't really watch telly so haev no idea what loose woman / wright means

I do watch House and obviously it would be better with a bastard doctor smacking someone leaning over a desk

(OK that isn't actually what happens in House)

morningpaper · 18/01/2010 21:16

Couldn't see what was going on clothes-wise due to the lighting although I liked the v-necked tops and what does he mean "too low cut"? I've not heard of that before.

Reality needs a bigger sofa, it looked rather intimate squashed up there with that big boy

He seemed nice and cheery

Thought you were going to blind yourselves with the eyelash trick!

mamazon · 18/01/2010 21:11

DP just saw it and thinks it looks like dodgy 70's porn. he said he was just waiting for the plumber to knock on the door to join in with the make over.

he was very sympathetic to my looking like a bush had just beaten me up and i was left swollen.

he agrees that it would be a better idea to have a Loose Women type set up, and apparantly i look like one of the women off there already so i should fit right in

TheBossofMe · 18/01/2010 21:04

Blimey - you lot are harsh critics!

FWIW, I agree with most of the criticism - I think this suffers from a bit of a lack of purpose. What's the pitch on MNTV vs MN the site? If there's no difference, then you probably have an issue because what's brilliant for one medium doesn't always work in another.

Cyclops · 18/01/2010 21:01

It came across as a bit ad-hoc tbh, flitting from one scene to another quite quickly, as though there was no overall plan...perhaps an overall presenter/narrator is needed to stitch all the scenes together into a coherent whole?

I think MNTV needs a purpose/strategy first and foremost.

I found it fun, fluffy and fairly lightweight I was half-expecting Will Young to be asked to name his favourite !

AddictedtoCrunchies · 18/01/2010 20:55

Couldn't watch it. Made my teeth itch.

DreamsInBinary · 18/01/2010 20:41

It looked fun and would def improve with experience. If it's just for us, then great. If it's for the outside world, then we need to be really careful that this doesn't cement stereotypes of silly women with boring lives.

Agree with the change in format. A Loose Women style would show MN strengths - interesting, intelligent and warm women. We need more talk and less unfancy camerawork. The MNetters were likeable and natural on film, and would benfit from more banter and less scripting

So, a panel show with 2-4 presenters, an interview slot, a s&b slot and perhaps a 'MN in Paris/Budapest/Florida' video - needn't cost much if fly-on-the-wall and filmed with a camcorder. . AIBU could be covered between the presenters by dipping into the pick of the week. Everything based on a thread.

Would watch another, definitely.

thedollyridesout · 18/01/2010 20:37

Oh, I nearly forgot the name - 'The Cult of MN' .

BecauseImWorthIt · 18/01/2010 20:36

... and I also think it's time you had some professional work done on the MN logo - it looked very amateurish, especially viewed on full screen.

Sorry

thedollyridesout · 18/01/2010 20:33

I hated the revolving cube thing and I think there was too much of the logo and not a pc in sight.

Didn't like the anonimity bit in AIBU - too 'crimewatchy'.

The humour/wit/sarcasm of MNers didn't really come over although there was plenty of warmth, especially in the Will Young segment.

Actually, having a celeb on there is probably the way forward. Perhaps a few different segments centered around one celeb per episode. You could do televised follow ups to the live webchats - it could be a hoot. The supermarket bit could have been a mum doling out 'blanked out' biscuits to a toddler.

BecauseImWorthIt · 18/01/2010 20:28

Was this just an abridged version then? Because the first section needed a lot more scene setting - why had Amandoh chosen those outfits? And agree, more info about where the clothes came from/how much they cost, etc

But also agree with 100 - hard to comment unless you know what MNTV is going to be for and who it will be aimed at.

(And why did Mars' skirt keep riding higher and higher?!)

mamazon · 18/01/2010 20:26

I would love to do a question time/loose women style MNTV.

Id be Carol MCwhatsermush. you know the miserable old bag who moans about everything and then got a bloke and suddenly everythings fab

giraffesCantWalkInSnow · 18/01/2010 20:24

The thing I am most freaked out by is when you watch it other clips appear at the bottom of the screen, and one of them is called anal inspection I am NOT clicking on that.

RoyaltyIsMyOnlyDelusion · 18/01/2010 20:22

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Aranea · 18/01/2010 20:21

I'm another who would like to know what it is for. At the moment it is just doing things that are done rather better on daytime TV. And I am not sure why you would be aspiring to those not-so-dizzy heights anyway.

I got bored watching it I'm afraid, and just felt I'd much rather be reading threads. I enjoy mumsnet much more than fluffy makeovers etc, and that is much more the case when the makeovers are done on a shoestring budget.

The very brave mumsnetters who appeared didn't come across nearly as well as they do on 'Talk'. (All looked lovely, that's not the point though) The wonderful thing about mumsnet is the range of well-expressed opinion, together with a wealth of experience being shared. Surely if you're going to make TV with the mumsnet name it needs to reflect this a bit more?

Sorry, another who's not all that good at being gentle.

lollyheart · 18/01/2010 20:19

I thought it was great

We had a fab time making it and everyone was so lovely.

John is a great guy and he gave us lots of good tips.

Not to sure about the mn hair cut tbh.

It is also nice to put names to faces too.

PollyTechnique · 18/01/2010 20:16

Justine, please could we see the director's cut, showing Mamazon and Reality doing their double act, please, please?