BBC Filming - Urgent support needed

[Berkshire Vapers]

Hi all,
Our shop opened today but we are still waiting on lots of deliveries including our retail counters and a whole bunch of hardware.
I got a call from the BBC about an hour ago asking if they can come around with their camera crew and interviewers to do a piece that they can show on World Vaping Day, 19th September. There is a really nice vape friendly pub across the road and the BBC would like to film the shop on a busy day and then go across to the pub with some of our regular customers (which we haven't really got at the moment because we just opened).

This is where you come in. I can confirm the BBC will get here, sometime on Wednesday afternoon, 18th September , can any of you come over and help to support the cause. It will probably mean you will be on TV. If you can, will you let me know either via a PM or preferably on this thread so we can all see who can make it. Once the BBC have gone we can perhaps have a mini vape meet in the pub. (this is a given really)

Thanks to everyone for their support so far and I really hope we can make this work well and get our message out there.
Cheers,
Phil

Our shop name is Berkshire Vapers at 35 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JB and the pub name is The Prince of Wales a few doors up on the opposite side of the road.

Update (including last email from the BBC)

I also need to find two companies, one in Berkshire and the other in Oxfordshire that fancy some free publicity on the BBC by tomorrow. If any of you work for a company that allows vaping in work/at the desk and would allow this to be filmed there is certainly some free publicity that a company would normaly pay through the nose for. I also need to find a pub in Oxfordshire that has some vapers willing to filmed in the pub and chat about vaping. If any of you could provide me names of companies or pubs wanting some publicity and can provide on site vapers willing to talk then please let me know, ideally by tomorrow early afternoon. I've copied the last email I received from the "Senior Broadcast Journalist" below for you to get a better idea.

We'll certainly use the pub near you.
If you could find a workplace in Oxfordshire AND one in Berkshire or Hampshire that would be great!
Sorry for giving you a list!
If we can find examples of these things more widely across the patch then it gives us the opportunity of broadcasting this piece to a wider transmission area and bigger audience.
Hope that makes sense, and thank you so much for your help.

[blakey]

Too blooming far away else I'd be there like a shot

Good luck with it all

[Chrissie]

This sounds brilliant Sadly too far away for me as well

[Raffles]

Too far for me too Berkshire Vapers... although I have happy memories of working for a while in Reading many, many years ago.

Wish you the very best of luck with it, and every success to your shop. Hope you get great publicity.

[dnglos]

Sorry I can't help, but good luck anyway.

[sammy13]

I hope you can sort this, a few years ago I could of helped with the Oxfordshire side , hope to see you on tv.

[Chrissie]

As I think this could be brilliant publicity for & beneficial to all vapers, I'm going to link to this thread in several other boards.

[ginge7289]

Is cloud 9 vaping not close to oxford?

I live on the other side of the country but let me see what work commitments I have and ill let you know

[Deleted]

I live the other end of the country otherwise would be more than happy to help

Hope you can get it sorted

[Berkshire Vapers]

Thanks for your support guys. I still haven't found anyone that can confirm they can be here for the shop filming or the pub filming yet. I also need to find a workplace in Oxfordshire and a vape friendly pub in Oxfordshire that is up for some free BBC publicity. Fingers crossed something happens soon to change this.

Cheers,
Phil

[Berkshire Vapers]

Come on guys. There has got to be a bunch of vapers that can...
1. Come along to the shop filming in the afternoon
2. Meet up at the Prince of Wales pub opposite the shop for a mini vape meet at about 5pm
3. Suggest a workplace both in Berkshire and Oxfordshire that allows vaping on their premises and would like some free BBC publicity
4. Suggest a pub in Oxfordshire that allows vaping on their premises and would like some free BBC publicity

[GunJack]

bit far from north wales, but do so hope it works out..... c'mon anyone in that area that can help out

[Berkshire Vapers]

Gunjack,
I'm from South Wales originally but not only did I travel up to Reading but I've stayed here for 20 years. lol

[womble]

Much too far for me, have you tried other forums? Best of luck, the vaping community needs people like you.

[Berkshire Vapers]

Thanks Womble, much appreciated. I've posted on UKV and PoTV. I think we were mentioned on Vaper trails TV live show last night and I'm probably going to be live on RY4 radio tonight. Still no confirmed supporters for Wednesday yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Cheers,
Phil