hello welcome to this video today I want to show you what it's like behind the
scenes working at the BBC my first day at school how nervous I felt and and
also yeah towards the end what we did to wrap up the series all the little
finishing touches but before I take you behind the scenes at the BBC
I want to show you where I am now and that is on the Leeds and Liverpool canal that's
where I am right now as I'm making this video it's a lovely sunny day and I have
spent most of it inside editing but yeah here we are my favourite mooring on
the Leeds Liverpool canal looking out towards Pennington flash and this does
appear on the BBC series that I've just filmed - Canal Boat Diaries - but yeah it's
just I love it here and I've got the Naughty Lass she's looking good at the
moment well she's as it was really before - always loads of jobs that
need to be doing for example I think I want to re varnish that cratch there
and just generally lots of repainting I'm just drying out the cover but I've
just measured up one had one measured up recently and by a local company I'm
really really excited to see how that turns out
man who actually makes boat stoves he came along to fix the glass
man who actually makes boating stoves he came along to fix the grasp glass
that was cracked and he came along like in the middle of the night almost just
that I've earnt from making the canal boat diaries series is gonna go
straight back into the boat at some stage but I'll keep you updated for what I do
straight back into the bow at some stage but I'll keep you updated for what I do
but yeah all right so let's get started and jump right in going back to yeah
the BBC!
Right so here I am in Nottingham on a busy Tuesday morning and yeah I'm feeling quite
I see I mean nothing am i busy Tuesday morning and yeah I'm feeling quite
they would let someone with an iPhone come into the BBC and pretend to be some sort
of programme maker
No idea... I'm gonna have a look on a map or just wonder around see
if I can find it ohhhh there it is
if I could find it yeah there is because I was so nervous and I needed a little
bit of time to prepare mentally I decided to walk along the Nottingham and
Beeston canal which runs through the heart of this East Midlands City
again very very excited and I feel like it's... I just feel like... I don't know what to say!
As it was my first visit to the BBC I was given a little tour to start off with
first visit to the BBC I was given a little tour to start off with so I was
where they do the weather as well
and this is where they switch the button from national TV to regional
It was great to get a little refresher on editing using a laptop because I
was great to get a little refresher as well on editing using a laptop because I
use my mobile phone for a lot of the editing these days and also to show the
producers here that you know this is how blogging works because it's mostly a
think I'm really weird so far for vlogging everything It's the end of the
day now and I've had a great time just chatting about how to make this programme
day now and I've had a great time just chatting about how to make this program
is Stuart my producer - Stuart how has it gone today? Yeah yeah it's gone alright, learnt alot!!
And you'll hopefully be joining me on the on the boat at sometime?
I've been given quite a lot of equipment take away with me because we are actually editing on
given quite a lot of equipment take away with me because we actually editing on
the boat as well so yeah that was my end of my first day at school
right then so I've just left the BBC it was great to meet Stuart and Nisha and
the rest of the production team and Matt the editor - I've got a lot to think
about but yeah really really excited about this and hopefully it will all go
swimmingly!
swimmingly now but before I could start filming anything for the BBC I needed to
actually take a brief course in how to adhere to all the editorial guidelines
because obviously coming from YouTube there aren't any so things like
impartiality and accuracy with all the facts and
something that I wasn't used to on YouTube
something that I wasn't used to on YouTube and that was it I didn't
actually return to the BBC's buildings until after filming the series this is
confusingly old footage of me cranking it through Nottingham but it's to
illustrate the point - which is that I finally got to stay in a hotel after
living on the boat for so long!
For someone who lives on a narrowboat
coming to a hotel room
it's just a major
game changer guys!!
We've got a lovely bed here that's massive — single one as well
I think this is called a bathroom yes yes it's a bathroom
with a flushing toilet that I don't have to empty myself
water that I don't have to fill up a tank for
it's got a bath! I'm getting in that straight away
It's got a huge TV which I'll be watching BBC on of course
and you won't be able to see it but
down there is the canal as the canal crosses just by this hotel
I've even got pretty much more wardrobe space than on my boat which is ridiculous I know
And a hairdryer— which you may know that I don't need to use!!
It's even got a mirror which I can angle
from the bath to see the TV
but yeah this is brilliant
To me, someone who lives on a dirty old narrowboat this is just heaven
ohhh so tired
there are absolutely no 'lie-ins' at the BBC everyone's up really early so
I had to nip downstairs get my breakfast — look at that how many hotels have you
seen with a view like that— but there's no time to Gongoozle I've got to nip
across the road and finish the job I started
(joking) YOU'RE LATE! GET IN HERE NOW!!
this is the main editing suite
at BBC Nottingham and here we've got Matt the editor on the left and Stuart the
producer on the right and they're taking me through some of the drone footage
they've got and it's absolutely incredible but I've also got to do my voiceovers
which is the last thing I have to do before it goes off for audio dubbing and
color grading
I really enjoyed recording the
voiceovers for this it was great fun working with Matt and Stuart and yeah it
was a complete change to how I normally record voiceovers which is like...
...this! Bent over my iPad with a soft bit of cotton here and trying to make sure it
sounds good by yeah keeping the same levels very difficult but hopefully it
sounds good when it comes to recording and filming
gear I'm a total minimalist but it was a real treat to get to use professional
equipment something that I would never have a chance to do otherwise
"This year... over spring and summer
"I'll be taking the long route to Liverpool...
"through the Midlands and the North of England"
Right, yeah I'm still editing but we're at the end of the video now so I can rest up a bit — no, I
can't because I've got to get this out onto YouTube deal with the subtitles and
the tags and everything like that so there's lots more behind the scenes that
I have to do that you won't see but yeah anyway so back to YouTube now next vlog
is going to be a classic voyage log there'll be a pub of the week so there's
that to look forward to So let's check on my fire and see if that's still
going yeah that's good I've had a new — oh! that's hot — new glass put in that and
it's actually working properly now and with that door fixed I can actually
control the fire which is good because before I wasn't really able to but yeah
so there's loads more work to do on that just painting up again and just so much
to do on the boat and now that I'm not filming for the BBC I've got more time
because I gave up my day job so YouTube is my life guys now so
yeah expect more videos from me because I have to I've got nothing else to do!
Anyway thanks so much for watching this video, see you again next time, bye bye!