The Caravan Channel TV Show hits its stride

The Caravan Channel TV Show hits its stride . . and plans more expansion!
 
The Caravan Channel is a half-hour programme broadcast Sky Channel 181 by broadcaster Information TV at 6pm on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at 12.30pm on Sundays. After a concept-testing 4-programme run before Christmas, new programmes are transmitted at two-week intervals, each one showing eight times over the two weeks to maximise the audience.
 
Whole programmes is planned and put together by one individual, Chris Gosling, who writes, tapes and edits the complete show - with the help of presenter Ruth Dugdall, who looks after each show's news presentation. With Gosling's background in marketing and news journalism, programmes have a strong news and information emphasis.
 
The caravanning industry has taken time to get used to the idea of a continuously-produced programme, but it is now climbing aboard rapidly. "At the same show last year, I couldn't get anyone to talk to me. This year, planning a three day shoot was incredibly difficult - and I still couldn't fit everyone in!" Gosling says that during this year, he plans to move to a weekly production routine, and to introduce more special features and one-off programmes. "This will mean finding new talent and production crew, and I'm really looking forward to our next step in development," he says.
 
Gosling's background of innovation includes the amdram website (started in 1996, passed to a new editor in 1999) which is the UK's premier amateur theatre site, and Felixstowe TV, the UK's first serious "hyperlocal" broadband TV station, started in 2004 and passed over to new operators late last year. Felixstowe TV was reported on by BBC NewsWatch; BBC News 24; Canal+ (France); ARD (Germany), and media-savvy UK publications and broadcasters, including BBC local and national radio.
 
The website is http://www.caravanchannel.tv

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