Wife Swap Channel 4 TV series 4

[Guest guest]

Dear All

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

We are constantly being asked by TV companies to feature in their

commissioning projects.

 

Below is yet another example.

 

If there is any family that would like to take this opportunity to preach to

more than 5 million viewers, please contact me asap.

 

I have an undertaking from the series producer that the ISKCON family would

not have to sacrifice any of their values, principles and practices.

 

Please see the section "Why Hare Krishna Family?" and "What kind of Hare

Krishna Family" they are looking for. See also their commitment to us.

 

Please let me know if you know of other families who are not on any of the

e-mail conferences and who may be interested.

 

We are merely exploring.

 

Thank you kindly.

 

Your servant.

 

Hari-dhama dasa.

 

 

 

Dear Hari-dhama

 

It was great to meet you this morning. I learned so much about the Hari

 

Krishna faith, and I really enjoyed our conversation. Thanks for being

so

generous with your time.

 

As promised, I'm emailing over some information about Wife Swap as a

format

- and about the kind of attributes that I think a family should have.

 

 

WIFE SWAP

As you know, we're now looking for people to take part in the fourth

series

of Wife Sawp. It's one of Channel 4's most popular series, regularly

watched by more than 5 million viewers and attracts huge media interest.

 

The next series will be a run of six or seven programmes some of which

will

go out in the run up to Christmas of this year, while others will go out

 

after Christmas.

 

At present we are looking for families to take part in the fourth

series.

 

THE FORMAT

Wife Swap is a series of formatted programmes, which look at contrasting

 

family values. Very simply, each programme takes two families who live

very

different lives. For ten days, we take the wives of both families and

swap

them so that each of them goes to live in the other's house. For the

first

four days, both wives live according to the rules of their new house.

Then

on Day Five, they are allowed to change those rules and they institute

rules

that reflect their own beliefs and values - and which they think will

benefit life in that house. For the remaining four days, their new

families

live according to these rules to see how their lives might change - and

what

they can learn.

 

Finally, we re-unite the couples and sit them all down at a table

meeting so

that they can discuss what they have learned about each other - about

themselves and their own families.

 

 

THIS SERIES

As the series producer of this new run of Wife Swap, I'm looking for

lead

families who can transform other people's lives. I need to find people

who

have the commitment, passion and enthusiasm - and could bring something

very

different to another family's lives.

 

 

WHY HARE KRISHNA FAMILY?

I believe that a Hari Krishna family could bring an extraordinary

dimension

to some of the Wife Swap programmes. We'd see a faith that many of us

know

little about on a daily basis, as it's lived in the home and practiced

by

ordinary people. And because Wife Swap takes place over a ten day

period,

the family has a period of time in which they can make their points and

illustrate their views. It's not at all like doing an interview where

you

have one chance to make your point.

 

Every Wife Swap belongs uniquely to the families who take part - they

create

their own programme, because we shoot what happens observationally over

the

course of the ten days. We follow what they do, how they create a life

together, what compromises they make, what relationships they form.

What we

want the families to do is to engage with each other - to explore each

other's views and values - but to do this practically in each other's

homes.

 

I hope that a Hare Krishna family can bring unique values to the lives

of

contemporary families, such as faith, discipline, the search for

something

greater than materialism, a concern for what you eat - and a real sense

of

being part of a community. It would be very important, I believe to

feature

a family who takes part in taking food to the homeless. I'm very keen

on

this sense of direct action - seeing people engaged in act that is the

antithesis of their current lives and values.

 

 

WHAT KIND OF HARE KRISHNA FAMILY

 

I would like a Hari Krishna family to be :

- Initiated disciples who adhere fairly strictly to the Hari Krishna

rules

- living in the UK

- part of a two parent family with children living at home (it doesn't

matter if the children are actively engaged in the Hari Krishna

faith)

 

As far as characters are concerned, they should be :

- prepared to stand up for their beliefs

- articulate - and have a sense of humour into the bargin!

 

In addition, I would like them to

- participate in the Food For Life network

- attend temple on a Sunday

 

I can assure you that the family will not be put in a house where there

is

another dominant faith - this would not be the point of the swap at all.

I

don't want to have huge religious debates - Wife Swap is about values

and

change, about compromises and transformation. I believe that the right

family could be at the heart of a very different and challenging Wife

Swap.

 

As we discussed, I'm very keen to talk to the couple who run the Camden

Food

for Life, but would welcome the chance of seeing others as well. As I'm

 

sure you're aware, everything depends upon getting the right people.

 

Thanks once again for your time today, I hope it goes well at your

meeting

tomorrow. I look forward to hearing from you.

 

with kind regards

 

Helen Richards

Series Producer: Wife Swap series 4

 

mobile number : 07798 600 190

direct office: 0207 013 4280

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