BRIGHTHOUSE STORES to Sponsor TRISHA TV Show !

[Lefty]

Looks like the Trisha show is finally beginning to take notice...


The Trisha Goddard Show




Cheers
Lefty

[doodchair]

Town house productions, Trisha's producers, have today left a statement on the Trisha TV forum stating that the decision to accept sponsorship from Brighthouse was made by Five, and that there is no financial gain for Trisha or the production company from the deal.

However, this begs the question as to why - in Five's original press release announcing the sponsorship, Tricia was so gushing about Brighthouse. Given that she has no financial gain from the deal we have asked that she now retract her original statement... perhaps she should also do a programme on the subject?

[The GodMother]

Nice one Maybe if enough ppl complaint then something will be done

[Bigmac versus]

Keep up the pressure Lefty, Brighthouse no doubt wont mind but im thinking Trisha just might be reconsidering her position now.

[The GodMother]

Same ere bigmac.

Maybe we should invite them all to actually read some of the threads on this site just so they can see what brighthouse are really like.

Maybe they should fully investigate before that choose who should sponser them.

[steven4064]

I emailed Town House TV and five earlier this evening and got an e-mail from Malcolm Alsop (Town House TV MD) pretty well straight back:

Thanks for your comments about the sponsorship of our show on Five. Town House TV is the maker of The Trisha Goddard show but has nothing to do with the sponsorship issue. This is entirely a matter for the broadcaster Five. We derive no financial gain from this sponsorship whatsoever, nor do we have any direct control over it.
We pass on all such complaints to Five but you are also free to contact them direct at home | five.tv
Our web site contains a range of helpful information about a wide range of issues and we are shortly to expand this to include organisations offering advice on debt problems.

which is basically what it says on their website. Lets keep the pressure on, particularly with five.

[The GodMother]

yep pressure is needed.

Lefty and i had a convo earlier buy Pm.

What i am thinking is maybe CAg could orgainse a small protest buy going to the studio where the show is filmed and start asking awkard questions, this is maidstone in kent.

There is aslo offices in Norwich on a very busy business park which i think you may find is were the production company that films and produces Trisha is based. Which is owned buy trisha and her husband. If you check out her site, link posted earlier bu lefty, you will see that it is not going to be a area where it can be ignored.

Maybe further conseltation is needed before we do anything daft tho.

[The GodMother]

this is the norwich site.

As you will see it is for a production company.

Town House TV Productions Ltd
7 The Norwich Business Park, Whiting Road,
Norwich, NR4 6DN, United Kingdom

[steven4064]

If we can get a campaign going we should make sure the press/BBC know about it.

[The GodMother]

yep it will be good headline news.

[Lefty]

Originally Posted by The GodMother

yep pressure is needed.

Lefty and i had a convo earlier buy Pm.

What i am thinking is maybe CAg could orgainse a small protest buy going to the studio where the show is filmed and start asking awkard questions, this is maidstone in kent.

There is aslo offices in Norwich on a very busy business park which i think you may find is were the production company that films and produces Trisha is based. Which is owned buy trisha and her husband. If you check out her site, link posted earlier bu lefty, you will see that it is not going to be a area where it can be ignored.

Maybe further conseltation is needed before we do anything daft tho.

I think what is needed at this stage is as many letters/emails/phone calls as possible registering objection to this sponsorship - just as Debt on our Doorstep, Steven and I have done. I can bet that there have been a few heated discussions at Town House TV, Channel 5, Brighthouse and Trisha's agent today!

We really need to wait and see if channel 5 want to make an "official" statement, as opposed to the response to my email (which, in all reality, would have just been simply written by a customer service monkey), and we also need to see what the Debt on our Doorstep action group present to the media.

(Having said that, I WILL post the full contents of the email I originally received from Channel five if I hear nothing by 5.30pm tomorrow!)

This is early days...

Again, I would like to make clear that it is not so much the fact that Brighthouse is sponsoring a TV show that I (we) object to, it is the way that a particular segment of the population (ie - day time TV viewers, the unemployed, single parents, people on benefit - the SUB-PRIME) have been DELIBERATELY and SPECIFICALLY targetted by Brighthouse...

As the media consultancy company AMS said, "70% of Trisha's audience fit Brighthouse's customer profile..."


Cheers
Lefty

[The GodMother]

i am what would fit into the subprime ppl but i dont watch trisha. I am only involved as i have read sum horrid stories on here about brighthouse.

[Bigmac versus]

Email sent to Ch5 chief executive

[Lefty]

I have today received an "official" statement from channel 5.

"The following is our official response regarding the sponsorship of Trisha Goddard by BrightHouse, which you can publish.

BrightHouse Stores is a well recognised, established trading company which conducts its business practice according to all applicable UK legislation. It is therefore a legitimate sponsorship partner for the Trisha Goddard show.

If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for your interest in Five"


This statement is considerably shorter than my original response - which went into much more detail, even saying that "although some people may object to the way Brighthouse conducts it business, this does not preclude Brighthouse from sponsoring a TV show"...

I am happy to reproduce the full original email response from five, but in order to avoid any possible problems for the CAG I would appreciate permission from a moderator or admin first. Bigmac versus?

and... in other news...

Trisha's website has deleted the post by doodchair (Debt on our Doorstep) asking if Trisha now retracts her statement proclaiming she is "delighted to be working with Brighthouse" and a further follow up comment by myself.

But for those who missed it - here is a repeat!




Stay Tuned!



Cheers
Lefty

[The GodMother]

Nice post on trishas website lefty.

I am refraing from posting as i am a bit annoyed atm and i might say summing i regret or cause a large problem for my self.


Chrissi