British Brown Coats ?

POSTED BY: STICKS
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 19:17
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STICKS

Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:25 PM

Are there any other british brown coats out there ?

RIZZ

Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:28 PM

I'm from London and slowly converting as many friends as possible.

I also contacted the Beeb about them picking up the series. I suggest as many UK fans send a request to them as possible.

I got their response back this afternoon.

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Dear Mike

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the American series ‘Firefly’.

There are currently no plans for the BBC to broadcast 'Firefly', however I have registered your interest in the series for the attention of our Acquisitions department.

You may like to know that there is a 'Firefly' section on the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/02060502.shtml

I hope this is of interest to you and thank you again for taking the time to contact the BBC.

Regards

Sean Doyle
BBC information
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BBCi - The BBC at your beck and call
http://www.bbc.co.uk

BRITCHICK

Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:42 PM

Yes, there are other British browncoats out here :-)

Did you email the Beeb or write them a letter?

I'm interested to know because I heard a while back that, despite plugging BBCi constantly, the Decision Makers at the Beeb felt that emailers weren't seriously worth listening to. Especially when it came to this sort of thing.

RIZZ

Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:53 PM

Hi Britchick,

I sent the initial e-mail to the CultTV e-mail addy. cult@bbc.co.uk

The initial response was:

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Hi Mike

That would be lovely, but I don't think it'll happen. Try emailing the info@bbc.co.uk address as well, to log the fact you'd like to see Firefly on the BBC.

All the best

Ann
Cult researcher

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I don't suppose it can hurt if lots of people contact the beeb expressing their interest.

This is just the beginning

STICKS

Thursday, January 22, 2004 4:01 PM

I was starting to wonder if there was any firefly fans in the uk, thanks for the quick reply. Is it just me or am i the only one who finds that bbc cult has an article regarding firefly a bit strange,lets face it the beeb were slow on the up take with buffy so who knows the bbc might just surprise us all and show the damn thing.if anyone from the bbc are reading this, if you show firefly show it in a decent time slot with no cuts ala buffy.lastly channel 4 ...leave it well alone.

HOTPOINT

Thursday, January 22, 2004 8:01 PM

One more British Browncoat here

I'm in Portsmouth by the way

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RPM76

Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:55 AM

hey all yet another british brown coat here freakily also from portsmouth but i dont know anyone who's even heard of firefly

i'll be in my bunk

BROOKIE

Saturday, January 24, 2004 3:05 AM

They are called "Red Coats"

I'm so not funny but I got a kick out of it.

TRASK43

Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:35 AM

yep another brit here should be good when the dvds are released over here so we can band together and do our bit to promote them.

SAINT JAYNE

Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:03 AM

Trask43, what do you think about the UK releasing region 1 DVDs on Amazon (see whedonesque.com) three months before region 2 comes out? Is it a money grab? Will many people buy the region 1 sets?

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