Firstly, thank you for your assistance on the Discovery Channel project. I promised to keep those interested in the project up to date with developments.
I met with the Discovery Channel creative design team and director yesterday. It was felt that limiting the documentary to people who have a story to tell around an 'object or souvenir' from War, was limiting the scope of the program.
They have decided therefore, to open the documentary up to anyone who has a good story to tell from a time when they served on Operations. I am sure all of you have met that one chap who always has a yarn to spin about the girl he met on leave in France, the IRA bomb they found just before it blew-up, the Taliban cave complex they raided in Tora Bora etc… WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM.
The program is also open to anyone who has suffered a loss whilst on Ops - whether it be that of a comrade, or family member. The Discovery Channel are interested in capturing strong 'human interest' stories.
Therefore we are NOW looking for people who:
have a good story to tell about a specific operation
OR
a strong human interest story - e.g. We have one chap whose wife left him the day he went to Afghanistan - 3 weeks later he returned having being diagnosed with cancer only to find his wife had run off to Spain with the children.
I hope this attracts a lot more contributors to the project. I should say also, that this is open to the close families of those who have served on Operations, 'how did you cope with your husband / wife being on Ops', that sort of thing, whilst still having a hook for the story.
Please do not dismiss your potential contributor / idea / story as not being interesting enough. I would rather have 1000 replies to this email than 2.
I thank you again for kind help and continued assistance on this exciting project and I look forward to your inspired responses.
Liam Maguire
Public Relations Officer, The Royal British Legion
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