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BBC 2 series looking for families
We are currently researching a 3-part series for the BBC and would like
to speak to a range of families at different stages of separation or
divorce.
The series will examine the law, how it is practised, and its impact
upon relationships between parents and children.
We are particularly interested to hear your experiences on the following:
- The immediate aftermath of divorce – coming to terms with, and
putting into practice, the Family Courts decision
- A few years on – making adjustments to new circumstances as
they arise.
The programmes will attempt to make a balanced assessment of the long-term effect of court decisions on family relationships. Is the current system working?
We'd like to hear from anyone who can help us understand how, where
and why the system is, or is not, working. If there is a conflict between
the aspirations of The Children Act and the way it is administered,
how does this impact on the non-resident parent? Getting in touch will
in no way commit you to taking part in the series.
Anything you tell us will be treated with the utmost confidence.
If you are interested please contact:
Clare Johns on 0207 286 0333 / 07799 191 655 or email
BBC2
Series/Families in Divorce
Children of divorced/separated parents
A glossy weekend supplement is looking for children, aged six to 16,
to talk about what it’s like when their parents divorce and they
regularly live between two different homes. Maybe your child/children
stays with their dad at weekends, or a couple of times a week, or during
school holidays – or maybe they stay over at their dad's on an
ad hoc basis. The feature will involve a short phone interview - kids
can remain anonymous and no pictures are required. Questions will be
things like: do you miss your friends when you go to your dad’s
at weekends, do you like having quality time on your own with one parent
etc. If this is of interest, please contact helen.gent@tiscali.co.uk
by 14 May 2008.
Calling lone fathers
Are you a father bringing up your children alone after divorce?
A national newspaper magazine would like to talk to you for a celebration
of fatherhood to be published in the Father's Day issue in mid-June.
It's a very positive first person piece where four dads talk about what they feel about lone parenting in their own voices. It involves a phone interview (to take place by 16th April) plus a photograph of the dad taken with his children.
If you'd like to take part, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact
using this email link Jane
Phillimore
Are you a woman who represented herself in divorce procedings?
If so, a journalist would like to interview you and this could
be anonymously. Please send your contact details and brief details to
Divorce Aid using this link
Female
divorce litigant in person
Are you addicted to marriage?
I’m looking for women under 40 who have been married
three or four times, to share their stories with the magazine supplement
of a top-selling Sunday newspaper. You don’t have to go into massive
detail about your exes – we’re interested in what attracted
you and what keeps bringing you back to marriage. Are you an incurable
romantic? You would need to have a picture taken and there is a fee
available for your time and trouble. If you are interested in taking
part, contact me at
Sunday
newspaper/Divorce Aid
Did you have a whirlwind marriage and divorce?
I’m looking for women who married very quickly after
falling in love, but the marriage didn’t last long. Were you blinded
by love or swept up in the romance of it all? Or did he turn out to
be someone different from who you thought he was? The feature is for
the magazine supplement of a top-selling Sunday newspaper. You would
need to be photographed and there is a fee available for your time and
trouble. If you would like to take part, please email me at
whirlwind
marriage and divorce
Did infidelity end your marriage?
A regional newspaper, the Belfast Telegraph, would like to talk to somebody,
ideally from Northern Ireland, who has got divorced because of his or
her partner's infidelity. It would be a phone interview and we'd also
need a photo of the interviewee. We'd talk about the emotional fall-out,
why they didn't forgive and forget, what they'd learnt from the experience
and what it was like to have come out the other side. The emphasis wouldn't
be sensational.
I can be contacted on 028 90 264472, or emailed at jane@hardy91.fsnet.co.uk
Divorced and dating?
This BBC Radio 4 series reveals a wide range of surprising
stories from both sexes about the reality of being single. Is a world
of freedom and fun or of crushing loneliness? And how is the issue of
security, both emotional and financial, affected by being alone?
The candid stories will subtly reflect how the changing nature of relationships
has impacted on society. How does being single affect the way we live,
both positively and negatively? What we consume, where we live, financial
security, how stable our lives are?
Each 15 minute programme will follow one singleton, we’ll hear
clips from the day to day events in their lives which give colour to
their stories, as well include contributions from closest friends, family
or former partners who will provide further context to their stories.
We are looking for parents who have to think about more than themselves when choosing to stay alone or find someone new after divorce. This divorced couple are suddenly single and part of the dating game, both trying to comprehend it’s complicated rules.
If you are interested in taking part, either email us at
jo.meek@allout.co.uk or call
us on 0161 834 9955 for more information.
Did your husband's long working hours or working away from
home contribute to your divorce?
Stella magazine (The Sunday Telegraph supplement) is urgently looking
to inverview a woman who can talk about this. She needs to have a child/children.
This interview can be done completely anonymously if necessary. We have
spoken to a lot of women who feel they end up coping as single mothers
because they are married to a man who is hardly ever there and, when
he does turn up, finds it hard to switch back into being husband/dad.
If you had this problem, we'd like to hear from you.
Professions such as the Armed Forces or oil rig workers wouldn't really
work for this because, when you marry, it comes with the territory.
We're looking for women who, when they married, had every reason to
expect a modern marriage where home life would be a shared thing but,
as their husband's career progressed, they found him taken away from
them more and more.
The journalist writing this is Caroline Brannigan. Please email her
asap if you think you could take part:
Divorce Aid/Sunday Telegraph
Did your mum give you good advice about a relationship?
I'm interested in a story where the daughter followed her mum's advice
when it came to a relationship (perhaps getting a divorce/getting out
of a bad relationship and going it alone being better, or she ended
up meeting someone her mum approved of who turned out to be Mr Right!).
Or advice relating to health/wellbeing, or of course career advice,
looks advice or something quirky would be great too - basically anything
uplifting, inspirational or
heart-string-tweaking.
Each daughter will need to be able to do a photoshoot and be interviwed.
E: olivia@oliviagordon.com
Quality newspaper seeks stories of love that did not last
I’m looking for ex-couples to interview for the Observer
Woman’s Ex-Files column. There are lots of examples of previous
Ex-Files here at
Guardian Ex Files
I’d just need a chat about a previous relationship and the lessons you learnt from it, nothing salacious or bitchy, just an overview - how you got together, what went wrong, and how you’ve moved on, that kind of thing. I need both partners’ perspectives, so I'd be speaking to your ex about it too. But interviews will take place separately and can be by phone, email, or in person if you live in or around London – whatever you prefer.
Apparently the ex-couples who take part usually find it quite therapeutic and interesting to hear what their ex has to say. You don’t have to contact your ex yourself if you don’t want to, just let me know their email address and I’ll get in touch and find out if they’d like to be interviewed. Please drop me an email for full details if you're interested: julia@juliabuckley.co.uk
Was your husband a love rat?
When you find out your partner has been cheating on you, it's
heartbreaking. Many emotions sweep through you - anger, panic, even
guilt. If your husband cheated on you, how did you find out? How did
you feel? If you are interested in talking to a women's weekly magazine
about your experiences, perhaps on how you're getting your life back,
then please get in touch with
me via this email link Love
Rat/Divorce Aid
or you can call 020 7963 7247.
BBC Series looking for divorced parents
The award-winning production company Films of Record has been
commissioned by the BBC to make a 3-part series to coincide with the
twentieth anniversary of The Children Act. The series will examine the
law and how it is practised with specific focus on its impact on fathers
and their ability to maintain a relationship with their children after
divorce - both in the short term and over a lifetime. It will explore
the reasons why many men see themselves as victims of an injustice;
seemingly denied residency or contact simply for being the father. It
will reflect on the role of the father in the modern family and the
long-term psychological importance for children of maintaining a relationship
with their father even if their parents have separated.
We're currently looking for families to contribute to the series. We
hope to be able to film with mothers as well as fathers and, where possible,
children too. We'd like to hear from anyone who can help us understand
how, where and why the system is, or is not, working. If there is a
conflict between the aspirations of The Children Act and the way it
is administered, how does this impact on the non-resident parent? Getting
in touch will in no way commit you to taking part in the series.
Anything you tell us will be treated with the utmost confidence. Please
Contact Sara Feilden on 0207 286 0333 / 0780 104 0759 or
saraf@filmsofrecord.com
Have you cut or coloured your hair to mark a big change
in your life?
If so, Woman's Own would love to feature you in an inspiring
piece about haircuts/colours that change your life. We're looking for
3 women aged 30-60 who have changed their hair style (cut and or colour).
In particular we're looking for:
1 woman who changed her hair after a relationship change - after the
end of a marriage or relationship, perhaps you felt you wanted a different
image?
1 woman who changed her hair after losing weight - maybe losing weight
gave you confidence to try something new?
If you're interested, please email olivia@oliviagordon.com
as soon as possible for more info, and if possible please email with
a photo of yourself with your old hairstyle as well as a pic of the
new hairstyle, and a bit about why you changed your hair and the impact
it's had on your life. Look forward to hearing from you!
Are you a woman willing to discuss both the positive
and negative side of your divorce?
I'm a journalist looking for women to talk about how divorce affected
their lives for a feature in a prestigious weekly glossy magazine. Ideally
you'd be in your forties and able to see both positive and negative
changes in your life after divorce. This piece will be an upbeat and
uplifting story to help others in the same position. You'll need to
be named and photographed for the article. We can offer a payment for
taking part. Please contact me on beckysheaves@aol.com.
Thank you
Are you an inspirational woman post divorce?
A top selling women's weekly magazine are running an inspiring feature
about life after a break up and are looking for women in their 20s and
early 30s to speak about how they turned their life around in a dramatic
way after a break up.
We have a few people on board already - someone who moved abroad, a
lady who went travelling and two ladies who dramatically changed their
looks.
We're open to suggestions in terms of what you did post break up, but
we're thinking perhaps you adopted after a partner finished a relationship
because he didn't want children, or perhaps you made your fortune somehow,
spurred on by being single. Perhaps you are now on the road to fame
'thanks' to the break up?
Please contact Jenny Stallard on jenstallard@hotmail.com
to discuss and thanks for reading.
THE Star in South Yorkshire (Sheffield
Star, Barnsley Star, Rotherham Star, Doncaster Star) would like to interview
a local parent about divorce.
The feature, which will run in The Star's Family Matters section, will
look at how divorce affects children and particularly how it can cripple
finances. It would be great to speak to someone who can talk candidly
about their experiences and situation. We'll tie the interview in with
advice from divorce lawyers and experts.
The article will be sensitively written and the interviewee must be
willing to be photographed.
Contact Jane Cartledge, Feature Writer, The Star, York Street, Sheffield
- 0114 276 76 76 Extension 3127
or contact Jane by email using this link: The
Star/Divorce Aid
CAN YOU HELP?
CBBC Newsround are producing a special programme about divorce.
We are interested in talking to children who have recently
been through the trauma of divorce. Their involvement with the programme
at this stage is for research but we are keen to work with children
who remember specific points in their lives during the divorce process
and who may, with further consent, appear on the programme.
For more information, and for children to contact us online check out
the
Newsround website
Alternatively parents/practitioners/support services etc can contact:
josie.verghese@bbc.co.uk
Tel. 020 8225 6123. We look forward to hearing from you!
Have you been divorced twice?
The Daily Telegraph would like to hear from you re national
divorce statistics released today by the Government. Please email Daily
Telegraph/Divorce Aid or call Richard on 07909976217.
Press Association feature
Did you find out about your husband's adultery
in the winter time?
We would like to hear from you, particularly if your partner
went to great lengths to lie to you and keep his infidelity secret.
The interview would be about your emotional journey and how you reacted
when you found out the truth. You would need to be indentified and to
have already divorced on grounds of infidelity.
Contact details: Email cayte.williams@pa-entertainment.co.uk
or call 020 7963 7247.
Are you hooked on marriage?
Have you been married lots of times?
Do you love the buzz of a wedding day and all the attention, but once
the honeymoon period is over - do you move on?
Perhaps you don’t like to be alone and rush from one relationship to another or have been lucky enough to have been proposed to several times? We are looking to speak to people that love to get married for a Channel 5 documentary.
For more information please contact: anju@yippfilms.com or call 020 7749 3146
Should divorce be easier?
A monthly glossy magazine is looking for women to participate in a debate
on whether divorce should be easier. Have you been stuck in a long,
drawn-out divorce? Maybe it was extremely expensive and ended up involving
children and relatives who shouldn't have been drawn in.
Or maybe you think it should be more difficult? Would your marriage
maybe have worked if you'd had to stick it out and there wasn't such
an easy way out, or maybe you think easy divorces make people rush into
marriage because it is no longer considered a lifetime commitment.
To take part you need to be female and aged in your 30s or 40s. The
article would entail a quick telephone interview and we'd want to print
a small headshot of you. If you're interested, or would like to find
out more, please email me: rachel.eaton@natmags.co.uk
or call me on
020 7312 3967.
Debt after divorce
A top glossy women's magazine is looking for a woman in her 20s - early
40s who has found herself in debt after divorce
due in part to the cost of the wedding itself, loans she took out to
pay for it etc.
Thus she finds herself newly divorced or in the process of divorcing
and struggling to pay off the cost of the wedding itself.
Participation will involve an interview by phone and a photoshoot. A
participation fee is available - to be discussed on application. Email
Stephanie at Divorce
debt
Separated/divorced after husband's affair?
The Sunday supplement of a national weekly newspaper is looking to speak
to a couple with children who have divorced following the husband's
extra-marital affair. They initially tried to work through their problems
but have decided the trust is gone and are now divorcing or divorced.
Participation will involve an interview by phone and a photoshoot. A
participation fee is available - to be discussed on application. Email
Stephanie at Divorce
debt
Did you have an expensive wedding but separate
soon after?
I am looking to interview a woman who had a big wedding (large
guest list, hired a fabulous location, expensive caterers, flowers,
the works) but who separated from her husband within a year to 18 months.
This feature is for a weekly women's magazine. Recent research shows
that the average wedding
costs £17,000.
To reflect the magazine's core readership, the interviewee would need
to be aged between 23 and 49. She would need to talk to me frankly about
her wedding plans and marriage and what caused their separation. I would
be happy to read back copy for her approval. She would also need to
pose for a
photo for publication in the magazine.
If you think you might be interested, please call Tamsin Kelly for an
initial chat on 020 7502 0732 or email me at tamsink@blueyonder.co.uk
Sunday magazine is looking for a couple in
their 30s or 40s who divorced following the husband's affair.
They should have subsequently tried to work through their problems but
in the end decided that the trust was gone. We would like to speak to
and photograph both parties
There is a fee for participation, details upon application. Please email
Divorce
Aid/Sunday magazine if you are interested.
A woman's magazine
A woman's glossy magazine is running a feature
in its October issue about women who have gone through divorce. We are
looking for 2 case studies: one of a woman in her 30s or 40s who has
children and one of an older woman who is perhaps retired. Both need
to have gone through a divorce and we will want to know how they were
affected, how they coped financially, how their children coped. We wouldn't
have to go into too much detail but the women will need to be identified.
Please email Emma Jones/Divorce
Aid Appeal
Woman magazine
I am looking to chat to a woman in her 30s or 40s about all the people
who helped her through her divorce. Some of them would be the people
you'd expect, like her mum, sister, or best friend, but a few unexpected
people too - like her beautician, therapist, solicitor, financial adviser
or professional trainer. We would need the woman involved to be photographed
with four or five of these people who have been so important to her.
If anyone is interested (and there will be a payment for the woman involved)
please phone Judy Yorke on 01273 541862 or email
judyyorke@googlemail.com
BBC Wales programme looking at divorce through children’s
eyes
Through Children’s Eyes is a BBC Wales series where children
call the shots. They’ll be given camcorders to show us around
their world and tell us how events such as a divorce in the family affect
them.
Do you have a child aged between 8 and 14 who lives in Wales and might like to tell us their story? One episode of the current series will focus on divorce and step-families and we’re looking for children whose parents are going through a divorce right now – and children whose parents are about to get remarried. We’d also like to hear from kids who are already part of a large step-family.
Our pilot episode focused on children who were struggling with health problems in the family, so we’re well-used to being around families who are going through very stressful times. We do our very best to work around the families we film and to help the children to make programmes they’re really proud of.
If you think you might have a child who would be interested in taking part, please call Quirine or Sally at Green Bay Media on 02920 642370 or email Quirine@green-bay.tv
Touch Productions - Are you male and estranged from your father?
Touch Productions, an awarding winning documentary company are looking
to speak to men who are estranged from their fathers, but would like
to get back in touch with them. This is an idea currently in development.
We are looking for men of all ages, who are willing to share their childhood
experiences of their relationship with their father, and be willing
to make contact with them again to talk things through. Perhaps you
are a father now yourself and want to address issues from your own childhood
with your Dad. Has the way you parent been affected by your relationship
with your own father? Or maybe you were a victim of your parents divorce
and want questions answered. Whatever your situation, if you are interested
talking about your relationship with your Dad, then we would like to
hear from you.
Please contact me by e-mail ali@touchproductions.co.uk
Are you a teenager who is divorced
or in the process of getting divorced?
Do you think you got married too young? Granada Television
are making a documentary for ITV and are interested in hearing all stories
about marrying as a teenager. Please call us, mentioning Divorce Aid,
on 020 7578 4227 or email Melanie at Granada
TV/Divorce Aid
Woman magazine - Did you use a detective?
Woman magazine is looking to speak to women aged 28-40 who
decided to end their marriage after discovering/confirming their husband's
infidelity after using the services of a private detective or investigator.
We'd want to interview any women interested about what drove them to use such a service, what made them suspicious in the first place etc; and photograph them. They would also be paid a fee for their time.
If anyone is interested, please contact:
Woman magazine/Divorce Aid
or call Laura on 0207 261 6245 emntioning Divorce Aid.
Are you young and getting divorced?
MTV are making a documentary about YOUNG LOVE in the UK and
we would like to hear from you.
We are planning to follow a selection of couples for a new one hour
documentary. One of the couples we are looking for is a young couple
who are getting a divorce.
TELL US YOUR STORY..
· Are you divorcing your husband/wife?
· Why did you did you split up?
· Do you regret getting married?
· Have people being saying 'I told you so'?
· Have you lost your faith in love?
We also want to find people who have had interesting experiences around
this subject. If something around this issue affects you then let us
know.
If you have an interesting story, please send us your details.
Our email is MTV/love/Divorce Aid
BBC Radio Berkshire – Is your son or daughter getting
divorced?
BBC Radio Berkshire is making a radio documentary about how parents
cope with their son or daughter getting divorced. They would like to
hear from any parents from Berkshire or Hampshire who have found themselves
in this situation.
At this stage they would simply like to talk to people, and so if you
do get in touch, it doesn't mean that there is any obligation to take
part in the radio show. They are, however, also looking for people to
feature in the documentary. If you are a parent whose son or daughter
is getting divorced, then please get in touch with Fiona for an initial
chat on 01189464200 or email radio.berkshire.news@bbc.co.uk
BBC2 Documentary looking for contributors
I am making a documentary for BBC2 about men's personal relationships
in modern Britain. I would very much like to speak to men who are currently
considering or going through a divorce. Ideally contributers would have
their own garden shed as this will be the linking location for each
story.
If you are interested then please contact Daniel Vernon on 020 8752
6127 or email me via this link: BBC2/Divorce
Aid Men
Has your mum always been there for you in times of
great need?
Has she really made a difference to your life at a time when you needed
her most?
I'm writing a feature for a national publication about marvellous mums
and we're on the look out for case studies of mums who have really helped
their daughters in some way.
We're particularly interested in finding someone whose mum helped them
out during a heartbreaking divorce.
The feature will involve an interview over the phone and pictures of
both of you.
Anyone interested should contact Isobel Fox on 020 7963 7247 or email
me via this link:
Divorce
Aid/Mum and daughter story
Many thanks and look forward to hearing your stories.
Channel 4 Fathers and Sons
Channel 4 Education is in production of a new groundbreaking documentary
series exploring the unique relationship between fathers and sons and
looking for young men aged between 7 and 16 and their fathers to take
part.
They would like to focus on the role of the non resident father. It may be that contact between father and son has been problematic or perhaps they may have only recently got back in touch with one another. They want to take Dads and Sons to a safe environment where through a range of outdoor pursuits and quality time together they can help foster, encourage and help support young men build on fractured relationships with their fathers.
Everybody who is involved will be fully supported by experts in the
field and as experienced film makers, Love productions are very aware
of dealing with such sensitive issues. One of their latest films was
for Channel 4's 'The Trouble With Old People' season featuring Tony
Robinson and his mother. For further information, please contact Rachel
Harvie on 020 7497 4064 or text on 07966 204382.
Email me at Fathers
and Sons/Divorce Aid.
Channel 4 Ddocumentary series to help separating parents
We are currently producing a major three-part television series
for Channel 4 about separating parents who cannot agree about the care
of their children, focusing on the child’s perspective as much
as possible and need help from parents thinking about or currently attending
family court proceedings in either London or South East England with
children of 7 years plus.
Karen Hamilton Productions is an award-winning independent television
production company with a reputation for integrity and honesty, that
specialises in intelligent, sensitively handled programmes.
This is the first time television has had the opportunity to see what
happens when families come in contact with the legal system in an effort
to resolve their differences. We have unprecedented access including
to the work that CAFCASS does with families. We realise this is a difficult
time for parents and children, but would like people to share this common
experience in an effort to improve the situation for themselves and
also for millions of other families now and in the future.
We would like to talk to parents that are thinking about or are currently
attending family court proceedings in either London or South East England
with children of 7 years plus. Each person has a different story and
each story we listen to helps us to become better informed about what
the situation is like now and the possibilities for change.
Any conversation we have would be confidential and would greatly assist
with the project. You can contact Lara Leslie or Karen Hamilton directly
on 020 7503 1640 (or email karen@khpl.co.uk)
and we can call you back to save your phone bill. Talking to us in no
way commits you to taking part in the series. Many thanks in advance
for your help.
BBC Radio 4 Law in Action
Have you been involved in the naming of a third party in divorce?
Or have you been named in this way in divorce proceedings? If so, Smita Patel would like to speak to you off the record to discuss how you felt and what this meant to you. This 'naming and shaming' law is to be reformed and will be discussed by Law in Action.
If you can help, please call Smita Patel on 020 8 752 6301 or 07985 619263
or email her at Divorce Aid/Radio 4 Law in Action.
BBC Documentary - Are you a teenager getting divorced?
The BBC is making a documentary series about teenagers facing the prospect of divorce. They would like to hear from any teenagers who are married and are in the process of getting divorced. At this stage they would simply like to talk to people, and so if you do get in touch, it doesn't mean that there is any obligation to take part in any filming. We are, however, also looking for people to feature in the documentary. If you are a teenager getting divorced, then please get in touch with Henry for an initial chat on 020 8752 6778 or email
BBC Teens/Divorce Aid.
BBC Documentary - Who gets the dog?
When a relationship breaks down people can often find themselves faced with a real dilemma - who gets the dog? We are researching the issue of 'pet custody' for a new BBC1 documentary and would like to speak to people who have experienced this or are in the process of splitting up and struggling to reach an agreement.
Call: 020 7874 6632
Email: BBC Pets in Divorce.
Good Housekeeping - He walked out of our marriage - but I survived
Good Housekeeping magazine is looking for a woman aged 40 - 65 whose husband was the one to leave the marriage to talk about what happened, he feelings about the divorce
and how she has moved on.
The divorce should be fairly recent - within the last four years or so. It would involve a phone interview and having a picture in the magazine. If you would like to help please contact Lucy Bulmer by email or phone her on 020 7439 5190
The following appeals may still need replies. Please check directly with them:
Red magazine: Are you back at home with your parents
following your divorce?
I'm looking for a woman aged 30-39 who is currently living with her
parents following the end of a relationship / divorce. Participation
will involve a short telephone interview at a convenient time and you'll
need to use your real name and be photographed. The emphasis of the
article is on the experience of moving back home, as opposed to the
details of your divorce, and interviewees will be treated sensitively
and respectfully.
The article is due to be published in late 2006 and the deadline for
interviews is August 22nd 2006.
Please contact me on either JohannaPayton@aol.com or call 07946 528324
and mention Divorce Aid. Thanks.
Falling in love in mid-life - as told by men...a Channel 4 documentary
Century Films is an award-winning company which makes quality dramas and documentaries. We are researching a serious and considered documentary about love the second time around as experienced by men.
As part of our research, we would simply like to chat to a cross section of middle-aged men...Men who have just fallen in love with someone and had their world turned upside down; men who are maybe alone now and looking for a new relationship. But also men who are working hard to manage their new life with a new partner. The film will be about the challenges - but also the rewards - that come from starting over in mid-life. Please call me on 0778 2288435 or email Channel 4/Divorce Aid.