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[ozzycat]

  that was good of him  it showsthat the telly dosnot give you the whole story he dose get the piss taken out of him alot though and he still has a smile on his face they all including yoursef do a brilliant job i do belive you dont get paid for this work if im wrong im sorry  but still a ex prog

[Martian]

that was good of him  it showsthat the telly dosnot give you the whole story he dose get the piss taken out of him alot though and he still has a smile on his face

Although he started life as a sparks, his job is to be the entertainment....he doesn't take the piss taking to heart.
The week before filming started we (along with all the other trades) had a meeting with Mark Millar (site foreman) to ensure that we had everything (materials, etc) in place and that we ourselves were happy with all the arrangements.

Mark made it quite clear to us that Billy was our "gofer", and we were in charge of all things electrical and to feel free to rip the piss out of him at any time we liked as it would be caught on camera and it was all part of the entertainment for the masses.

they all including yoursef do a brilliant job i do belive you dont get paid for this work if im wrong im sorry  but still a ex prog

The Beeb covered our travel expenses and also fed & watered us, but we did the actual labour for free.
If it had been a paying job, it would have set them back £4700 due to the actual work involved (intelligent lighting, CCTV, etc).

To give you an idea of the complexity, a standard 2 bed rewire would have used less than 200 metres of lighting cable......we went through 700 metres of it.
Below is a pic of the bathroom lightswitch so you can see what I mean.

[ozzycat]

  just as bad as some of the wireing in some of the plant ive hed to work on onyl yours is alot neater  and that was on new plant some of it was dreadfull and that was from new but i still think you did a fantstic job and you didnt get the recognition you deserved

[aaronjb]

To give you an idea of the complexity, a standard 2 bed rewire would have used less than 200 metres of lighting cable......we went through 700 metres of it.
Below is a pic of the bathroom lightswitch so you can see what I mean.

And I thought a 50m roll of T&E to do the garage was expensive..

Definitely not looking forward to the cost of rewiring the house, now!

[Martian]

just as bad as some of the wireing in some of the plant ive hed to work on onyl yours is alot neater  and that was on new plant some of it was dreadfull and that was from new but i still think you did a fantstic job and you didnt get the recognition you deserved

We didn't really do it for recognition Oz.
We were in the pub the day the Beeb contacted us, and after several pints we decided that we were going to do at least one good deed in our lives before we left this planet and said yes.

Ironically, 6 months after filming I was diagnosed with the big C, and 3 months after that my mate lost his house in a divorce settlement......so much for f**king karma 

Definitely not looking forward to the cost of rewiring the house, now!

Cable prices are mental Aaron.
A year ago we were paying £27 inc VAT for a 100m reel of 2.5mm T&E, that same cable today will set you back £50.

[ozzycat]

  bloody hell i didnt realise you had the big c i hope everything is going well if there is anything i can do to help just ask
i spend all day getting borde out of my tiny mind becouce they wont let me work anymore on account of me being ckd5 and got no nerves from the neck down [cant feel athing or walk very well ] but it helps when they stick the dyalisis needles in if i polish the mig anymore ill rub the paint off ill start on the boys seat next i must be keeping autoglym in buisness ot the mo [ cant spell either]