The Persuaders 40th anniversary event in London with Sir Roger Moore
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I went to The Persuaders 40th anniversary event in London last Saturday, 10 September which was celebrating the blue Ray release of the series.
When I set off for the event I was using my Samsun Galaxy S walking satellite navigation and I had been told by the owner of the hotel I was staying in it would take me about 15 minutes’ walk, it to me more like 45 minutes flat out on a hot day carrying my camera equipment so I wasn’t too pleased when I got there sweating like a dog.
I had been told to get there 30 minutes before the event because I was asked if I could conduct a little interview with Sir Roger but unfortunately it was looking touch and go as to whether I would get it because there were so many people about 300 were going to have their DVD box signed by Sir Roger and time was very limited.
I was taken into a room where they said they would let me know when I could meet Sir Roger and suddenly it was all go, I was ushered into the room and I was trying to get my tripod and camera equipment setup when suddenly Marie France who works on the official website suddenly pushed past me elbowing me out of the way and basically obliterated my camera angle! There was nothing for it I had no choice but to completely move my camcorder but luckily the management moved the woman out of the way and I managed to get my interview before it was too late. I asked a few questions which I think the majority people will not have asked, they were more personally interesting to me because they involved Roger’s involvement with Pearson and Foster’s mill in Bradford near to where I live. Celebrities must get sick to the back teeth of being asked the same questions over and over again, I was thinking it’s best to try and think of something different.
The only problem with these kind of events is there’s just too many “fans”, I know that sounds silly but if you look at it realistically Sir Roger does a very fine job for UNICEF as a special ambassador, but the majority of these people are there because they are fans of his acting work and what can you say an actor, is an actor not God! I bet that Sir Roger will feel the same, he is a very self-deprecating gentleman who in this charming way keeps the fans happy even though deep down I bet he feels the same it’s all a lot of silliness over nothing.
If I was an actor or celebrity I’m sure I would hate some of the silly frantic behaviour that some of the fans exhibit.
Although I do maintain Sir Roger and the much missed Tony Curtis should be very proud of their excellent work on-screen in The Persuaders, they were fantastic together.#
I couldn’t have missed the event because I did love the program when it was first released when I was a teenager and of course since then I been lucky enough to interview Tony Curtis and meet him on quite a number of occasions and I have the pleasure of being Sir Roger Moore’s web manager, but having said that in some ways I’m not a big fan of these kind of events.
It was an enjoyable event and I think the best part of the evening was the interview on stage with Sir Roger which was conducted by Barry Norman who you’ll remember used to be the presenter of Film Night.
Barry Norman did an excellent job along with some very interesting and amusing answers from Sir Roger and It is probably the most comprehensive interview about the program that Sir Roger has ever undertaken.
I wasn’t given any privileged access to film, but I asked the management if I could have a spot near the front of the stage and they commented that I could if there was one.
So I took my own initiative and rather than going to the back of the room where everybody was heading because the front area was full I went straight to the front and selected the only seat left which was tucked away in one corner and perfect for filming. unfortunately I couldn’t put the tripod down as I was near the entrance of the door but nevertheless I think I’ve got a very good quality film of the interview.
So if you like The Persuaders / Sir Roger I will be posting it online soon because I was lucky enough to film it on my HD camcorder from the front of the stage.
The following day I was going to Johnny Goodman’s house who was in charge of production of the program The Persuaders and he was absolutely excellent. Very down to earth extremely interesting and did a great interview on film, which I will also put online in the future.
Well thank goodness that’s the celebrity event over for a while back to the normal people who produce results every day without all the fuss!
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