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The hunt for the tightest person in Britain

Do you know someone who is really tight with their money? I'm on the hunt for the "tightest person in Britain" for a primetime Channel 4 documentary to celebrate frugality in the credit crunch, and I'd like to learn money-saving tips from tight people.

Please nominate your tightest mate (or granny, uncle, boyfriend, date, wife, husband…or yourself) by calling Claire Braden on 020 7482 5885 or email saving.money@zkktv.com.

Fantasy Homes by the Sea

Is it your fantasy to buy a home by the sea? Have you always dreamed about waking up to an ocean view? Are you looking to buy a coastal property in the UK or abroad, either as a holiday hideaway or permanent residence? Then get in touch with Fantasy Homes!

UKTV Style are looking for lively people to star in the new series of Fantasy Homes by the Sea. Our expert will take buyers on the journey of a lifetime to view an array of affordable coastal homes and introduce them to the best the area has to offer.

If you're looking for a new home by the sea then why not let us do the hard work for you and take the hassle out of house hunting?

To contact us, email fantasyhomes@splashmediatv.co.uk, go to www.uktv.co.uk or call 0207 255 5482.

Britain's Biggest Loser

Are you tired of being overweight? Want a chance to change your life for ever? Want to do it with your partner/family/friend?

Producers of the hit TV series Britain's Biggest Loser are looking for very overweight people to apply in pairs. This could consist of duos such as couples, siblings, parent and child, old school friends or flatmates.

You must both be aged between 18 and 50, want to lose a minimum of four stone and be available to live in our health retreat for eight weeks between January and March 2009.

Past series have seen some incredible transformations and genuinely helped contestants to lose considerable amounts of weight…

If you and someone you know are serious about losing weight, committed to getting fit and passionate about changing your lives then contact us at www.britainsbiggestloser.com or call 0871 210 8877.

Skins seeks new talent for third series

Want to get involved in the upcoming new series of rambunctious teen drama Skins? Well here's your chance. The producers are running a competition to win a speaking part in the show (closing date 16 November), and are also looking for writers, directors - and musicians.

Skins has always featured cutting-edge music as part of its eclectic soundtrack but for series three it's going one step further and asking viewers to contribute. For the chance to have your music featured on Skins, email your best track to skinsmusic@e4.com.

And between now and Christmas the Skins team will be on the hunt for actors, directors, writers and more. Stay up to date with www.e4.com/skins.

BBC seeks family to go back in time

Are you a family of gadget lovers? Do you rely on technology in your day-to-day life?

If you're a home-owning family with at least three children between the ages of six and 18, and you'd like to travel back to 1970 for a new factual television series, please get in touch. Email Laura.Jackson@walltowall.co.uk or call 020 7241 9308.

Don't Tell the Bride

BBC3's Don't Tell the Bride is back for a third series and looking for brides and grooms to be.

Girls, are you dreaming of your perfect day? Do you know exactly what you want, but is your budget holding you back? Do you wish it could be you walking down the aisle in 2009? If your expectations are high but your funds are low we could help you… Email us at weddings@renegadepictures.co.uk.

BBC Trust review of services for younger audiences

Do you watch BBC3? Do you listen to BBC Radio 1 or 1Xtra? Have you got views on how well the BBC provides for younger audiences?

The BBC Trust, the governing body of the BBC, is carrying out a series of in-depth reviews of all the BBC's services. It's currently looking at services aimed at young people (aged 13 to 34), which includes Radio 1, 1Xtra and BBC3.

The Trust wants to hear what people up and down the country think about these services - what they do and don't enjoy, and what the BBC could do better.

To take part go to www.bbcyoursay.co.uk. The consultation runs until 16 December 2008.

Snog, Marry, Avoid?

Do you know someone who loves the glamorous look but needs to realise their natural beauty? BBC3's cult hit Snog, Marry, Avoid? is looking for people to make-under to prove that you don't need to pile on the makeup and wear attention grabbing clothes to be beautiful.

If this sounds like someone you know, or if you'd like to apply yourself, contact us ASAP! Whatever the look, we'd love to hear about it.

Email us - with photographs, your contact details and a short paragraph about the person - at snog@endemoluk.com or call 0871 747 5522.

Ready Steady Cook is on the look-out for contributors

Ainsley Harriot, host of Ready, Steady, Cook

Do you struggle to produce nice meals on a shrinking household budget? Are food feuds taking over your family and friends? Would you like to change the eating habits of your nearest and dearest? Or would you like to impress the love of your life with some newfound sparkle in the kitchen?

Ready Steady Cook is back on BBC2 and looking for viewers with a passion for food and an original, eye-catching problem they want our chefs to solve.

If you have a cooking challenge for our chefs, Ainsley would love to hear from you. Please email readysteadycook@endemoluk.com.

Wanted: old tapes

Do you have any tapes and cassettes in your attic or under the stairs that contain old family recordings?

If so, we'd like to hear from you, and possibly include some of your material in our programme Home Recorded Voices, which is being transmitted on BBC Radio 4 this Christmas.

We are particularly interested in "domestic recordings" like family audio letters, holiday tapes and stories, or recordings of family and friends making their own radio programmes or experimenting with their tape recording equipment (we are not looking for off-air recordings of TV and radio programmes).

If you have some old tapes and would be willing to let us use them in the programme, please email us at voices@soundscapeproductions.co.uk. or phone 01904 731300.

New BBC2 show on plant-based remedies

Do you suffer from conditions such as insomnia, high cholesterol, headlice, travel sickness or athlete's foot?

Are you anxious or stressed out due to the nature of your job or events in your life? If so, BBC2 needs you to take part in a new series about natural remedies.

If you would you like to try a plant-based treatment to help soothe your ailments please get in contact now.

Call 020 7307 2746 or email caroline.walsh@silverriver.tv.

Single Mums' and Dad's Mansion

BBC3 series Young Mums' Mansion is back - and this time we are looking for single dads too!

Are you a single parent? Finding it tough juggling work, childcare, domestic chores and a social life? Would you like to meet and talk to others in similar situations? Could you be a great role model for other single parents and are you passionate about getting your voice heard?

If you are interested in trying out a radically different support network that could enhance your and your child's life, this could be for you.

To apply or find out more call 020 7067 4860 (standard call charges apply) or email singleparents@lovewest.co.uk.

10 Years Younger

Nicky Hambleton-Jones and the hosts of 10 Years Younger

Channel 4's top makeover show 10 Years Younger is currently scouring the country in search of men and women to transform for the next series!

Do you think you look older than you actually are? Have you lost your confidence and way with fashion? Is your hair a horror but you don't know what style suits you?

If you feel time has been unkind to you, or a family member, friend or colleague, let Nicky Hambleton-Jones and her team of anti-ageing experts roll back time and shed the years, with or without surgery.

Call the 10 Years Younger team on 0121 224 8381 for an application form or email 10yearsyounger@mavericktv.co.uk.

Build a New Life in the Country

Are you moving to your dream location where you will be renovating your dream property?

The Build a New Life team are looking for hands-on people who are starting work on a property renovation.

The producers would like to hear from people who are moving to an idyllic part of the countryside to renovate buildings such as ruined barns, old farmhouses, redundant chapels - or even something more unusual, like a disused water tower - into their dream home or dream business.

If you would like us to document your inspirational journey please call 020 7985 7165 or email Cecily.ancliffe@shinelimited.com.

Outtake TV needs your help!

Outtake TV still needs your clips! Any gaffes or blunders could earn you money - perhaps it's a shoot you've been working on or an item you've seen go out?

Please get in touch with the Outtake team by emailing outtaketv@bbc.co.uk.

Do you have what it takes to make the next Planet Earth?

BBC1 is looking for nine people to take part in the experience of a lifetime. Encountering extraordinary animals in amazing locations and testing yourself to the limit, this series will culminate with one exceptional individual securing a years placement at the BBC's world-famous Natural History Unit.

Would your holiday of a lifetime involve seeing one of the big five in their natural habitat? Maybe your weekends are spent volunteering at your local animal sanctuary? Are your cupboards crammed full of wildlife videos? Do you get up at dawn to capture the perfect sunrise? Whatever your age and background, as long as you can illustrate your passion for the natural world we want to hear from you.

To apply, please email your name to endsoftheearth@bbc.co.uk before 26 November 2008 and an application form will be emailed to you. Successful candidates may spend up to ten weeks away from home in spring 2009.

Eggheads: could you be the next general-knowledge giant?

The hit BBC2 quiz Eggheads is looking for a new super brain to join the most prestigious group in British quiz show history.

Do you have a wider general knowledge than a set of encyclopaedias? Do you think you could call yourself an Egghead? Then contact us for an application form - email areyouanegghead@12yard.com. All applicants must be 18+.

TV series looking for families venturing abroad

Are you planning on taking an extraordinary trip to explore the world with the kids? Do you dream of once-in-a-lifetime adventures and experiences travelling in foreign lands? Want your children to have an education that simply can't be taught in a classroom?

Channel 4 would like to speak to families who are putting day-to-day life on the back burner to do something out of the ordinary with their kids.

If you or someone you know is planning a family trip with a difference, we'd love to hear from you - email familygapyear@twentytwenty.tv.

Relocation, Relocation needs you!

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, Relocation, Relocation

Professional property hunters Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are taking on the challenge of finding dream homes for people throughout the UK for the Channel 4 show Relocation, Relocation.

We are looking for house hunters who are actively searching for two properties, one country search and one city search. Do you need Kirstie and Phil's help with your search, no matter how big or small the budget? If so, please call Bernie Kelly on 0141 353 8424 or email bernadette.kelly@iwcmedia.co.uk. Alternatively you can apply online at www.meontv/relocation.

Do you know a young child who is overweight?

Channel 4 is making a landmark documentary series that will give the public a very real insight into the experience of overweight children growing up in modern Britain.

Sensitive, non-judgemental, open and honest, this documentary will raise awareness about the experience of growing up overweight by giving a voice to those children and their families who experience it first hand.

We want to hear from parents with overweight children aged 3-6 years. To find out more email: ninalowes@twentytwenty.tv or call 020 7284 1246.

Writing the Century

Writing the Century is a BBC drama series that will explore the 20th century through real correspondence and diaries from the great, the good and the ordinary.

We are looking for diaries and letters that describe what life was like during the 20th century and are very keen to hear from any members of the public who would like to share such content with us. We are interested in any personal accounts that were written at the time, rather than memoirs that were written after the main events. Go to the BBC Radio 4 website for more information.

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