tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3602741273018765305..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Metal Detecting Vacations (UK)Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-76125406912161371032011-05-21T10:36:30.154-07:002011-05-21T10:36:30.154-07:00Hmm, Mr Balme seems to have posted his comment und...Hmm, Mr Balme seems to have posted his comment under the wrong post. I guess he meant it to go here: http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2011/05/rousing-music-and-spade.htmlPaul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-64402802400689722742011-05-21T05:46:40.135-07:002011-05-21T05:46:40.135-07:00Hi Paul, Many thanks for your recent comment poste...Hi Paul, Many thanks for your recent comment posted about myself .... Here is my answer to your inaccurate interpretation....<br /><br /><br />Many thanks for your comments Paul, and yes i always answer my critics !! you are entitled to your opinion no matter how inaccurate they are. I am indeed Director Presenter & producer of Historic Media Productions founded in 1999. I am regularly commissioned to write & produce documentaries covering archaeology and history some even funded by the Lottery Heritage Council.<br />Your description as a detectorist is woefully short of the truth. I trained in archeology from the age of 15 and spent 10 years carrying out field archaeology. I have excavated with the University of Manchester archaeological unit at several of my sites and worked closely with Dr Micheal Nevell. I have also worked on several heritage projects closely with eminent archaeologist Tim Strickland having written and produced all of the Heritage documentaries for Middlewich over the past 10 years.<br />I resent your reference to karaoke with a video camera and a metal detector, this shows ignorance. My film equipment alone would require a small mortgage to purchase and all of my productions are of Broadcast quality standard, many examples of my footage have been aired both on BBC and Itv Granada over the past few years.<br />I am highly proficient and professional in the work that i do. I noticed you make many references to information that you have taken from my linkedIn account, but you make no mention of the professional endorsements of my media work made by my peers in broadcasting ?<br /><br />As for getting myself on TV? I am regularly approached by TV Broadcasters asking me to appear in programmes as they find my work interesting as do those who view it. I make no secret of my ambition to work in television in the future. I have a well respected and well known agent who represents me & some of the top names on UK Television and I am also on the talent database of Archaeologist Nigel Hetherington !!!!<br /><br />Many thanks for your comments Paul, i wish you well in the future.<br /><br />James BalmeTvpresenter4historyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068975584149636383noreply@blogger.com