Following a telephone conversation with BBC researcher Sam Davies yesterday
I agreed to forward the following message to selected email discussion
groups in the hope that members might be able to pass this request on to
relevant friends/family/colleagues, etc. in Jamaica. If anyone is interested
in participating in the forthcoming programme, 4x4, detailed below, please
forward your replies directly to Sam Davies at [log in to unmask] and
not to the sender of this message.

Kind regards
Carol Dixon
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Carol Dixon
Project Officer
CASBAH Project (Caribbean Studies, Black and Asian History)
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
28 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DS

Direct line: 020 7862 8824
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.casbah.ac.uk



-----Original Message-----
From: Samantha Davies [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Returnees/House Prices

"...4X4 Reports is making a current affairs programme about house
> prices in
> the UK. As you know, property prices have gone up dramatically here in the
> last few years, particularly in parts of London like Brixton, where houses
> which were bought for less than £20,000 in the 1970s can now be worth up
> to £400,000.
> 
> I'm looking for Jamaicans who came to live in England years ago. They need
> to have bought a house and sold it at quite a profit, the proceeds of
> which have enabled them to move back to their country of origin in the
> last few years. We want to focus on the good things about Jamaica, and it
> will be a positive piece about the country and its residents. 
> 
> As ever with television, though, my deadlines are looming, and I need to
> find people as quickly as possible.
> 
> My producer will be travelling to Jamaica next Monday where he'll spend a
> few days interviewing and filming people for the piece. We'll arrange to
> interview anyone who takes part in their home or at a beauty spot nearby,
> with as little disruption to their lives as possible.
> 
> It would be great if you could put me in touch with some people - if
> anyone wants to call me from Jamaica for a chat about what we're doing , I
> can ring them straight back to minimise the expense.
> 
> Our programme goes out nationally at 7.30pm on BBC1 every Monday.
> 
> Thanks again for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Sam Davies
> Researcher, 4X4 Reports
> BBC, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M60 1SJ
> Tel 0161 244 3946
> Fax 0161 244 3916
> email [log in to unmask]
> 


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