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<div>Please feel free to pass along the following to engineers in your
areas who might be interested in this program.....</div>
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<div>Elizabeth</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Dear
Elizabeth,</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I'm writing
to you from BBC Productions New York. I'm currently in the process of
looking for contestants for a new BBC Worldwide TV pilot. The overall
objective of the show is to promote the sciences within the realm of
entertainment. I've been in touch with several organizations (NASA,
FAS, CAII) and universities, and am trying to put as many feelers out
as I can in my attempt to help find participants for this pilot. Staff
and students from MIT are most certainly on the top of our outreach
list. If you know of any means through which to communicate our search
to science experts and students, I'd be very grateful for the
opportunity to discuss them with you.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Here's a
link to our posting on the BBC website (</font><a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/beonashow/shows/a_b.shtml"><font
face="Arial"
size="-1">http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/beonashow/shows/a_b.shtml</font
></a><font face="Arial" size="-1">), and below is the blurb our legal
department has approved for circulation.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">"</font><font face="Times New Roman">BBC Worldwide is
looking for technological and engineering wizards to take part in the
pilot episode of a new science series. Whether you have professional
experience or are an enthusiastic amateur, you must be willing to get
your hands dirty. Please be energetic, fit, and up for a fantastic
challenge. We're looking for engineering/physics/electrical
enthusiasts; folks who've been tinkering with car engines and the like
since childhood; inventors; and gadget freaks.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">The casting
call will take place in NYC on March 24th. Filming will begin in May.
Please contact Audra at A2BUS@bbc.co.uk with a RECENT PHOTO (jpeg and
tiff file formats, please) and your details (RESUMES, etc.) if you're
interested and want more information. A valid passport is required, as
you'll likely be travelling abroad.</font><font face="Arial"
size="-1"> "</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I sincerely
hope we can work together to recruit some top-notch science
enthusiasts to take on this challenge, which promises to be a great
opportunity for engineers, designers and the like to think outside of
the box and do what they do best.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Very
sincerely,</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">Audra</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Garamond" size="-1"
color="#000066"><i>Audra Epstein</i></font></blockquote>
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color="#000066"><i>BBC Worldwide</i></font></blockquote>
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Elizabeth A. Thomson<br>
Assistant Director, Science & Engineering News<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
News Office, Room 11-400<br>
77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)<br>
<thomson@mit.edu><br>
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<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www><br>
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