YouTube is an amazing thing. Some people out there are actually making millions of dollars, or maybe a little less,

posting videos of things they love to do, like motorcycle adventures, for instance. But it doesn't happen for

everyone. And have you ever thought of filming your next adventure for just that, posting it on YouTube

and becoming the next YouTube sensation? Well, you're going to want to listen to this next episode because Graham Hoskins is not only

on YouTube, but he's also on television, and he has a real good idea of what it takes to film an

adventure and sell it to television. As a matter of fact, his first adventure that he filmed,

he filmed with a tiny handheld camera that certainly was not up to

even YouTube standards. But he managed to sell it to a network, and since then he's produced

three other series called World's Best Biking Adventures, and if you're in the UK, you can

see it on television. Today, Graham's going to talk about what it takes to make a film, what it

takes to sell it to a TV network, and the pros and cons of doing both.

Hi, this is Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited, and you're on Adventure Rider Radio.

We got a good one coming up for you, but don't run out there and buy your GoPro camera just yet.

You might want to listen to the whole episode, and then maybe you'll have a slightly different opinion on whether you actually want to film. I'm Jim Martin. This is Adventure

Rider Radio. Stay with us.

Weekdays, Graham Hoskins is a self-employed business consultant, but on the weekends, he

transforms into an adventurer, an adventure with above-average drive and ambition to say the least.

In fact, Graham has been sort of perfecting a two-week adventure motorcycling model with some

exciting trips that he's filmed for television.

You see, Graham has a young family and business commitments, so he can only manage two weeks

at a time for the crazy stuff, but he absolutely loves adventure. So he's developed this

sort of a system for this two-week extreme adventures, and he pays the expenses for these

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