Gulls & Guys

Gulls & Guys was a documentary cum travel guide reality show directed by Shoaib Mansoor. The programme was telecasted every Saturday on PTV in 1999. The show was sponsored by John Player Gold Leaf.

The concept

The main idea behind the serial was the exploration of the world. It was a travelogue concerning six of the 17 countries, which were on the stopover list of Discovery. Discovery was a Gold Leaf sponsored yacht, which was to sail through 17 countries in just 170 days. It's voyage, which was more commonly known as the Voyage of Discovery, was the brainchild of British American Tobacco and is till now the biggest international promotion undertaken by any foreign company in Pakistan. This 80ft tall Maxi racing yacht, captained by Joe Outred, on June 18 1999, set out on its mission and had Karachi as its 12th destination. The arrival of Discovery was celebrated, in Pakistan, with a grand finale of Gulls & Guys held at the Marina Club, Karachi.

The actual show

The show starred well-known showbiz figures in Pakistan including Junaid Jamshed, Salman Ahmad, Fakhr-e-Alam, Captain Abdullah Mahmood, Adnan Siddiqui and Shehryar Jehangir. Each celebrity was assigned one global destination. The show mostly included European cities of London, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Athens with the exception of one person sent to Cairo. After reaching their assigned country, the celebrities were then ordered to produce and host their own travelogs in two part episode which were then telecasted each week. Besides this they were also required to earn some money (equivalent to a day's meal) on their own, learn to cook the traditional or national food of their destined country and learn to count from zero to ten and sing a song in their respective country's native language. After the end of the series a finale show was to be held on June 18 1999, the same day the Discovery were to reach Karachi. In the finale each participant were to be graded based upon the quality of their travelogs, the food they were to cook and, the counting of numerals and singing a song in their native language "live" in the finale show. Participant with the most aggregate points were to win.

Assigned destinations

Gulls & Guys was a high grossing show and gained popularity all over Pakistan.

ee also

*John Player Gold Leaf
*Shoaib Mansoor
*Junaid Jamshed
*Salman Ahmed
*Fakhr-e-Alam

References

* [http://www.pakstop.com/pmforums/showthread.php?t=31685]
* [http://www.geocities.com/v8gangsters2000/article_26.html The mega-flop show of a mega-hit serial (Gulls & Guys)]

External links

* [http://18002671877.ca John Player & Son's Official Website]