The Model Agency
Despite of what you might think, we do care what the press thinks (even if just a little) and especially what you guys think of The Model Agency. You can imagine we have grown one or the other grey hair in the advent of The Model Agency as we simply had no clue we’d be perceived in the wonderful way we have been! Therefore we’ve decided to show you some of our favourite press from the past couple of weeks and would like to thank you all for your fabulous emails and comments on our Facebook & Twitter pages etc. It’s an amazing (if a little scary) feeling knowing that so many of you are “hooked” on us 
xxx All at Premier xxx
“A model agency so perfectly suits the middle ground of TV…that you wonder why it’s not been done before” Chris Waywell, Time Out – 15.02.11
“Full of fascinating insights into a pretty lunatic world, this really is must-see viewing.” Boyd Hilton, Heat – 15.02.11
“A thought-provoking look at model agencies which is refreshingly lacking in clichés.” TV Times – 15.02.11
“An eye-opening fly-on-the-wall series puts viewers right at the heart of the modelling world.” Luke Leitch, The Times – 19.02.11
“Boy, this is gonna be good.” Sharon Lougher, Metro – 23.02.11
“[Carole] actually turns out to be really quite nice.” Daily Mirror – 23.02.11
“Even if you have no interest in fashion, the series has an astonishing array of loopy characters and is destined to be a smash hit.” David Chater, The Times – 23.02.11
“what is shaping up to be a compulsively watchable series.” Gerard Gilbert, I – 23.02.11
“For the combination of steeliness and flakiness, top modelling takes some beating. So will this series.” Andrew Billen, The Times – 24.02.11
“Oh yes, that’s the other thing about The Model Agency: it’s absolutely fascinating.” Sam Wollaston, The Guardian – 24.02.11
“What a delight it is” Russell Kane, Buzz magazine – 26.02.11
“Hooked? You bet we blimmin’ are!” Star magazine, 22.02.11
“I love the way this series exposes the bizarre workings of the modelling world.” David Butcher, Radio Times – 22.02.11
“splendid” Boyd Hilton, Heat – 22.02.11
“excellent documentary… The agency’s hectic day-to-day operations are entertaining, and the interviews with models and their bookers are engrossing, with well chosen sound bites and judicious editing creating a dream-like atmosphere.” Sunday Times – 27.02.11
“This fab fly-on-the-wall” Karen Hyland, The Sun – 02.03.11
“Addictive fly-on-the-wall series” Metro – 02.03.11
“Last night’s episode, focusing as it did on classic workplace niggles, showed a pleasingly ordinary side to a business that often comes across as false and superficial. Bickering somehow made the bookers far more likeable than seeing them at their best.” Matt Bayliss, Daily Express – 03.03.11
“The show, which oddly did not attract the audiences that Channel 4 must have hoped for last week, remains, we must admit, easy on the eye.” Andrew Billen, The Times – 03.03.11
loving the show too guys!!! x
I thought you guys came out of the show rather well. From what I’ve seen of it, the main thing I felt was a sense of nostaligia.
I think what people don’t realise is that it is a very bizarre industry to be involved with. For one, as a major moeny making initiative, fashion is relatively new. Not always particularly ethical, no. For a start there’s no union for models. And a lot of fashion tends to be very high-stress, with incredibly split-second decisions being made on casting and shoots and so on at the very last minute. I suspect the element of competition probably has a large amount to do with this.
However, I’d happily say that Premier is definitely one of the nicest agencies I’ve been involved with.
Not mentioning names (I’m sure you can guess) but other agencies I’ve dealt with were always dismissive at best and very rude at worst.
The main thing is, fashion does generate a huge amount of money, so, although the modelling industry is a case of essentially “selling flesh”, the fact that there is so much capital to be made means that people are obviously going to pursue that particular end, regardless of sentimentality or human feeling. We have the whole slave-labour issue in the manufacture of clothing to demonstrate this.
There’s no handbook on fashion, modelling in particular. Oh yeah, you can learn techniques in the production of clothing, and regulate your body and so on. But in the end it’s all based on what particular niches of society are going to like; and this is in a state of constant flux.
I think what I’m trying to say is, that out of all of the immoral bastards I met whilst I was modelling, I never felt that way about Premier. You guys were definitely the nicest, and the most ethical. The very fact that you agreed to do this series shows that you’re a lot more open than the other agencies.
In the two years or so that I was involved with you, I always felt very welcome and looked after. I felt that I forged some genuine friendships and in the end the staff of Premier felt more like family than anything else.
In an industry which houses a lot of nasty people, I’m glad you lot are out there to help keep the balance and the sharks out of the water.
Although I can’t watch the series anymore because it makes me miss you all too much!
Much love,
Lottie Bowater
New faces, circa 2007-09 (I think).
i want to see you guys! (but can’t cause no streaming in france
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I love this show, it should have been done years ago!