Garden Rescue

Contributor Application Form Series 6

Please note that we are only able to contact successful applicants

Before completing and signing it, please read this application form, including the
terms and conditions, very carefully.
You are applying to be considered as a contributor (a ‘Contributor’) in the programme
entitled Garden Rescue (the ‘Programme’) which Spun Gold TV Ltd (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’)
intends, but does not undertake, to produce for initial transmission by the BBC (the
‘Broadcaster’).
Please fill out the ENTIRE application form (the ‘Application Form’) legibly, using dark-
coloured ink if posting or a clear black font if sending electronically.
Accuracy of Information Provided
1. You undertake that the information you give in this Application Form is correct, that you
accept the terms and conditions of entry as set out at the end of this Application Form,
and that you meet each of the Eligibility Requirements as detailed below.
2. If any of the information you provide in this Application Form changes after you submit
the Application Form, you agree to inform us promptly of any such change.
3. You acknowledge and agree that, if we select you to appear in the Programme and you
have given false information in this Application Form, or fail to abide by the Terms and
Conditions or any of our other reasonable instructions or directions; we shall we entitled
to terminate your participation in the Programme and/or withhold or reclaim any benefit
gained or due to be awarded to you as a result of your participation in the Programme.
4. You agree to contestant warrants to inform production of any medical conditions that may
need expert advice and to notify the production company if health changes.

Eligibility Requirements
In order to participate in the Programme (as a Contributor or Nominee):
1. You must be aged at least eighteen (18) years of age;
2. You must be a permanent legal resident in the United Kingdom and must currently be
living in the United Kingdom; and
3. You are not:
a. Currently employed by SPUN GOLD TV (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’), the BBC and BBC
Worldwide companies or the holders of the OFCOM Channel 3 licences (which at the
time of writing and for the purposes of this Application Form are BBC Broadcasting
Limited Companies, and any successor or replacement licensees) (with the foregoing
licence holders collectively referred to as the ‘Broadcaster’) and have not been
previously employed by us, any of the BBC group of companies or the Broadcaster;
or
b. A live-in partner or immediate relative (i.e. mother, father, son, daughter, brother or
sister) of an employee of ours or the Broadcaster or any of the BBC group of
companies.
(The foregoing shall be collectively referred to as the ‘Eligibility Requirements’)
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Your Information

Full Name

Date of Birth

Address

Home Telephone Number

Mobile Number

Email Address
(note: this must be a private
email address which only you
have access to)

Where did you hear about

applying for the show?
(e.g. Facebook, twitter, word-of-
mouth etc.)

Do you own the property?

If you are applying on behalf of a

relative or friend, please also
indicate this, and your
relationship to the person you
are nominating.

Name, age and occupation of

everyone in the household

(including the person filling out

the form)

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How long have you – or the
person you are nominating -
lived at the property?

What budget do you have for

the work in your garden?
Please note: Budgets need to
fall between a minimum of
£2,500 (for a small garden) and
a maximum of £6,500.
The cost of the design and
labour (for two days) will be met
by the production. Your budget
will be used to pay for all the
materials used in your Garden
Rescue makeover, and, by prior
agreement, any specialist or
additional labour required by
your particular design/garden.

What are the dimensions of

your garden?
Please note: due to the
constraints of needing to
makeover the garden in two
days. We’re not currently able to
take on gardens over 150
square meters.
Please include at least the
length and width of your garden,
preferably in metres/centimetres.
Measurements of important
features, such as existing patios,
would also be helpful.
A rough hand drawing of the
‘floorplan’ of the garden also
helps!

How do you access the

garden currently?
i.e. through a side passageway,
through the house, through a
neighbour’s garden?
Please provide the width at
the narrowest part of any
direct access to the garden.
Please Note: We can’t rescue
gardens that only have access
to the garden through the house.

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What ideas, themes or dreams
do you have for your garden
re-design?
Is there something specific you
need it to have/do? Is there a
theme you wish to follow?
Please note any ideas here.

We are always seeking out

people with interesting stories
and original ideas for their
garden.

NB: Please attach at least three photographs of your garden, as well as one
of yourself/your family.

(You can embed your pictures in the body of this form)

Applications without supporting photographs cannot be considered.

Criminal Convictions

Have you ever been

convicted of a crime or are
you the subject of on-going
criminal proceedings /
investigations?
(Please note: Not disclosing
convictions may result in them
being publically revealed.)

Do you have any County

Court Judgments against
you?

Is there any other

information we should be
made aware of concerning
your application (including
anything in your past that
may attract negative press or

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publicity)?

Personal Data

We take your privacy very seriously. Our privacy policy can be found at the end of this
document. By submitting this Application Form, you consent to any personal information
that you provide being used for the purpose of assessing your suitability for the
programme, and if successful, for the production and exploitation of the programme (in
whatever format) and for contacting you about future programmes if you agree below to
our doing so. You further consent to us providing your personal information to the
Broadcaster. If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal information,
please contact [email protected] .

I am happy for you to retain my personal (please circle or delete) Yes No

data for future programmes which you
believe may be of interest to me.

WHAT TO DO NEXT
Please make sure that you have completed ALL SECTIONS of this Application Form and
send it back to us with a recent photograph of yourself and the garden concerned
attached by email to: [email protected] or by post to: Garden Rescue, PO Box
74250 London SW9 1EE (Note: Please be aware that if you send photographs by post, we
will be unable to return them).
By returning this completed Application Form you confirm that:

(i) you comply with each of the Eligibility Requirements;

(ii) you have answered all the questions in this Application Form honestly and truthfully;
and
(iii) you have read, understood and agree to the Terms and Conditions which are at the
end of this document.

If you are returning this form by e-mail, then by printing your name you are agreeing
to the above terms.

Please note that we are only able to contact successful applicants

Signature: .........................................................................................................................
If emailing this form, please type in your name above.

Print Name: ......................................................................................................................

Date: .......................................................

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Please retain a copy of this application for your own records.

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Terms and Conditions

By completing and signing this Application Form you hereby agree to the following terms and
conditions (the ‘Terms and Conditions’). Any references to ‘you’ shall also mean your
Nominee (if applicable):

1. Guidelines
1.1. These Terms and Conditions apply when you submit your application to participate in
the Programme.
1.2. In these Terms and Conditions “contributions” include content submissions and any
other form of participation in the Programme and/or the selection process, as
applicable, and "contribute" and "contributing" shall be construed accordingly.
1.3. Further terms and conditions, as well as applicable rules, regulations and guidelines
may apply, including but not limited to terms and conditions as indicated by the
Programme producers and/or as set out in promotional information for the
Programme. By contacting us you accept and agree to these Terms and Conditions
and any such additional terms and conditions, rules, regulations and guidelines.
1.4. Any contributions may not be considered further if you fail to adhere to these Terms
and Conditions and any applicable rules, regulations and guidelines, or if we are
unable to contact you in relation to your contribution.
1.5. These Terms and Conditions may be amended or varied at any time without prior
notice. Any changes will be posted on the website referred to on the Application
Form. It is your responsibility to ensure you review these Terms and Conditions
regularly to familiarise yourself with any changes. We recommend that you print and
store or save a copy of these Terms and Conditions for future reference.
2. Eligibility
2.1. You must meet the Eligibility Criteria set out in the Application Form. Where so
permitted in the Application Form if you are under 18 years old (at our discretion), you
must have parental or legal guardian permission before contributing and we reserve
the right to contact your parent or legal guardian to verify such prior permission. If you
are under 18 years old and are required to contribute to the Programme in person or
via live-media, you must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian (although we
do not guarantee that your parent or guardian will be featured in the Programme).
2.2. We, or (as applicable) the Broadcaster, may require you to provide proof of age and
eligibility, and you may further be required by us and/or authorised parties to provide
your signature as proof of your agreement to any relevant waivers, releases and/or
consent, including in relation to any content you may have submitted. If you fail to
provide valid and current proof of age and/or eligibility, or fail to provide your
signature as required, or if we have any reason to suspect that you are not eligible to
apply, your application or participation may be rejected or terminated.
2.3. Unless otherwise stated, there is no restriction on the number of times you may
contact or contribute to the Programme.
3. Method and Cost of Participation
3.1. You may apply to participate in the Programme by following the instructions set out in
the Application Form.
3.2. The closing date and time for contacting us to register your interest in participating in
the Programme is as stated in the relevant promotion and/or Application Form (as
applicable). We may change the closing date and time at any time at our sole
discretion and cannot accept responsibility for any request which is not received by

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 the closing date and time. Applications made via other media and/or methods or
received outside of the stated dates and times will not be considered.
3.3. You are required to provide complete, valid, correct and up-to-date information.
Failure to provide such information may mean that your application or participation
may be rejected or terminated. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to invalidate
any information and/or material received.
3.4. We (and our sub-contractors), and the Broadcaster bear no responsibility for any
application which is incomplete or incomprehensible, incorrectly addressed, lost in
transit, containing insufficient postage, not received by us at the relevant postal or
email address or received after any specified closing date. We (and our
subcontractors) and/or the Broadcaster do not accept any responsibility whatsoever
for any technical failure, malfunction of or any other problem with any computer
network, system, server, provider, telephony system or otherwise or for any postal
service failures which may result in any application not being properly received.
3.5. Costs: Unless otherwise stated, there is no charge when contacting us via email,
post (provided sufficient postage is paid) or via the internet (although internet service
provider’s fees may apply). Permission of the bill payer must be sought where
charges apply.
3.6. For the avoidance of doubt we are not liable to refund any costs incurred when
contacting us. Such costs include, but are not limited to, internet access fees or the
cost of calls made, or such other costs which may be incurred during or as a result of
contacting us or participation, including but not limited to travel costs,
accommodation, repair and/or restoration costs, incidental costs, charges, fees or
expenses as applicable, unless otherwise stated.
4. General
4.1. You undertake that the information you give in the Application Form is correct, that
you accept these Terms and Conditions and that you meet the Eligibility
Requirements as set out in the Application Form.
4.2. You accept that, due to the large number of applications we receive, we will not
acknowledge or respond to each and every application. You accept and agree that
contestants will be selected at our sole discretion, that such decisions shall be final
and that there will be no right of appeal against any decisions taken by us on this
matter.
4.3. You accept that receiving an Application Form and/or a phone call from a member of
the Programme production team and/or attending an audition and/or attending any
recording days DOES NOT automatically mean that you will be appearing on the
Programme and we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to stand you down at any
time during the production process, even if you have been given a date to attend
auditions or recordings.
4.4. We do not represent that we will produce any episode of the Programme, that any
episode of the Programme will be broadcast, or that any applicant’s participation in
the Programme will be included.
4.5. We and/or our authorised third parties may modify, accept or refuse to consider any
application or contribution, in our/their sole and absolute discretion. You agree that all
or part of your application and/or contribution including but not limited to your
personal details may be edited, adapted, displayed, included in the Programme, on
websites or in any other media and/or otherwise made publicly available or otherwise
exploited in any manner without notice and without any fee being paid at our
discretion and/or that of our authorised third parties. If we, in our sole discretion,
deem it necessary to do so, we may disguise and/or conceal the identity of a
participant in the Programme.
4.6. We reserve the right to vary any element of the Programme and/or to suspend or
discontinue participation in the Programme without notice, due to system failure,
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 maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our reasonable control, including but not
limited to strike, lock-out, labour dispute, illness, act of God, natural disaster, adverse
weather conditions, war, riot, civil commotion, accident, epidemic or pandemic,
malicious damage, fire, flood and/or storm, compliance with a law or governmental
order, rule, regulation or direction, breakdown of plant, machinery or transportation.
Neither the Programme producers nor the Broadcaster will be liable to you or to any
other person in the event that all or any part of the Programme and/or system is
discontinued, suspended, modified or changed in any way.
4.7. Neither we nor the Broadcaster accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical
failure or malfunction or any other problem, including without limitation with any
telecommunications network or line, system, delivery system or technology, software,
server, or service provider, which may result in any application or other material being
lost or not properly received or recorded. We cannot promise that a system will be
free from errors or omissions, nor that it will be available uninterrupted and in a fully
operating condition.
4.8. You agree that by submitting a successful application that the Programme producers’
decision is final in respect of garden design, layout and construction and you give
your full permission for these works to take place without recourse to remedy any
works carried out by the Programme producers.
4.9. Nothing in these terms and conditions restricts your statutory rights as a consumer.
For more details on your statutory rights you should contact your local Trading
Standards Office or Citizen's Advice Bureau.
5. Privacy
5.1. Information and data ("personal data") which is provided by you when you contact or
contribute to the Programme will be held and used by us, our group of companies, the
Broadcaster and other companies within the Broadcaster’s group of companies (if
applicable), service providers, professional advisers, network operators, suppliers and
contractors, in connection with your application or contribution to the Programme,
and/or in connection with the administration and/or production of the Programme, as
applicable.
5.2. Any personal data will be used in accordance with our privacy policy (as referred to in
the ‘Personal Data’ section of the Application Form).We and/or the Broadcaster may
be required to send your personal data to third parties outside the United Kingdom in
connection with the production and the administration of the Programme, and you
agree to such transfer for these purposes.
5.3. We may also use your information:
5.3.1. to verify your age, identity and other information as we may require and to also
carry out background checks with data handling agencies, law enforcement
and government agencies; and
5.3.2. to deal with any questions or complaints arising in relation to the Programme.
5.4. We may also at any time disclose your information to law enforcement bodies or
regulatory bodies in connection with a request from that body or in relation to any
alleged offence or unlawful activity or where required by law or court order.
5.5. You have the right of access to the information held and used by us in connection
with your application for the Programme. If you decide that you no longer want us to
hold, use or process all or any part of your information or you want to update your
contact details please contact us at the address in the Application Form.
6. Confidentiality
6.1. You shall keep confidential and shall not disclose to any third party any confidential
information, photographs or other material relating to us or the Programme (including
without limitation your participation in the Programme (if applicable)) or anyone taking
part in it which comes to your knowledge as a result of your participation in the
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 Programme. The foregoing will not include matters already in the public domain (other
than by way of your breach of this Clause).
7. Your Obligations
7.1. You agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the Programme as shall be notified
to you in writing or verbally. You accept that such rules and regulations may be varied
by us from time to time and that our decisions in this matter are final.
7.2. You agree to attend any auditioning processes, heats and promotional activities
relating to the Programme if required by us on any dates as shall be notified to you.
7.3. You agree to undertake a medical and/or psychological assessment, conducted by a
certified practitioner, if so required by us.
7.4. You warrant that you comply with each of the Eligibility Requirements above and, if
required by us, you agree to provide us with documentary evidence as well as
providing all consents and assistance in carrying out any background searches if so
required by us to substantiate the information provided in this Application Form.
7.5. You warrant that nothing in the Application Form or in your contribution will:
7.5.1. infringe the copyright or any other right of any third party;
7.5.2. breach any contract or duty of confidence;
7.5.3. constitute a contempt of court or expose us to any civil or criminal proceedings;
and/or
7.5.4. otherwise be intended to bring us or any other party into disrepute.
7.6. You agree that we may in our sole discretion disqualify you from any stage of the
Programme auditioning and selection process or the Programme itself and/or
withhold or reclaim any prize or other benefit awarded or due to be awarded to you as
a result of your participation in the Programme if:
7.6.1. you supply or have supplied any untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or
misleading details and/or information or you have deceived us or the
Broadcaster in any way including without limitation about your identity;
7.6.2. you fail to abide by these Terms and Conditions or the rules and regulations of
the Programme;
7.6.3. you fail to abide with any of our other reasonable instructions or directions;
7.6.4. by reason of your conduct (including past conduct) you bring us or the
Broadcaster into disrepute; and/or
7.6.5. you fail to meet the Eligibility Requirements.
7.7. You agree to notify us of any changes to the circumstances and/or information and/or
data provided in the Application Form, including any criminal charges, investigations
and/or convictions which are brought against you, during your continued participation
in the Programme selection process and the Programme itself.
7.8. You agree to indemnify us and our assigns and licensees against any and all claims,
losses and/or damages suffered directly or indirectly by us as a result of the breach,
non-performance or non-observance by you of any of your obligations and
representations under the Application Form including without limitation the Terms and
Conditions including but not limited to any extra costs of production of the
Programme.
7.9. Due to complexity of filming schedules, you will need to be able to be available for
filming within the dates offered by the company. We are not obliged to complete a
garden makeover, if we cannot schedule it within dates that work within the
production schedule.

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 7.10 if and once agreement has been reached to film with you, and the production has
incurred design and preparatory filming costs, if you choose to pull out for reasons
that are not unavoidable, you could incur a reclaimable fee for the production spend.

8. Intellectual Property Rights

8.1. If you are invited to attend an audition and any other subsequent stages of the
Programme selection process, you agree and consent to the filming and recording of
your voice, conversation and sounds, including any performance of any musical
composition(s), during and in connection with your application for or participation in
the Programme and the use of your contribution in connection with the Programme in
whole or in part or not at all.
8.2. You irrevocably grant and assign to us by way of present assignment of present and
future copyright, all rights of any nature in and to the rights, title and interest in your
contribution so as to permit the fullest use throughout the world of the contribution or
any part(s) thereof by all means and in all media in connection with the Programme or
otherwise in perpetuity. For purposes of clarity, you accept that we have the right to
edit, copy, adapt or translate the contribution as we see fit.
8.3. You further agree that any photographic material(s), video material(s) and/or any
other materials you have submitted as part of your application and/or participation
may be featured in the Programme and you warrant that you have the necessary
licences, rights, consents and permissions to authorise us to use such submissions.
8.4. You grant us a worldwide, perpetual, royalty free and transferable licence (with the
right to sub-licence) to use, edit, record, modify, translate, distribute, make available
to others, prepare derivative works of and exploit your submissions by any medium or
method whether now known or later developed throughout the world for the full term
of copyright and other rights and all renewable and extension thereof. You agree to
provide us with details of all such licences, rights, consents and permissions relating
to the submissions if we so request.
8.5. For the avoidance of doubt, you agree that we have no obligation whatsoever to
return any materials submitted as part of this application whether or not you are
selected as a participant and that we are in no way obliged to use any such materials
in connection with the Programme.
8.6. You grant us the right to use your name, voice, likeness, photographs and any
biographical material and any contribution or submission concerning you in
connection with the promotion and exploitation of the Programme and/or ancillary
products/services and/or in connection with us and/or the Broadcaster, throughout the
world in all media in perpetuity.
8.7. You irrevocably waive the benefits of and agree not to assert any provision of law
known as "moral rights" or any similar laws of any jurisdiction in respect of any
contribution and/or submission.
9. Miscellaneous
9.1. Should there be a dispute regarding your application and/or participation in the
Programme our decision on this dispute shall be final and you will have no right of
appeal.
9.2. You agree that we may freely assign or licence this Application Form and that this
Application Form and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection
with it or its subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the law of England and Wales and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales to settle any dispute or claim that
arises out of or in connection with this Application Form or its subject matter.

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