Natchitoches welcomed film crew members from the Globetrotter TV – United Kingdom March 24, to film and photograph sites around the city. Globetrotter TV is a brand new online and TV channel for passionate travel and tourism enthusiasts. Globetrotter TV is a new channel that will launch this month on Sky channel 261 with an estimated audience of 900,000 monthly.
Crew members included John Plaskett and Ellen Coughlan, who are in the midst of filming a travel documentary of the south, are venturing on a 6-day Louisiana Road Trip through New Orleans,Plantation Country, Baton Rouge, St. Martin, Lafayette, Alexandria, Natchitoches and Shreveport.
In Natchitoches, the film crew met CVB staff members Arlene Gould, Executive Director, and Stephanie Rabb, Marketing & Communications Coordinator for lunch at Lasyone’s Meat Pie Kitchen, discovered Fort St. Jean Baptiste, explored the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum and ended their brief stay by touring Beau Jardin and shopping along historic Front Street before heading up to Shreveport. Tomorrow, the crew will head to Texas.
For more information on Globetrotter TV, visit http://www.globetrottertv.com/.
Pictured from left are Stephanie Rabb, Ellen Coughlan, John Plaskett and Arlene Gould.
All of these insular nations visiting our little town. Looks like we’ll have a bright future. The official name of the UK is the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.