FLAMINGO Land boss Gordon Gibb had his every move filmed for a fly-on-the-wall documentary which chronicles his life running the North Yorkshire theme park and West Yorkshire football club.

York-based production company, Blind Productions, created the 30-minute pilot provisionally entitled Flamingos And Football.

More than 12 hours of footage was shot at both the Kirby Misperton theme park and zoo and Bradford City Football Club, where he is presently chairman.

The pilot idea began after Blind Productions requested the use of the park as a location for an advert, with the fly-on-the-wall style documentary following on from that initial involvement.

The Flamingo Land part of the documentary has provided the majority of the material, with everyone from the zoo manager to the security guards getting involved in the production.

But Mr Gibb is at ease with the filming and would be keen for the pilot to lead to something more.

"We have been in a one-off documentary before, which was an interesting project," he said.

"And I would like to see it done again. A series would be an excellent proposition and I hope it comes off for both the production company and for us."

Despite this, he still remains a reluctant television star, although his move to Bradford City has forced him further into the limelight and television appearances are now a regular occurrence.

"It is more of a duty then a pleasure," said Mr Gibb, who was described as a "perfect subject" by the production company.

"It is something that I have had to learn to do over the years because of the profile that I have.

"That does not mean that I necessarily like to do it, but it certainly has become a part of what I do."

Once the work has been done in the editing suite, Blind Productions will send out the tape to the networks to try to secure a series.

"We will be sending the finished work to everyone we can," said partner in the company and the pilot's producer, Reza Ghadiri-Zare.

"It will be sent off to terrestrial and satellite networks to see if we can get a series from it.

"We already have some superb footage and I'm sure there would be more to come if we could get the nod to produce a whole series.

"Gordon Gibb was very hospitable and is a fascinating individual."

The production company is hopeful the film will get commissioned to be developed into a series.

"Mr Gibb's involvement in the two ventures does give the series a lot more chance of being made," added Ghadiri-Zare, himself a Manchester United fan.

"The footage shot at the club was something a bit different. Everyone is a fan of football nowadays, but it is always interesting to see something other than just the games and the post-match interview."

Updated: 12:19 Friday, January 03, 2003