Bouncing His Way to Stardom
A RECENT BALLIOL graduate has been catapaulted to stardom, courtesy of a Channel 4 documentary.
James Geikie was the star of the first episode in the Faking It series, in which people are trained to do something very different from the lifestyle they're used to.
Geikie's challenge was to be transformed into a bouncer at an East-End club. He completed the challenge successfully, and has since become a household name around Oxford.
He received training from existing Nightclub bouncers. In order to complete his task, he had to fool a professional into thinking that he was a bona fide bouncer, and managed this without too much trouble.
So, James proved that he may be Geikie by name, but certainly not by nature.
5th Oct 2000