Britta and Callie Zachary's song “Help, We Bought a French Roll” devalues ​​the word help – work

Broadcaster and media personality Britta Zachary has received an inheritance. Not a legacy of “financial independence.” Only a few hundred thousand. But it is enough to think about buying a house abroad.

Surely it would be nice to have something in the French countryside?

Or in a remote mountain village not yet found by tourists, where winding cobblestone streets and church bells ring in the distance.

Rustic and authentic, of course, it has to be, with maintained fixtures and tiles and all that.

Husband Kali, who has a media and coaching profile, has affordable requirements. There must be a fruit tree on the plot of land and it must be within walking distance of the nearest restaurant. If it's checked, it's just a matter of driving.

Said and done.

Zachary gets hot leads about haunted French houses

Preeta gets three hot leads that she has to check. They are all French haunted houses with the atmosphere of Amélie of Montmartre. If Amelie had a severe addiction to fentanyl and decorated her house with bird droppings and rotting animal carcasses.

The word ruckel seems appropriate in the context.

In a Facetime conversation, we meet Kalle, dressed in a carefully curated farmer's ensemble, looking like a man who cares about his personal brand.

While Britta leaves France, he stays with the children on their farm outside Nynashamn. Exactly yes. farm. They've put themselves in this position before.

In 2020, SVT began broadcasting Britta and Callie's renovation program “Help, We Bought a Farm”. The media couple were tired of the production frenzy and office slavery of big city life and wanted to leave without giving up their successful careers and becoming full-time farmers.

“You're dreaming of breaking up, aren't you? To leave all the worry and stress in the city, pack everything and leave,” says Britta in the first episode.

“Move to the country, away from it all. For a life that's more about feeling good than parking fines and Monday meetings,” Callie chimes in.

Crazy big city people

Since then, there have been five seasons centered around dimwitted big-city residents who, bizarrely, move to the country (with a film crew) to escape it all (with a film crew).

But how much “disengagement” does one really have from Monday meetings and job anxiety if every holding screw has to be unscrewed?

But Britta and Callie know their art of drama and they know how to cook to the content of French nail and onion soup. “What did we do?” and “Why didn't anyone stop us?” It is shouted so often that it becomes a punchline. Helps!

Here somewhere it may be time to discuss the devaluation of the phrase “help.” Imagine that you are walking near a lake and see a man waving his arms and struggling to keep his head above the surface of the water.

She runs to the bridge, removes the lifebuoy and throws it in, only to discover that the man is not drowning at all.

He's feeling desperate because he's just bought a Spanish vineyard and needs to vent about how difficult it is to order curtains to measure.

What is Public Interest, SVT?

Since the early 2000s, there has been an explosion in the home improvement and renovation television genre.

It started with Carpenters' Cottages with Martin Timmel and Hunting in Flower Beds with Ernst Kirsteger who offered some advice on what the viewer could do in the house, at least on a theoretical level, but it quickly evolved into The Angry Carpenter, which was mostly about scolding. Homeowners until they collapse.

From there we took the bold step of refurbishing our fluorescent devices. Popular profiles who bought themselves a rundown house and now need help renovating it – of course in prime time. Everyone has to watch, and when it's broadcast on the public service, everyone has to pay.

It is precisely the latter that rubs off. Usually, when celebrities move in and the renovation is financed with TV money on shows, such as Berg's Drömkåk and Anders Tap, it happens at the expense of Kanal 5 or TV4.

Zackari's couple help series is an exception.

SVT can defend the public interest. This renovation and the noble art of “blowing up” fully functional kitchens and wet rooms has become a popular sport. Especially for those who own their homes and can afford more than just living in them. Then there are plenty of generous radical discounts available.

While the rest of us can stand by and watch. For example on TV.