A MEMBER of Furness Diving Club will be appearing on the small screen after lending his expertise to two TV documentaries.

One of the documentaries 60-year-old Duncan Scott was involved in was about early seaplane testing on Windermere and the other features a team led by Cumbrian Helen Skelton finding lost items in the Lakes. 

Both free and scuba divers were involved in the shows. Ulverston-diver Duncan said the contact was 'out of the blue' and that nobody in the club was expecting to be involved in two TV shows in quick succession. 

The Westmorland Gazette: A photo taken by Duncan of fellow diver Darren with the camera crew behind himA photo taken by Duncan of fellow diver Darren with the camera crew behind him (Image: Duncan Scott)

The first successful British seaplane was called Waterbird and Duncan and the camera crew went down to Hill of Oaks to try to find artefacts from when it first flew more than a hundred years ago. 

"In the First World War, the first waterbirds were tried there. It's got an interesting history. The navy took over the place and trained the pilots," he said.

He was tight-lipped about what he and the crew found there but he did mention the remains of a barge that was used to bring the plane out into the lake. 

The Westmorland Gazette: A Furness Diving Club member sets up for a shoot with the camera crewA Furness Diving Club member sets up for a shoot with the camera crew (Image: Duncan Scott)

READ MORE: Barrow mum thought she had indigestion before cancer diagnosis

Although Duncan enjoyed the experience and getting the chance to dive somewhere he had not been before, he said: "They are very well organised but it's pretty slow going. We would be away in an hour or so but those camera crews want different angles."

The other documentary that Duncan was involved in was called Lost in Lakes, which is a show led by Carlisle celebrity Helen Skelton.

The premise of the show is that the team helps participants find items they have lost while visiting the Lake District. 

Duncan said: "There is a land team with metal detectors and then there's an underwater team for free divers and scuba divers. Sometimes you go out and there's just a film crew but sometimes she would be there. It was good to meet her."

Duncan has been involved in Furness Diving Club for just over ten years.