Correct - I was at Y-fali at the time they were filming. The 'commissioned milkman' and his ilk came across as rather bland 'trade unionists' - certainly not one of the better courses. There were far better candidates to film - you can see some of them in certain episodes - but the trendy-lefty producer wanted a 'working class lad makes good' story so they stuck with that bunch of no-hopers .
It was that prat filmed deep frying his 'tea' (as they call it in 't whippet and ferret land oop Nawth) who said something like "At 't end of 't day, it's just a job like 'owt else" who was responsible for their airships bringing in that daft 'year inside' rule for first tourists - which amazed anyone who'd spent 3-4 years living out at University - particularly when any Plt Off bluntie was not so restricted.....
The JP QFI 'berating' his student was 'encouraged' to do so by the luvvies who wanted something more provocative than the normal CFS-patter and it was utter fiction.