I’m gonna be on telly ma!
Hand delivered through the letterbox this evening:
BBC Production Office
Shepperton
Dear Resident
Re: Filming in Daisy Lane and possibly Next Lane Over too for a new BBC comedy series.
I am writing to let you know about some filming we would like to do on 21 June for a new BBC comedy series.
From 0800-1100 we will be outside a bungalow in Daisy Lane
(I know which one!!!)
From 1100-1200 we will be driving a car carefully up and down Daisy Lane (ooooh!!)
From 1200-1300 we will be on either Next Street, Daisy Lane or Next Lane over for a short scene when a woman spots a neighbour walking a dog.***
The series, which is currently untitled (working title ‘Live Girls’) is set in a fictitious coastal town in the North East of England* and focuses on the daily life of a teacher and his wife, a library crew**, a fortune teller and her son, and an optician. The bungalow in Daisy Lane will represent the home of a member of the library crew.
Blah, blah, blah.
Yours sincerely
Blah, blah
Location Manager
I am so going to be blogging this! Plan to dig out the old SLR and telephoto lens, position myself in a comfy spot in the upstairs window and will be reporting! live! from the scene!
* Eh? I suppose a bungalow’s a bungalow but I can’t see flat, hill-less south east Engand being a good substitute for a hilly coastal town in the North East.
** Since when did library staff get called a crew?
*** Yes, we’ll be groomed and ready just in case they need a stand-in… I bet my dog‘s better looking than their dog anyway.
June 16th, 2006 10:53
Ooooh, live updates from the scene of the crime … Can’t you install a webcam too? Pretty please?!
June 17th, 2006 10:24
Well I’ve never been referred to as a member of a library crew!
I’ve always thought you could make a good comedy based in a library, as long as it was well written of course…
Enjoy!
June 17th, 2006 17:20
We have The bill from time to time on our road. But it’s weird to watch someone run from a street two miles away turn a corner and end up outside my house.
We like that Susan Tully round here. Proper polite, no ‘I am’.
June 18th, 2006 19:28
Ooooo how exciting! Looking forward to the live reportage…
June 20th, 2006 00:53
They’re filming a northern period drama down near felicity-street next week and you can guarentee the cartering vans will on my doorstep. Can’t wait to find out who’s in your little filmset daisy!
June 21st, 2006 11:59
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