On Tuesday this week I was at the Black Country Museum in Dudley near Birmingham for " WPC 56 ".
26 years earlier had been my first visit to that location to be in an episode of " Sophia and Constance ", a British drama TV series shown on BBC in six episodes between 13th April and 18th May 1988.
It was an adaption of the 1908 novel " The Old Wives Tale " by Arnold Bennett which followed the lives of two sisters through the Victorian era. It starred Alfred Burke, Linsey Beauchamp and Katy Behean.
3 years later on 15th November 1990, I was in a London Restaurant for the main scene in an episode of
" Rumpole of the Bailey ".
" Rumpole of the Bailey was another British TV series created and written by the writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any, and all clients.
It was episode 1 of Season 6 and was screened on 28th October 1991.
The main scene that I was involved with was as a diner in a cordon bleu restaurant, sitting at a table next to the main character and other actors including John Bluthal ( Vicar of Dibley ).
Rumpole agrees to defend and elitist restauranteur whom he dislikes when a live mouse jumps out of one of his gourmet meals.
It was a live mouse, and there were quite a few takes of that scene which took longer than usual because the owner of the mouse had difficulty in ctching it and replacing it under the food tureen.
I remember the meal being very tasty and enjoyed my day in that London Restaurant and being a part of that iconic series.
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