On 17th July 1991, I arrived at the YTV Television studios in Leeds to be in an episode of " Stay Lucky " starring Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.
This was my first visit to the studios in Yorkshire and it was going to be another 2 years before I returned to those studios to be in my first episode of " Emmerdale " on 14th June 1993.
On 17th July 1991, I was taken, with the other Supporting Artistes to a Working Men's Club in the Leeds area, I seem to remember it was in Pudsey, to be in a scene watching a cabaret.
My second visit, to be in " Emmerdale ", was again not in the studio, but myself and the Supporting Artistes were taken to the village of Eshot, where the outside scenes of "Emmerdale " were filmed in those days.
during the filming of " Stay Lucky ", I met up with Tony Peers who I had been the compere of a couple of Shows where I was performing at the Butlin's Ocean Hotel,Saltdean, near Brighton in the 1960's.
Tony was playing the role of the Compere in the scene that we were filming on that day in 1991.
I have now been to the Yorkshire TV studios on many occasions to film " Emmerdale " and " Heartbeat ", but for the " Heartbeat " episodes we were taken to various interior locations, rather than being in the studio.
Friday 18 July 2014
Monday 14 July 2014
" NICE TOWN " 1992
On 14th July 1992, I was in Harlow to be in an episode of "Nice Town ", a BBC TV mini series of 3 episodes.
" Nice Town " starred Paul McGann, Phil Davies, Brigit Forsyth, Gwyneth Strong, Judy Cornwall, Neil Dudgeon, and also Ray Winstone, who was only in one episode and that was the episode in which I took part in a scene with him and Phil Davies.
About ten of us were sat around a table in a murky room and a "joint" cigarette was passed around each of us.
The series was about domestic violence in one of the " New Towns " built on the edge of London, and the character of Phil Davies was the violent husband to the character played by Brigit Forsyth.
" Nice Town " starred Paul McGann, Phil Davies, Brigit Forsyth, Gwyneth Strong, Judy Cornwall, Neil Dudgeon, and also Ray Winstone, who was only in one episode and that was the episode in which I took part in a scene with him and Phil Davies.
About ten of us were sat around a table in a murky room and a "joint" cigarette was passed around each of us.
The series was about domestic violence in one of the " New Towns " built on the edge of London, and the character of Phil Davies was the violent husband to the character played by Brigit Forsyth.
Saturday 12 July 2014
"SHADOW OF THE NOOSE " 1988
On 12th July 1988, I travelled to Pebble Mill Studios to travel on a BBC coach to Stoke on Trent, to be in my first day of seven in "Shadow of the Noose".
The Edwardian court-room drama series, made by BBC and written by Richard Cooper, charted 8 true life cases by one of Britain's most successful and showman-like barristers, Edward Marshall-Hall.
I was in the first four episodes playing the part of the Court Bailiff and needed to travel to the BBC studios at Pebble Mill, Birmingham to get the BBC coach for crew and supporting artistes which took us to Burslem,
Stoke on Trent, where a replica of the Old Bailey had been constructed inside the Royal Theatre.
The main role was Jonathan Hyde who played the part of Edward Marshall-Hall and when we had all been to the make-up department, I was given side whiskers and a moustache, we began filming and the actors were so convincing in their characters that the atmosphere was such that I could imagine that we were really in the Old Bailey, all those years ago in Edwardian times - scary, but a great experience.
As I was needed for 7 consecutive days filming, I had booked into theatrical lodgings on the edge of Birmingham, to save me the 150 mile round trips and reduce the travel time caused by the early morning starts and late finishes plus the minimal sleep time that would have been encountered.
The Edwardian court-room drama series, made by BBC and written by Richard Cooper, charted 8 true life cases by one of Britain's most successful and showman-like barristers, Edward Marshall-Hall.
I was in the first four episodes playing the part of the Court Bailiff and needed to travel to the BBC studios at Pebble Mill, Birmingham to get the BBC coach for crew and supporting artistes which took us to Burslem,
Stoke on Trent, where a replica of the Old Bailey had been constructed inside the Royal Theatre.
The main role was Jonathan Hyde who played the part of Edward Marshall-Hall and when we had all been to the make-up department, I was given side whiskers and a moustache, we began filming and the actors were so convincing in their characters that the atmosphere was such that I could imagine that we were really in the Old Bailey, all those years ago in Edwardian times - scary, but a great experience.
As I was needed for 7 consecutive days filming, I had booked into theatrical lodgings on the edge of Birmingham, to save me the 150 mile round trips and reduce the travel time caused by the early morning starts and late finishes plus the minimal sleep time that would have been encountered.
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