Between 1991 and 1996, I was in 10 episodes of the TV Police series "The Bill".
On 31st August 1994, I travelled to London by train, then as usual took the Underground connection to South Wimbledon. I then walked to Merton where the studio was located for that series.
I was usually a "passer by" in the street scenes which were filmed in and around Croydon and as I was not clearly featured in any of those episodes I can only remember one scene which involved an arrest outside a Bank in Croydon.
One of the characters in those days was WPC June Ackland who was played by Trudie Goodwin.
Trudie is currently playing the mother of the Sharma family in "Emmerdale". She doesn't appear to me to have changed in appearance since those days.
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Thursday, 29 August 2013
"BERNARD'S WATCH" - 2000
The 30th August 2000 was the only day I worked on an episode of "Bernard's Watch", a Children's TV drama about a boy called Bernard who had been given a magic watch that froze time, except for him, so that he could alter situations and then use his watch to unfreeze time back to the present moment.
The programme ran for 7 series between 1997 and 2005 and I was in an episode of Series 4 which starred David Peachey as Bernard and was narrated by Liza Goddard.
My scene was filmed outside a house on the banks of the River Trent in Nottingham.
The programme ran for 7 series between 1997 and 2005 and I was in an episode of Series 4 which starred David Peachey as Bernard and was narrated by Liza Goddard.
My scene was filmed outside a house on the banks of the River Trent in Nottingham.
"OLD DEVILS" 1991:"DALZIEL & PASCOE" 1995:"MISSING POSTMAN" 1996
I could not report anything yesterday because I have never been involved in any Film or TV production on any 28th August since 1985.
However, on 29th August 1991, I was at Paddington Railway Station to be part of an episode of "Old Devils", a BBC mini-series of 3 episodes adapted from the Kinsley Amis novel and starring John Stride.
On 29th August 1995, I was again in Birmingham to be in my first episode of "Dalziel & Pascoe". My second day of involvement was to be 3 months later on November 5th when I travelled to Huntingdon, all future episodes were then filmed in and around Birmingham.
On 29th August 1996, I had travelled down to Wareham in Dorset to be in an episode of "The Missing Postman", a TV movie starring James Bolam as the postman and also featuring Alison Steadman, Jim Carter( Carson from Downton Abbey) and Larry Lamb. The story was about a postman who was about to be made redundant so on his last delivery he travelled throughout the entire country delivering all the letters by hand.
During my involvement in filming "Old Devils", "The Missing Postman" and "House of Elliott", I was in the company of a very nice older couple and the lady had asked me several questions over those previous days of filming."What was the overtime rate?""How much do you get for Special skills?"How much do you get for a shorthaircut?" etc. At one point I asked her how she became involved with Show Business and she told me that her father had been a Comedian. I said that my father also had been a professional comedy tap-dancer with the "Lynton Boys" in the 1940's, so who was her father. She said Arthur Askey and I replied then you must be Anthea Askey? she said yes and my husband is Will Fyfe Junior.
It was a privilege and a pleasure to be in their company over those weeks of filming and the reason Anthea had asked me about the different payments was because her involvement with her father had previously been on the Radio - not Television.
There are many other people employed as Supporting Artistes on Film & Television who have been famous in one way or another and it is interesting to talk to them to hear their fascinating stories of earlier days in the limelight of Show Business.
However, on 29th August 1991, I was at Paddington Railway Station to be part of an episode of "Old Devils", a BBC mini-series of 3 episodes adapted from the Kinsley Amis novel and starring John Stride.
On 29th August 1995, I was again in Birmingham to be in my first episode of "Dalziel & Pascoe". My second day of involvement was to be 3 months later on November 5th when I travelled to Huntingdon, all future episodes were then filmed in and around Birmingham.
On 29th August 1996, I had travelled down to Wareham in Dorset to be in an episode of "The Missing Postman", a TV movie starring James Bolam as the postman and also featuring Alison Steadman, Jim Carter( Carson from Downton Abbey) and Larry Lamb. The story was about a postman who was about to be made redundant so on his last delivery he travelled throughout the entire country delivering all the letters by hand.
During my involvement in filming "Old Devils", "The Missing Postman" and "House of Elliott", I was in the company of a very nice older couple and the lady had asked me several questions over those previous days of filming."What was the overtime rate?""How much do you get for Special skills?"How much do you get for a shorthaircut?" etc. At one point I asked her how she became involved with Show Business and she told me that her father had been a Comedian. I said that my father also had been a professional comedy tap-dancer with the "Lynton Boys" in the 1940's, so who was her father. She said Arthur Askey and I replied then you must be Anthea Askey? she said yes and my husband is Will Fyfe Junior.
It was a privilege and a pleasure to be in their company over those weeks of filming and the reason Anthea had asked me about the different payments was because her involvement with her father had previously been on the Radio - not Television.
There are many other people employed as Supporting Artistes on Film & Television who have been famous in one way or another and it is interesting to talk to them to hear their fascinating stories of earlier days in the limelight of Show Business.
Monday, 26 August 2013
"DALZIEL & PASCOE" 1996 & 1998 : " THE WYVERN MYSTERIES" 1999
On 27th August 1996, I was in Birmingham once again to be in another episode of "Dalziel & Pascoe", starring Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan.
I was first in the company of Warren Clarke in "Nice Work" when I spent 4 nights on location in Great Bridge, Birmingham and a day shoot at Birmingham University.
On on of my four night scenes I was in a smoke filled room with Warren Clarke, Hadyn Gwynn, John Forgeham and others. I was a member of the Board of Directors and I was directed to keep eye contact with John Forgeham, who was playing a very aggressive character. The look he was giving me was so fierce that I had to look away on the first take. The Director called for another take and I was told to keep eye contact with John as I was close up in the shot. The Assistant Director was William Hartley, who I was to work with many more times on " Dalziel & Pascoe" and "Dangerfield". Whenever I have been with him since that day, he has always introduced me to others by saying "Bobby was in that smoke-filled boardroom scene that we filmed for "Nice Work".
On 27th August 1998, I was again in Birmingham for another episode of " Dalziel & Pascoe". Between 1995 and 2004 I was involved in 16 days filming on that programme.
Exactly one year later on 27th August 1999 I was in Thame, near Oxford for a scene in the TV Film "The Wyvern Mysteries" starring Naomi Watts and Derek Jacobi.
The scene I was in began with a shot of a ripe cornfield and as the camera panned back, t revealed an eerie scene of us walking out from within the cornfield in period costume. This Gothic film was released in 2000 and received a two star rating from IMDb.
I was first in the company of Warren Clarke in "Nice Work" when I spent 4 nights on location in Great Bridge, Birmingham and a day shoot at Birmingham University.
On on of my four night scenes I was in a smoke filled room with Warren Clarke, Hadyn Gwynn, John Forgeham and others. I was a member of the Board of Directors and I was directed to keep eye contact with John Forgeham, who was playing a very aggressive character. The look he was giving me was so fierce that I had to look away on the first take. The Director called for another take and I was told to keep eye contact with John as I was close up in the shot. The Assistant Director was William Hartley, who I was to work with many more times on " Dalziel & Pascoe" and "Dangerfield". Whenever I have been with him since that day, he has always introduced me to others by saying "Bobby was in that smoke-filled boardroom scene that we filmed for "Nice Work".
On 27th August 1998, I was again in Birmingham for another episode of " Dalziel & Pascoe". Between 1995 and 2004 I was involved in 16 days filming on that programme.
Exactly one year later on 27th August 1999 I was in Thame, near Oxford for a scene in the TV Film "The Wyvern Mysteries" starring Naomi Watts and Derek Jacobi.
The scene I was in began with a shot of a ripe cornfield and as the camera panned back, t revealed an eerie scene of us walking out from within the cornfield in period costume. This Gothic film was released in 2000 and received a two star rating from IMDb.
"OUTSIDE EDGE" 1993:"PEAK PRACTICE" 1994:"EMMERDALE" 2004
It was on 26th August 1993 that I made my final visit to Nottingham to be in my 6th and final day on "Outside Edge". I enjoyed every day on that series and, although it was hampered with rain on occasions, I learned a lot about television comedy acting from observing Timothy Spall, Josie Lawrence, Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws and Denis Lill at close quarters.
Exactly one year later I arrived at the large old mill in the centre of Belper in Derbyshire, which had been converted into sections, one of which was a complex used by the "Peak Practice" production team.
Towards the end of "Peak Practise" the offices moved to an industrial unit in an area of Ripley in the Amber Valley, where I was about to visit a few times before the series finally came to an end a couple of years later.
Ten year after that, in 2004, I was in Leeds again for my 49th day of involvement in " Emmerdale" and even now, nearly ten years later, I am very pleased that I am being given the opportunity of working on that very popular programme.
Exactly one year later I arrived at the large old mill in the centre of Belper in Derbyshire, which had been converted into sections, one of which was a complex used by the "Peak Practice" production team.
Towards the end of "Peak Practise" the offices moved to an industrial unit in an area of Ripley in the Amber Valley, where I was about to visit a few times before the series finally came to an end a couple of years later.
Ten year after that, in 2004, I was in Leeds again for my 49th day of involvement in " Emmerdale" and even now, nearly ten years later, I am very pleased that I am being given the opportunity of working on that very popular programme.
Sunday, 25 August 2013
"SHELL" 1988-"BOON" 1992-"OUTSIDE EDGE"1993-"EMMERDALE"2009
The 25th August 1988 was my second day on the Shell advert with the Cosworth Racing Car team at Ladybower Dam which I described yesterday.
The 25th August 1992 was a day I was in Nottingham for an episode of "Boon" starring Michael Elphick, Neil Morrissey and David Daker. Between 1986 and 1992 I was in 8 episodes of "Boon" which had begun being set in Birmingham as a story about a motorbike dispatch rider and his mate and continued being filmed around the Nottingham area when the ATV studios closed in Birmingham.
I was back in Nottingham again on 25th August 1993 for another day on "Outside Edge", being my 5th day of involvement in that production. My 6th and final day was to be the next day.
16 years later on 25th August 2009, I was in Leeds again to be in another 3 episodes of "Emmerdale".
As I have mentioned before, being involved regularly in "Emmerdale", a lot of memories of earlier years all merge into one and as this day was 4 years ago therefore I cannot recall anything memorable about this certain day.
The 25th August 1992 was a day I was in Nottingham for an episode of "Boon" starring Michael Elphick, Neil Morrissey and David Daker. Between 1986 and 1992 I was in 8 episodes of "Boon" which had begun being set in Birmingham as a story about a motorbike dispatch rider and his mate and continued being filmed around the Nottingham area when the ATV studios closed in Birmingham.
I was back in Nottingham again on 25th August 1993 for another day on "Outside Edge", being my 5th day of involvement in that production. My 6th and final day was to be the next day.
16 years later on 25th August 2009, I was in Leeds again to be in another 3 episodes of "Emmerdale".
As I have mentioned before, being involved regularly in "Emmerdale", a lot of memories of earlier years all merge into one and as this day was 4 years ago therefore I cannot recall anything memorable about this certain day.
Friday, 23 August 2013
" SHELL PETROL ADVERT" 1988 - "PRESTON FRONT" 1994
On the 24th August 1988, I arrived at the side of Ladybower Dam in Derbyshire, the area where the famous Dam Busters squadron did their low-level training for their mission to blow up the German Dams in the Second World War.
A group of us had assembled there to be part of an advert for Shell petrol which featured the Ford Racing Car team and we were the spectators.
This was our first day of two and at the opening of the advert, I can be seen, with my son Chris, walking away from the camera looking at these stationary cars before the event.
At the end of that day's filming we were all in a group and the Director asked who was able to return to the location for a second day. Most of us raised our hands and as we were picked out we had to shout out our names for the casting list. One very successful Supporting Artiste, Roger Bill was with his wife and the Director said " What is her name ? " Roger was a very humorous man and replied " Mo Bill " which raised a huge laugh from most of us because the name of a rival petrol to Shell in those days was Mobil.
On the 24th August 1994 I arrived at a location near to Stafford to be in a programme called " All quiet on the Preston Front" starring Colin Buchanan who went on to play Pascoe in "Dalziel and Pascoe" with Warren Clarke.
One of our number was a little bit late for the call time to managed to get to the location before we started filming the scenes. I will not name him but those of you who read this and were in that programme will remember him with fondness because he was always frieindly and polite and you will know who I mean when I say that his excuse for being late was because " I didn't see any unit signs on the M6 ! ".
All I can remember about that episode, which was a comedy, was that a scene that we observed being filmed involved an outside toilet exploding and a character emerging with smoke covered face and ripped clothing.
That was the first day of two that I spent on that series which I really enjoyed being a part of.
A group of us had assembled there to be part of an advert for Shell petrol which featured the Ford Racing Car team and we were the spectators.
This was our first day of two and at the opening of the advert, I can be seen, with my son Chris, walking away from the camera looking at these stationary cars before the event.
At the end of that day's filming we were all in a group and the Director asked who was able to return to the location for a second day. Most of us raised our hands and as we were picked out we had to shout out our names for the casting list. One very successful Supporting Artiste, Roger Bill was with his wife and the Director said " What is her name ? " Roger was a very humorous man and replied " Mo Bill " which raised a huge laugh from most of us because the name of a rival petrol to Shell in those days was Mobil.
On the 24th August 1994 I arrived at a location near to Stafford to be in a programme called " All quiet on the Preston Front" starring Colin Buchanan who went on to play Pascoe in "Dalziel and Pascoe" with Warren Clarke.
One of our number was a little bit late for the call time to managed to get to the location before we started filming the scenes. I will not name him but those of you who read this and were in that programme will remember him with fondness because he was always frieindly and polite and you will know who I mean when I say that his excuse for being late was because " I didn't see any unit signs on the M6 ! ".
All I can remember about that episode, which was a comedy, was that a scene that we observed being filmed involved an outside toilet exploding and a character emerging with smoke covered face and ripped clothing.
That was the first day of two that I spent on that series which I really enjoyed being a part of.
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