Jump to content

Recommended Posts

They're making a TV show about property? Can't wait to see that! Some people dare to say that meeja types are lazy overpaid cokeheads with as much imagination as a wilting stalk of rhubarb. But it's news like this that restores one's faith in the television industry. When's it going to be on?
You're absolutely right of course. Many media coal-face workers at the bottom end of the scale are treated appallingly in the indie sector; runners, researchers, asst producers - that kind of level. I think I was aiming my arrows of so-called "wit" at commissioning editors who earn 6 figures to decide that we want to see more property shows.
The problem for commissioning editors is that they now have numerous channels to fill and not enough money to spend making high end programming to fill them. There is a glut of cheap factual entertainment, and property shows are just part of that glut. There's not a lot that commissioning editors can do to change that.
Spooks usually films about now, and has often used this area, so that's plausible. But check for the little flourescent location/unit signs directing crew to the shoot. Signs for Spooks start SP (e.g. SP LOC, SP BASE etc). Can often have a guess at the production from the initials used in the location signs.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • They'd been there for days but I hadn't tied them to this thread. Nice work, it was bugging me!
    • Off topic, but when I was a kid in Streatham, long ago, apart from the milkman (rarely if ever milkwoman),  who also delivered yoghurt - very exotic - in little glass jars, we also had regular deliveries of coal, bread and cheesecakes (not the kind we know now, they had coconut on top), fruit and veg,  and paraffin (both pink and blue). I'm not entirely sure we have lost "something amazing" by buying milk in shops. The glass bottles were left on the doorstep and the metallic tops were pecked through by birds getting at the cream/milk. Or else the bottles were nicked.  And then there was the rag and bone man.... bell and horse and cart, just like Steptoe. God I'm old. We didn't have supermarket deliveries. We didn't have supermarkets. I remember the first supermarket opening in Streatham. It  was quite amazing having to walk round and  put your own shopping in a basket. As you were ..... Sorry OP and admin.
    • Yep, I hear you. Been waiting for modern milkman to these parts and plan to try them out. I still remember Dennis, our Egg-man, from my childhood, who used to deliver dozens in his Citroen 2C and came to collect the boxes the following week. Happy Days. 
    • I always feel we lost something amazing when we moved away from home milk delivery with glass bottles using electric floats to driving to supermarkets and buying milk in plastic bottles. Hindsight says we should have valued the good old milky more 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...