Filming outside Budgens on Northcross rd this am....

[fractionater]

Lots of activity on Northcross rd with filming outside the Budgens, about 9ish.

Police, Big trucks parked a long way up Northcross rd. - didn't spot anyone famous though!

Anyone got the story?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Look on the Timothy Spall thread.

[macroban]

I walked past there this morning.

Very irresponsible action: filming at a road junction and shutting the pedestrian crossing.

Who gave permission for this dangerous activity?

[SeanMacGabhann]

"I walked past there this morning.

Very irresponsible action: filming at a road junction and shutting the pedestrian crossing.

Who gave permission for this dangerous activity?

"

is that a joke macroban?

How dangerous can it be to walk a few yards a cross there?

[macroban]

> is that a joke macroban?

> How dangerous can it be to walk a few yards a cross there?

No joke.

Did you see it?

MacRoban

[SeanMacGabhann]

I didn't see the filming but I know the junction well so am struggling to see what the issue could be is all.;.

[macroban]

1. Pedestrian crossing closed with a "sorry" sign.

2. Bright lights shining in faces of drivers driving North.

3. Large vans parked within a few feet of the (Southside) junction of Northcross Road and Lordship Lane.

4. Pavement on East side of Lordship Lane blocked to pedestrians.

5. Northcross Road restricted to single lane with parking cones.

Someone gave permission for this travesty.

[SeanMacGabhann]

but has "filming " just been invented? Humankind have worked around filming for over a hundred years.. we'll be fine macroban, just fine

[*Bob*]

No pedestrians were harmed during the filming of this programme. Put your health and safety clipboard away, Macroban.

[fractionater]

Macroban stop being a muppet! its not a permanent feature.

Bah Humbug!

[Brendan]

Why don?t you stop having a go at someone who is just voicing their opinion?

[TillieTrotter]

In Microbans defence, its pretty dangerous coming out of NC road into Lordship Lane in a car as their big lorries are making it a blind spot.

[fractionater]

I drove down NC rd from LL whilst it was all going on - it was tight, but if one drives carefully then there should be no probs + don't forget that there were a few Cops floating about too!

[Asset]

Brendan Wrote:

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> Why don?t you stop having a go at someone who is

> just voicing their opinion?

can't recall ever seeing a positive one though.....

gosh filming in LL - how exciting

[jumpinjourno]

Its an ITV drama due out in the summer... any idea what it is called or who is in it...

[Frisco]

"Very irresponsible action: filming at a road junction and shutting the pedestrian crossing.

Who gave permission for this dangerous activity?"

Actually, I thought this too, and there was a woman police officer leaning against the wall of Budgens in North Cross Road (although she may have been an actor or an film extra).

And for those who can't see the problem of closing a pedestrian crossing, or ask how dangerous can it be to walk a few yards to cross there, there wouldn't be a crossing at all if it wasn't considered dangerous. I had to cross there yesterday and, as someone who is disabled (not a wheelchair user), I didn't find it very easy and none of the traffic was giving way at the crossing.

I'm certainly not saying that the filming shouldn't take place, but both the council and the police receive money from the film companies to be allowed to film, and some of that money should be used to ensure that existing safety features are maintained, probably by having the police person or a traffic warden at the out of order crossing.

[kford]

Bloody hell - ban the fish van on Saturday then. It's surely a hazard, especially with his noisy generator masking the sounds on oncoming traffic.

[Frisco]

"Bloody hell - ban the fish van on Saturday then. It's surely a hazard, especially with his noisy generator masking the sounds on oncoming traffic."

Neither the fish or butchers van, or their generators, cause the pedestrian crossing to be closed. However, if they operated in such a way that they did, you can bet that both the council and the police would be down on them like a ton of bricks.

[*Bob*]

Ban everything. Just in case.

[Frisco]

"Ban everything. Just in case."

No need to ban everything, just to make sure that part of the fees received are used to ensure that people (council tax and police precept payers) aren't inconvenienced and put at increased risk by profit making film companies using public property. It would cost the police and/or the council around ?100 to have that crossing staffed during the filming, or maybe one of the 'few Cops floating about' could have done it - then it wouldn't have cost anything additional at all.

[*Bob*]

Chin up.. it's all be over soon.

[MrBen]

jumpinjourno Wrote:

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> Its an ITV drama due out in the summer... any idea

> what it is called or who is in it...

Yes I do. It's called "Budgens" - a new reality show following the lives of shop workers in ED's premier 24 hour emporium. Episode 1 finds Ali and Ahmed short staffed and struggling to serve the great, the good and the drunk of East Dulwich with bacon wheat crunchies, cigarettes, fairy liquid and warm tins of Carling.

It features cameos from James Nesbett, Timothy Spall, Kate Ford and Blue the dog from the Drum.

[peckhamasbestos]

as i passed by earlier it will come as no surprise for you all to learn, but our favourite son james nesbett was indeed outside budgens with timothy spall. perhaps they were discussing the good old days?

[Rockets]

Is the crossing out due to the filming - seem to think it was not working at the weekend?

[val]

It wasn't working at the weekend