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God bless the Radio Times
Apr. 9th, 2007 02:38 pmOne of the many benefits of a stay with the grandparents is that I get to browse through this week's Radio Times and pick up lots of nicely useless but entertaining trivia about up and coming TV.
So, for example, I know that Richard Armitage wasn't too sure how to ride his period motorbike in George Gently, and consequently filmed all his scenes tearing around the countryside in 1st gear only. He also had a mild panic attack when he realised he was supposed to have a northern accent, but he was filming The Vicar of Dibley at the time and bumped into a driver from Durham. So he simply cornered the guy and got him to record his lines onto a tape recorder for him. Bless *pets*
There were also brief and as close to unspoilery as possible episode summaries for all the eps of this season's Doctor Who. ( Cutting my thoughts on the 'Utopia' summary, though it only spoils the ep in the sense of telling us who guest stars and where the ep will take place. )
So, for example, I know that Richard Armitage wasn't too sure how to ride his period motorbike in George Gently, and consequently filmed all his scenes tearing around the countryside in 1st gear only. He also had a mild panic attack when he realised he was supposed to have a northern accent, but he was filming The Vicar of Dibley at the time and bumped into a driver from Durham. So he simply cornered the guy and got him to record his lines onto a tape recorder for him. Bless *pets*
There were also brief and as close to unspoilery as possible episode summaries for all the eps of this season's Doctor Who. ( Cutting my thoughts on the 'Utopia' summary, though it only spoils the ep in the sense of telling us who guest stars and where the ep will take place. )
