Lifting the lid on secrets of filming the Rovers Return fire is a lovely little article in one of the industry magazines HGV.com (the voice of the road haulage industry). Oh yes.
Although we saw the Rovers Return burn to the ground and shots of the exterior were filmed on the Street set itself, as we have already seen, the interior shots were filmed in a warehouse. The location was the 26 Bond Warehouse owned by North West logistics
specialist, AKW Group.
Rebecca Davies,
Director at AKW Group, reveals the graft behind the magic: “Before Coronation Street took occupation the warehouse area was
being used for general storage and we were required to relocate 700
pallets to a different warehouse for this project.
“Together with a replica of the whole pub the crew also built an
upstairs set and the cellar. We were lucky enough to witness the whole
operation which was very impressive and we also had the cast members who
were involved with the fire scenes on site while they were filming, it
was a fascinating insight into how much work goes into a few single
scenes of quality television.
“It was of course very controlled with supervision from the fire
service and health and safety teams both from ITV and AKW Group.”
Following the Coronation Street filming, AKW Group managed to
rescue a memento from the fire – a Newton and Ridley beer tray which
resides in our display cabinet and acts as a reminder of the time we had
part of Coronation Street at AKW Group” said Rebecca.
Read the full article here.
You can follow us on Twitter @CoroStreetBlog and Facebook: CoronationStreetBlog
All original work on the Coronation Street Blog is covered by a Creative Commons License
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You might also like...
-
Love is in the air on Corrie tonight, although not quite as expected in some quarters. Over at Kate Oates Memorial, it seems like Ryan i...
-
Roy Cropper is innocent - it says so on this fab t-shirt sent to me from ITV. But don't just take my word for it, hear what Carla has...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 22 April to Friday ...
-
Wednesday 17th April 2024 DANIEL’S OLD JACKET ATTRACTS SOME FUZZ Bobby’s face pales as he receives a call summoning him to the station for f...
-
Monday 15th April 2024 DEE-DEE CAN’T SAVE ROY FROM PRISON As they take their seats in the police interview room, Roy asks Dee-Dee for a piec...
-
Friday 19th April 2024 DANIEL HANDS MAX A SMOKING GUN Bethany does her best to persuade Daniel to put thoughts of Lauren to the back of his ...
-
Bernie has appointed herself manager of the cafe whilst Roy is indisposed (surely Shona has more experience, but y'know what with th...
-
This week, George chooses Eileen over Glenda as his power of attorney and really upsets her in the process! Why Eileen instead of his sis...
-
Here's the answer to another one of the frequently asked questions I'm asked by email a lot. Many Coronation Street fans want to kno...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 15 April to Friday ...
No comments:
Post a Comment