Victorian Bakers BBC 2

Last Summer I was asked to come along to the Black Country Living Museum to make some wet plates for a Wall to Wall Production called “Victorian Bakers” to be screened on BBC2.

Well, Episode 2 has just screened so I can blog about it. You can view it online with iPlayer for the next 28 days.

It was a little short notice, but another great opportunity, with a very early start and a drive down to Dudley before the rush hour morning traffic.

As its a Living Museum I wasn’t able to leave my car/darkroom on site, so used my wooden suitcase darkroom, set up on a picnic table, off camera. Unfortunately one of the crew, whilst helping carry my gear, managed to up-end my chemical carry case up resulting in some lively shaken chems.

A quick test plate still in the wash to check the chems… All seems to be well.

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Through the Ground Glass.

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The Bakers. John Swift, Harpeet Baura, John Foster and Duncan Glendinning.

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The Presenters Annie Gray and Alex Langlands.

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Did I mention it rained! A good old English Summer, you cant tell watching it on TV but it was all shot between very heavy showers.

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I had been asked for measurements before hand, it seems a Victorian Gentleman measures his waist somewhat differently to that of a modern jeans wearing bloke, this resulted in a very tight pair of trousers! Thankfully not seen on TV….

I did manage to get one shot in my very dapper bowler.

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I didn’t get to keep the outfit.