Top Gear Smoking Again! Never!
Top Gear Smoking Again! Never!
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Dancin

Original Poster:

382 posts

238 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.s...

Nothing new there after what I witnessed at the 24hr event!

Presenter, No Smoking sign, Ignored!

Ahonen

5,032 posts

308 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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I think it was a case of 'everyone, no smoking sign, ignored'...

Henry-F

4,791 posts

274 months

Tuesday 16th October 2007
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One of the few exceptions to the smoking ban is for theatre, film, TV productions etc where the integrity of the piece requires a character to smoke. Clearly this was essential for the artistic content of the piece.

Whilst not a smoker myself I am currently in negotiations with a major film producer about a film set in a typical English bar. We will require extras to come round during licencing hours and be filmed buying drinks, chatting, smoking and generally doing what people do in pubs. It`s quite a long film so we`ll need lots of hours of footage. There has even been suggestion that as clothing fashion changes we`ll need to keep the cameras rolling during the whole production period, possibly several years, in order that the finished item still retains a contemporary feel smile

Henry

996 Nobbys

71 posts

231 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Henry-F said:
One of the few exceptions to the smoking ban is for theatre, film, TV productions etc where the integrity of the piece requires a character to smoke. Clearly this was essential for the artistic content of the piece.

Whilst not a smoker myself I am currently in negotiations with a major film producer about a film set in a typical English bar. We will require extras to come round during licencing hours and be filmed buying drinks, chatting, smoking and generally doing what people do in pubs. It`s quite a long film so we`ll need lots of hours of footage. There has even been suggestion that as clothing fashion changes we`ll need to keep the cameras rolling during the whole production period, possibly several years, in order that the finished item still retains a contemporary feel smile

Henry
Il come as an extra so i can smoke with a nice pintsmile

thunderbelmont

2,982 posts

253 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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I'll come just for the pints. I can do the wartime bit, as I can stand there with a gas mask on and put up with the smoke!!

Brown & Mild please. In a bucket please (dimple mug)

Rob.

Vipers

33,497 posts

257 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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thunderbelmont said:
Brown & Mild please.

Rob.
Blimy, Brown & Mild takes me back a bit I can tell you, can you really still get it.


smile

Henry-F

4,791 posts

274 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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Light & bitter for the Southern Shandy drinkers amongst you to water down the taste a bit ! We`re doing Watneys Party 4`s & party 7`s as take-outs, pickled onions & pickled eggs for sale on the bar as well as locally produced pork scratchings.

"extras" need not dress up to attend, just turn up as if you were off to the pub, (which of course you aren`t - you`re being filmed for an artistic production wink ).

Henry

Vipers

33,497 posts

257 months

Friday 19th October 2007
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Henry-F said:
One of the few exceptions to the smoking ban is for theatre,

Henry
Actually, I am not sure that is correct, is it?

smile

Henry-F

4,791 posts

274 months

Saturday 20th October 2007
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Yes, if someone needs to smoke for "artistic purposes" in some from of production then it`s ok.

Henry