Vietnamese turned Venetian for Little Dorrit

At the tail-end of 2008 many of you may have seen the BBC/Andrew Davies adaptation of Charles Dicken's Little Dorrit starring Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy)(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178522/). A key scene is set in Mrs Merdle's Venice palazzo. For this scene, Hampton Court Palace was pressed into service as a suitable location and for the illumination - Indochine lanterns. Some additions were made to the lanterns to make them fit the style of the period - Venice circa 1825, but they lit up well and the director loved them.

It was a large scale BBC drama intended for international release so it should get a wider audience before long - If only we had managed a credit at the end.

These pics from the set will have to do.