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.

Good housekeeping features Indochine Lighting

Under the heading Table Lamps, the January 2006 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine has a snippet on Indochine's Silk Lotus Lamps in its Tried and Tested - Experts Choice section on page 127.

The Papaya lamp appears alongside a selection from House of Fraser (Mito Aqua lamp), Peacock Blue (regal Lamp), Laura Ashley (Hacket Task lamp), additionsdirect, John Lewis (Aidan touch lamp), Heals (Tolomeo desk lamp), Homebase (Knightsbridge lamp) and Next (faux suede lamp) - under the sub head 'whether for work, rest or play, these elegant lamps can turn on the glitz at the flick of a switch.