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.
