Film/TV Extra's

[Twocky61]

Who's been a film/TV extra such as in the background of a Coronation Street & Emmerdale set?

When I was serving time in Barlinnie prison The Chief starring Tim Pigott Smith was filmed on D Wing. Obviously D Wing was closed for the duration.

Tiger Aspect asked for prisoners to take part in a prison riot scene. We prisoners jumped at the chance as a prisoner likes nothing more than rioting.

We were paid £50 for are time (sic)

Normally the daily rate as an extra is £60 but we were happy with £50 to spend in the canteen (shop) & from the Argos catalogue for CD & DVD players & hair clippers etc

[zabadak]

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My brother lives in a road which has been used for exterior shots quite a bit on't telly.

I used to work about 5 minutes from North Gower Street - used for exterior shots for the Sherlock TV series

[Twocky61]

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Laycock village in Dorset UK they film the period drama Downton Abbey

[George 1978]

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Back in 1991 selected pupils of my school (I was one of them) were invited to be extras in part of a school playground scene for a Screen Two drama. No, We didn't get paid, and as far as I was concerned, we were just there when it happened.

[marc]

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I've not actually been an extra but I used to pick up tapes to go back to B.B.C. Llandaff when I was a despatch rider based in Cardiff. One particular day, I had to meet the news team at the Welsh Assembly building. The report was not quite ready, so I was told to hang around. I got talking to a passerby. I would always do my best to keep away from any film camera. Unknown to myself and the other passerby, they ended up filming in the direction where we were standing. On the news report that night, I could clearly see myself and that man talking......unfortunately, we were standing below a wall that had flower pots on it. It looked like two heads sticking out of flower pots.