Recollections from Nigel - the unused extra!
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arthur_of_the_britonsWhile at the Compton Inn, at Compton Dando, I was lucky enough to meet Nigel, a big local chap, with his red or blond hair cut very short.
Nigel lived in Compton Dando during the filming of "Arthur of the Britons." He said that he and some of his classmates were brought to the village location, and dressed in costume for a particular episode, but he wasn't allowed to be in it, because his hair was the wrong colour!
[This episode was probably "The Treaty", which featured a lot of Celt child soldiers]
His teacher was Pat Feather, who previously contacted this archive with some recollections. He didn't know the TV series was available on DVD, so hadn't seen it since it came out.
Nigel also remembered that a girl who lived down the road from him, Karen, was filmed being thrown up in the air by Bernard Bresslaw, the Saxon Leader in "The Wood People." Every time Mr Bresslaw threw her up and caught her, she started crying, so they had to film the take again!
Presumably, they never got a take they could use, because no such clip features in the episode. However, the Wood People's little girl, in the clutches of the Saxon Leader, does look pretty terrified!
Nigel lived in Compton Dando during the filming of "Arthur of the Britons." He said that he and some of his classmates were brought to the village location, and dressed in costume for a particular episode, but he wasn't allowed to be in it, because his hair was the wrong colour!
[This episode was probably "The Treaty", which featured a lot of Celt child soldiers]
His teacher was Pat Feather, who previously contacted this archive with some recollections. He didn't know the TV series was available on DVD, so hadn't seen it since it came out.
Nigel also remembered that a girl who lived down the road from him, Karen, was filmed being thrown up in the air by Bernard Bresslaw, the Saxon Leader in "The Wood People." Every time Mr Bresslaw threw her up and caught her, she started crying, so they had to film the take again!
Presumably, they never got a take they could use, because no such clip features in the episode. However, the Wood People's little girl, in the clutches of the Saxon Leader, does look pretty terrified!