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The Slaves: call sheet no. 32
Friday, 4 August 1972 07:00 amThis call sheet was kindly donated to this archive by Peter Thornton, who was employed as Clapper/Loader – a role now known as 2nd Camera Assistant – for much of the series. The episode concerned is “The Slaves.”
“The Slaves” was episode ‘F’ - the sixth episode to be filmed.
The call sheet is no.32, and is dated 4 August 1972, which was a Friday, so this would have been the fifth day of filming.
The scenes scheduled for this date were to be filmed on location at Black Rock quarry in Cheddar.
Jack Watson (Llud), Michael Gothard (Kai), Adrian Cairns (Heardred), Oliver Tobias (Arthur) and David Prowse (Col) were required in Make-up/Wardrobe at 07:30, to begin filming at 08:30, so at 06:00, Oliver was picked up from Ben Ford’s stables in Stroud, and at 6:30, a car collected Dave Prowse from the Unicorn Hotel 1. Jack, Michael and Adrian must have made their own arrangements.
They were to shoot “pick ups” - minor shots to be added to scenes already filmed - and scenes 28, 34, 39 and 47. These may have included that scene in which Heardred shows Kai the little armoury shed, the scene where Llud tried to reassure Kai, after Arthur’s flogging, and the scene in which Llud warns Kai that they have been discovered.
At 07:00, a car collected Anthony Bailey (Rodolf) and Deborah Watling (Thuna) from the Unicorn Hotel. They and Jackie Cooper (Ensel) were to be in Make-up/Wardrobe at 08:00, to be ready to film at 09:00, along with the actors already on set.
A crowd of 45 was required, to represent Saxon guards and Celtic slaves. Some of these were collected from the HTV studios in the Z Car Bus, at 06:30.
Stunt arranger Peter “Shag” Brayham, and stunt men Les Crawford, Del Baker and 4 others (including, per IMDB, Chris Webb) were also required, as was a fall bed for the stunt in which Ensel (Jackie Cooper) is knocked off the cliff top by a sledge-hammer.2
The scenes to be filmed from 09:00 were 24, 30, 41, 53 and 55. Given the presence of so many stunt men, and the requirement for “axes, whips, weapons” among the props, these presumably included some of the fight scenes at the end of the episode.
Breakfast, lunch and afternoon break for the cast and crew – about 110 people - was laid on, by George Cook (or Cooke) on location.
1 Possibly The Unicorn Hotel, West Street, Somerton TA11 7PR England – this would have been about an hour away by car.
2 Oliver Tobias said that cardboard boxes would be piled up, to about a third of the height of the drop, and covered with a big canvas sheet. It would cover a large area, but still look very small from the top!
“The Slaves” was episode ‘F’ - the sixth episode to be filmed.
The call sheet is no.32, and is dated 4 August 1972, which was a Friday, so this would have been the fifth day of filming.
The scenes scheduled for this date were to be filmed on location at Black Rock quarry in Cheddar.
Jack Watson (Llud), Michael Gothard (Kai), Adrian Cairns (Heardred), Oliver Tobias (Arthur) and David Prowse (Col) were required in Make-up/Wardrobe at 07:30, to begin filming at 08:30, so at 06:00, Oliver was picked up from Ben Ford’s stables in Stroud, and at 6:30, a car collected Dave Prowse from the Unicorn Hotel 1. Jack, Michael and Adrian must have made their own arrangements.
They were to shoot “pick ups” - minor shots to be added to scenes already filmed - and scenes 28, 34, 39 and 47. These may have included that scene in which Heardred shows Kai the little armoury shed, the scene where Llud tried to reassure Kai, after Arthur’s flogging, and the scene in which Llud warns Kai that they have been discovered.
At 07:00, a car collected Anthony Bailey (Rodolf) and Deborah Watling (Thuna) from the Unicorn Hotel. They and Jackie Cooper (Ensel) were to be in Make-up/Wardrobe at 08:00, to be ready to film at 09:00, along with the actors already on set.
A crowd of 45 was required, to represent Saxon guards and Celtic slaves. Some of these were collected from the HTV studios in the Z Car Bus, at 06:30.
Stunt arranger Peter “Shag” Brayham, and stunt men Les Crawford, Del Baker and 4 others (including, per IMDB, Chris Webb) were also required, as was a fall bed for the stunt in which Ensel (Jackie Cooper) is knocked off the cliff top by a sledge-hammer.2
The scenes to be filmed from 09:00 were 24, 30, 41, 53 and 55. Given the presence of so many stunt men, and the requirement for “axes, whips, weapons” among the props, these presumably included some of the fight scenes at the end of the episode.
Breakfast, lunch and afternoon break for the cast and crew – about 110 people - was laid on, by George Cook (or Cooke) on location.
1 Possibly The Unicorn Hotel, West Street, Somerton TA11 7PR England – this would have been about an hour away by car.
2 Oliver Tobias said that cardboard boxes would be piled up, to about a third of the height of the drop, and covered with a big canvas sheet. It would cover a large area, but still look very small from the top!
