What movies and TV Shows were filmed on the Isle of Wight or Southampton?
pmf...@my-dejanews.com
the Island or Southampton areas..
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Geoff Underwood
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and one of the Holiday camps.
Geoff Underwood
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Julie
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>writes
>>Please let me know if you know of any movies or tv shows that were filmed on
>>the Island or Southampton areas..
>>
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>I think some of That'll be the Day was done here. Ryde Queen was used,
>and one of the Holiday camps.
it. Some of the pupils were extras. That was a year or two before I went
there.
Apparently they also filmed a scene on the bridge over the Yar between
the golf course and Adgestone, in which David Essex tossed his school
cap in the river and walked away from school. Only thing is, he was
actually walking towards the school.
Anyone able to corroborate this?
Julie Pocknell
chrismathews
Brush Strokes. As to films - Mrs Brown with Dame Judi Dench and Billy
Connolly comes immediately to mind. Some early episodes of "Tales of the
Riverbank"!
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Steve
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> Please let me know if you know of any movies or tv shows that were
> filmed on
> the Island or Southampton areas..
>
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wasn't there some freaky horror film made around where the Spithead Hotel
used to be in Bembridge..? ISTR that it was about a guy that picked up a
young female hitchhiker, got her pregnant and then killed them both. Then
proceeded to chop them up and burn them in the incinerator in the
greenhouse !! Anyone remember that one, or what it was called ???
regards - Steve
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Julie
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>wasn't there some freaky horror film made around where the Spithead Hotel
>used to be in Bembridge..? ISTR that it was about a guy that picked up a
>young female hitchhiker, got her pregnant and then killed them both. Then
>proceeded to chop them up and burn them in the incinerator in the
>greenhouse !! Anyone remember that one, or what it was called ???
>
he recognised the smell of burning flesh. Or something.
I vaguely remember something else filmed in Ryde, about a Scandinavian
language student, but I can't remember any of the plot. that would have
been in the late 70s.
Julie Pocknell
Robin Bowen
>Please let me know if you know of any movies or tv shows that were filmed on
>the Island or Southampton areas..
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I'd add to the growing list Moonfleet. AFAIK it's an old film about
smuggling.
Was "Day of the Triffids" filmed here, or were we just mentioned in the
book?
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Against what we have, In this Goddess of land" - Levellers
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pmf...@my-dejanews.com
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Julie <ju...@nospam.naon.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <ccqQ4GAz...@ifpl.demon.co.uk>, Geoff Underwood
> <gof...@ifpl.com> writes
> >In article <7dqjg5$dkd$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, pmf...@my-dejanews.com
> >writes
> >>Please let me know if you know of any movies or tv shows that were filmed on
> >>the Island or Southampton areas..
> >>
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> >I think some of That'll be the Day was done here. Ryde Queen was used,
> >and one of the Holiday camps.
> Also Sandown High School. East Block I think, although I've never seen
> it. Some of the pupils were extras. That was a year or two before I went
> there.
> Apparently they also filmed a scene on the bridge over the Yar between
> the golf course and Adgestone, in which David Essex tossed his school
> cap in the river and walked away from school. Only thing is, he was
> actually walking towards the school.
> Anyone able to corroborate this?
>
> Julie Pocknell
>
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Geoff Underwood
>book?
'escaped' to. I think they ended up in the Needles Lighthouse,
and...then something wonderful happened and the world was saved
Jon Baker
in the Fairway part of Sandown High School (was this East Block?). I know
one of the extras was Phil Jones who was in my year - I was turned down cos
my hair was too long, but we were playing cricket outside in the distance
when it was being filmed. David Essex and others were definitely at the
school. The bridge over the Yar was certainly used. The dance scenes were
filmed at the Vectis Hall in Ryde (hard to believe as it was a dump in those
days and probably still is if it still exists). The Fairground scene was
filmed at Lakeside, Wootton (the fair was specially set up and was open to
locals if I remember correctly). The beach scene was filmed at Shanklin
(you can see the slide on the pier in the background). Some of the scenes
were filmed in Ryde, the Caribou coffee bar was used I recall. The holiday
camp scenes were at Pontins or Warners in Seaview or Puckpool, not sure
which.
As someone else pointed out Moonfleet was filmed on the Island, it certainly
involved the well at Carisbrooke Castle. Mrs Brown obviously was partly
filmed here (Osborne and Freshwater Bay). Tales of the River Bank were
originally filmed at Wootton Creek (Jack Woodnutt's home I believe).
There was a scene in The English Patient of Sandown during the War, the
connection with Tony Minghella (the Director or Producer) being the reason.
He was also involved in Grange Hill (Script Writer) and some episodes were
filmed in Bonchurch (?) and Freshwater Bay (?) when the school went on a
field trip. (He was definitely Tony when I was at school with him in
Sandown, but he seems to have reverted to Antony these days!!)
The Island Pop Festival was released as a film (Afton).
I also remember some police TV programme being filmed by St Thomas Church in
Newport but don't recall the name (this was in 1974/75).
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>Please let me know if you know of any movies or tv shows that were filmed on
>the Island or Southampton areas..
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Top Gear is sometimes filmed here (military road)
Regards.
Glen
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Mark Hone
Hotel
>>used to be in Bembridge..?
Bembridge somewhere - afraid that's all I can remember about it.
> ....in which David Essex tossed his school
> cap in the river and walked away from school. Only thing is, he was
> actually walking towards the school.
> Anyone able to corroborate this?
>
> Julie Pocknell
Yes, he was walking towards the school: I have horrible memories of
cross country runs over that bridge and the golf course.
And the little grocers featured in the film was on the south side of
St Johns Road, about half way up the hill towards the town.
Mark
Mark Hone
>>>wasn't there some freaky horror film made around where the Spithead
>>>Hotel used to be in Bembridge..?
>Around 1969/70 Peter Finch was in a film that was done around
>Bembridge somewhere - afraid that's all I can remember about it.
"Something to Hide"
(aka "Shattered") made in 1972.
And apparently The Wildcats of St. Trinian's was made on the Island in
1980.
Anyone seen that to identify where?
Mark
Fran Faulkner
If it's the film I'm thinking of with the train-race scene, I guess
Havenstreet would have been involved!
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>And apparently The Wildcats of St. Trinian's was made on the Island in
>1980.
>Anyone seen that to identify where?
No have`nt seen it but know of someone ( Beau Jangles the DJ, recently doing
a stint at the Balcony! ) who was an extra in it, think he might of
mentioned either the pirate ship or Ryde Queen...Regards...BJ.
Jon Baker
I'm sure you are thinking of the Great St Trinians Train Robbery, which was
filmed at Longmoor Military Railway (near Liss in Hampshire)
Fran Faulkner wrote in message <37053103...@news.vossnet.net>...
>On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 22:43:20 +0100, "Mark Hone"
><ma...@honem.simplyonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I wrote:
>>>>>wasn't there some freaky horror film made around where the Spithead
>>>>>Hotel used to be in Bembridge..?
>>>Around 1969/70 Peter Finch was in a film that was done around
>>>Bembridge somewhere - afraid that's all I can remember about it.
>>Well, a bit of research on the 'Net shows the Peter Finch film was
>>"Something to Hide"
>>(aka "Shattered") made in 1972.
>>And apparently The Wildcats of St. Trinian's was made on the Island in
>>1980.
>>Anyone seen that to identify where?
>
>
Geoff Underwood
<bu...@globalnet.co.uk> writes
>>1980.
>>Anyone seen that to identify where?
>No have`nt seen it but know of someone ( Beau Jangles the DJ, recently doing
>a stint at the Balcony! ) who was an extra in it, think he might of
>mentioned either the pirate ship or Ryde Queen...Regards...BJ.
>
>
They did a scene on board, and he was the DJ in the film.
IAN GARDNER
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>On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:27:42 GMT, pmf...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
>>Please let me know if you know of any movies or tv shows that were filmed
on
>>the Island or Southampton areas..
>>
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Doctor Who and the Sea Monsters was filmed in and around the sea forts in
the Solent. I have this on tape. At the time i was about 9 yrs old and i
found it very scarey indeed.
Someone mentioned in this thread earlier about a series that was filmed in
and around Ryde about a local lad falling in love with a swedish forien
student(haven`t we all!), i thunk it was called `nikatita` or some girls
name!
I know a few others but i`ve forgotten them :-)
SEE YER...
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ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND
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phonebook)
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> Someone mentioned in this thread earlier about a series that was filmed in
>and around Ryde about a local lad falling in love with a swedish forien
>student(haven`t we all!), i thunk it was called `nikatita` or some girls
>name!
The series in question was called Anneka (as far as I can remember) and
featured an appearance by top Island band The Waltones. It starred a pre
Marcus Tandy Jesse Birdsall as the EF loving local lad. So there you go.
Fred Campbell
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with Jimmy Jewel and of course Lock Stock and Smoking Heavily. I was leering
Skinhead No.4
Somthing to Hide with Peter Finch. I was startled child No. 478 on the
beech.
An episode of Dr Who was filmed there and at whitecliff bay.
Anyone remember The Freewheelers? One episode filmed near Blackgang.
Sounds of the Suburbs with John Peel. Screened about a week ago.
Mrs. Brown.
Jim [or is it Geoff] Blake the ventnor longshoreman was famously filmed
sucking a fishermans friend in the advert of the same name.
There was some detective thing filmed in Ventnor about 10 or 15 years ago, I
can't remember what it was called though.
Ground Force did a thing in Ryde. Monkton St I think.
A bad St Trinians film. Colour, no Alister Sim.
That'll be the day also contained scenes outside the Rex Cinema, and the
last scene [when Dessex is handed the guitar] was filmed in Cross street
Ryde. A freind and I bunking off school, [both budding musicians] were
walking past and saw a rather nice [Gibson ?] semi-accoustic guitar in the
window for 10/6 [or equivelent] [1950's prices] we nearly fought each other
to get to the door first, when we noticed all the cables snaking their way
through the door. And the large vans, lights, crew, cameras etc.
I'm sure there are more, but I just can't remember them.
Cheese
sandyc...@gmail.com
Been looking for the same film for ages, did you ever find wht it was called or any other info that might he find the title
many thanks
Ian
On Tuesday, 30 March 1999 09:00:00 UTC+1, Julie wrote:
> In article <memo.19990330...@g0lfp.cix.co.uk>, Steve
> <ro...@nospam.cix.co.uk> writes
chloe.little...@gmail.com
Mike Holden
Mike Holden
> >>wasn't there some freaky horror film made around where the Spithead
> Hotel
> >>used to be in Bembridge..?
> Bembridge somewhere - afraid that's all I can remember about it.
> > cap in the river and walked away from school. Only thing is, he was
> > actually walking towards the school.
> > Anyone able to corroborate this?
> >
> > Julie Pocknell
> Yes, he was walking towards the school: I have horrible memories of
> cross country runs over that bridge and the golf course.
> And the little grocers featured in the film was on the south side of
> St Johns Road, about half way up the hill towards the town.
>
> Mark