There’s been a spate of Birmingham sightings on primetime TV recently. Partly this is due to some efforts by Screen WM (and others, I imagine) to get some more filming done up here, partly it’s due to the fact that there are some darn fine restaurants in the city these days.
The new series of Hustle started on Monday and featured a bunch of local sights from around the Colmore BID – Metro, Hotel du Vin and One Victoria Square (according to the BPo).
Next week the same area will be sporting a slightly different look for the new series of Survivors.
Over on Channel 4, Lasan is doing rather well having reached the final of Gordon Ramsey’s The F Word. Unfortunately the consensus on Twitter last night seemed to be that their chef was a bit of a pillock. Incidentally, Warwick Uni have a Lasan cookbook featuring healthy versions of various South Asian dishes which you can download for free.
The latest episode of Hustle is on the iPlayer here for the next few days and is on every Tues for the next little while. Survivors is on BBC 1 on 12 January and the big final of the F Word is on Channel 4 on Thurs at 9pm.
As much as I love to see Birmingham on the telly, I am annoyed that the T Mobile advert featuring that idiot with the free texts that makes a ‘super band’, has been allowed to be filmed outside Selfridges.
It tarnishes the good reputation of the city.
Does Film Birmingham still operate? Surely the council would deserve some credit as they would have to agree to road closures etc. Brum looked good in Hustle although I hated the idea it stodd in for somewhere else. Looking forward to Survivors.
Andy – glad to say I haven’t seen that one.
Dave – I’m sure they do, in fact their website has been sending out updates more often recently. FB’s Matthew Stanton is a top chap in my book – he bent over backwards to sort the permits when I ran Film Dash the other year. You’re right though and I’m sure there are a few others who deserve credit too – I saw AWM’s logo in the credits fr’instance.
I know that Film Birmingham worked very hard behind the scenes to help the Hustle production team source locations and get the neccessary paperwork sorted under tight filming deadlines. Well done Matthew, Sindy and co!