Railway Used on Bodyguard BBC1

[Masbroughlad]

Started watching Bodyguard on BBC1 tonight. First 20 mins or so based on a train journey - Scotland to Euston train.

Train was late mk2/mark 3 carriages. First class shown - very nice interior. Hauled.by an old 47. Station must have been on a heritage line? Diverted to derelict depot - no idea where.

So, what were the carriages? Currently used or heritage line? Looked in fine order.

Class 47 - mainline registered or heritage preserved?

Stations and 'disused depot' used?

Not sure rail will feature henceforth, but looks worth watching!

 

[The_Train]

Started watching Bodyguard on BBC1 tonight. First 20 mins or so based on a train journey - Scotland to Euston train.

Train was late mk2/mark 3 carriages. First class shown - very nice interior. Hauled.by an old 47. Station must have been on a heritage line? Diverted to derelict depot - no idea where.

So, what were the carriages? Currently used or heritage line? Looked in fine order.

Class 47 - mainline registered or heritage preserved?

Stations and 'disused depot' used?

Not sure rail will feature henceforth, but looks worth watching!

Was a very good first episode, looking forward to the rest.

I'd be interested to know which railway it was as well. My guess would be the Great Central

 

[rick_suffolk]

Mid Norfolk Railway Dereham

http://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/filming-bbc-thriller-wraps-dereham-1-5389252

 

[The_Train]

It was the Mid-Norfolk railway

Where is Bodyguard filmed?
However, much of the series was filmed in and around London.

As well as locations in Westminster, the crew filmed in the Old Bailey.

They also shot what The Locations Guide called “climactic scenes involving police patrol cars and armed police” in Southwark and Camden.

In fact, they were filming so close to the political heart of the country that one of the protest scenes was interrupted by a real protest.

BODYGUARD AIR DATE, CAST, TRAILER, PLOT

Keeley Hawes told the Press Association: “During one of Julia’s speeches we had a few actors to protest as part of the scene, but then an actual protest kicked off for real outside.

“It was some students throwing flyers from a balcony and shouting down the hallway next to where we were shooting, so we couldn’t get our scene done.”

However, a number of scenes were also shot in Dereham, Norfolk.

The crew spent a week there in February shooting at night on the mid-Norfolk railway.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/t...et-london-norfolk-richard-madden-line-of-duty

 

[Cowley]

Mid Norfolk Railway Dereham

http://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/filming-bbc-thriller-wraps-dereham-1-5389252

You got there before me. I assume that’s 47596 being used for the filming?

 

[LeylandLen]

Did the protection officer really ask the guard ' can you open the doors while the train is moving' ?( she replied yes !) ???
Obviously not slam-door stock , so not Mk1s.Only saw first part, will see it on iplayer x





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[E_Reeves]

It was weird to see press to open buttons on slam door stock and the fact the guard agreed to unlock the doors whilst the train was moving!

Any idea on the stock used or was it redone internally for this programme? I can't recall push to open buttons on any slam door stock.

Overall, a cracking start to what looks like a good series! Definitely carrying on watching this. If you though Line of Duty was good...!

 

[GusB]

I thoroughly enjoyed Line of Duty, and I was very much looking forward to this. I sat and watched it with my dad, and when the railway scene began, I did comment that multitudes of railway enthusiasts across the country would be wondering where the scenes were filmed, and possibly criticising the use of a 47 and old stock in what's supposed to be a modern-day drama!

 

[E_Reeves]

and possibly criticising the use of a 47 and old stock in what's supposed to be a modern-day drama!

Exactly what I was thinking. As soon as I saw that 47 roll in I thought "here we go!"

 

[matt]

You got there before me. I assume that’s 47596 being used for the filming?

Yes it was.

 

[Masbroughlad]

What carriages were used?

 

[matt]

A rake of Mark 2s with what appears a dummy door open button added. This was posted on the Mid Norfolk Railway's Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/midnorfolkrailway/posts/2337749842918438

We hope you're all enjoying BBC One #bodyguard this evening, well done to everyone at World Productions. Here are some behind the scenes pictures.

 

[Masbroughlad]

Thank you. Are they owned by NNR?

I like the livery!

 

[matt]

The livery was only applied temporarily. I'm not sure if it were the Mid Norfolks Coaches or the set owned by Eastern Rail Services which are sometimes based at the line.

 

[43096]

A rake of Mark 2s with what appears a dummy door open button added. This was posted on the Mid Norfolk Railway's Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/midnorfolkrailway/posts/2337749842918438

Not just Mark 2s; there are clearly Mark 3s in the rake as well.

 

[DelW]

Since it didn't seem to matter to the story which current main line the scenes were supposed to be set on, I did wonder why the producers chose to represent it as a WCML service into Euston, a line which AFAIR didn't host 47-hauled trains other than occasional charters (at least, not in any recent times).
I was then pondering which modern main line might reasonably be represented by a heritage line and its stock. The best I could think of, was that the prototype HST part-set filmed on the GCR double-track would be a reasonable stand-in for the Great Western on the Berks & Hants (at least until the 800s take over). Anyone with any better ideas?

 

[Steptoe]

Since it didn't seem to matter to the story which current main line the scenes were supposed to be set on, I did wonder why the producers chose to represent it as a WCML service into Euston, a line which AFAIR didn't host 47-hauled trains other than occasional charters (at least, not in any recent times).

The makers of the programme had to 'change stations' as they weren't able to film at Waterloo (though this doesn't explain why they wanted to represent Waterloo as Euston?)

The scene wasn’t always intended to be shot in Dereham, however. As showrunner Mercurio explained in a tweet, it was originally meant to be filmed at Waterloo Station in London before permission was revoked, meaning the plot had to be changed accordingly.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-29/bodyguard-railway-station-dereham-norfolk/

 

[Talkingt0Bears]

Thanks for the information on the filming location, i also was puzzled but did enjoyed the use of the 47

 

[Fawkes Cat]

Through the magic of Sky+, I have now caught up with this. Very taken with the movement of the bellows between carriages in one shot, to show that the train was moving. Except it wasn't: there were plenty of other shots showing the interior of two carriages, in perfect harmony with each other and so quite clearly not going anywhere.

So (of course) the whole thing was filmed static in Dereham yard on what looks like a rainy night. But the bellows movement must have come from somewhere. My money is on a couple of juniors, with broom handles, on stepladders either side of the bellows, in the pouring rain, in a railway siding.

And I bet they wanted to work in television drama because of the glamour...

 

[Steptoe]

Indeed the camera can often deceive and I recall many years ago when the BBC filmed an episode of 'Allo 'Allo at County School station the 'Berlin Express' apparently departed from there, however the only physical part of the express to be seen was a single carefully constructed replica compartment supported by a scaffolding frame sitting on the rails in the platform; about a weeks worth of filming activity for 5 minutes on the screen!

So (of course) the whole thing was filmed static in Dereham yard on what looks like a rainy night.

Coming back to your particular point, I wasn't so closely involved this time around so can't say what was filmed when and where , however the director certainly did require substantial train movement as Yaxham and Garvestone level crossings were manned as required in the evenings of the filming days (and overnight on one occasion)

 

[DarloRich]

Through the magic of Sky+, I have now caught up with this. Very taken with the movement of the bellows between carriages in one shot, to show that the train was moving. Except it wasn't: there were plenty of other shots showing the interior of two carriages, in perfect harmony with each other and so quite clearly not going anywhere.

So (of course) the whole thing was filmed static in Dereham yard on what looks like a rainy night. But the bellows movement must have come from somewhere. My money is on a couple of juniors, with broom handles, on stepladders either side of the bellows, in the pouring rain, in a railway siding.

And I bet they wanted to work in television drama because of the glamour...

Got to start somewhere.