EastEnders crew spotted in Watford

4:32pm Friday 1st February 2013 in News By Laura Smith

EastEnders crew spotted in Watford EastEnders crew spotted in Watford

The cast and crew of EastEnders relocated from Walford to Watford this Friday afternoon.


Trailers full of film equipment were spotted at the playground of Cassiobury Park.

Crew in high-viz jackets set up tripods, lights and polyboards in preparation for filming in the evening and extras strolled around the playground rides.

More trailers for cast and catering were parked at Fullerians Rugby Club.

Comments(17)

Vicar*o*rage says...
4:39pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Oh! what exciting non news

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MarsLander says...
4:49pm Fri 1 Feb 13

I hope they weren't looking for an allotment to shoot some scenes in.

If so, they'd better hurry up

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TRT says...
5:00pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Going for another appearance on "Dull News In Local Newspapers" again, are we?

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Nascot says...
8:07pm Fri 1 Feb 13

OK so you may not like the programme, but can everyone not be so negative?

Filming in Watford (there is quite a lot of it going on) does bring revenue to the town. I don't for a minute believe they can just turn up without paying, so let us at least be thankful for that.

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Roy Stockdill says...
10:17am Sat 2 Feb 13

It might have been news if they had been filming scenes in Watford for Emmerdale!

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Roy Stockdill says...
10:26am Sat 2 Feb 13

>OK so you may not like the programme, but can everyone not be so negative?

>Filming in Watford (there is quite a lot of it going on) does bring revenue to the town. I don't for a minute believe they can just turn up without paying, so let us at least be thankful for that.<

Who precisely do they pay and how does it benefit the town or ordinary people? I have featured a number of times in BBC TV programmes and, more frequently, on BBC local radio stations, but I have never yet been paid a single penny by the BBC!

The BBC doesn't like spending money except when it's sending out their executive to jollies in the Caribbean on supposed "bonding" exercises.

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HornetJJ says...
11:34am Sat 2 Feb 13

Who cares. Eastenders is regularly filmed in Watford as Walford isn't real people. Elstree Studios are just down the road!!

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Roy Stockdill says...
12:31pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Well, if you have ever read up on the history of EastEnders you will find that some of the names in the very first series were actually taken by the creator Tony Holland from tombstones in cemeteries in the East End, so in a sense they were real people. I do recall that one of the names was Lou Beale, I think the very first character in EastEnders played by Anna Wing.

Not that I ever watch it, I'm just interested in the family history aspect.

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Nascot says...
12:36pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Roy Stockdill wrote:
&gt;OK so you may not like the programme, but can everyone not be so negative?

&gt;Filming in Watford (there is quite a lot of it going on) does bring revenue to the town. I don't for a minute believe they can just turn up without paying, so let us at least be thankful for that.&lt;

Who precisely do they pay and how does it benefit the town or ordinary people? I have featured a number of times in BBC TV programmes and, more frequently, on BBC local radio stations, but I have never yet been paid a single penny by the BBC!

The BBC doesn't like spending money except when it's sending out their executive to jollies in the Caribbean on supposed &quot;bonding" exercises.
Roy, I would very much suggest you do some research before posting comments.

The below will tell you how much WDC charges, http://www.watford.g
ov.uk/ccm/navigation
/leisure-and-culture
/arts-and-entertainm
ent/film-and-photogr
aphy-permissions/

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Roy Stockdill says...
2:46pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Very interesting but what happens to the money? It doesn't say.

Does it come off our council tax bill? I suspect not.

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Watford_Chick says...
3:15pm Sat 2 Feb 13

This is old news. alot of Eastenders is filmed in and around watford... The park, the police station.. etc

Its like les miserables was filmed in pinewood studio

Pointless story!!!

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Nascot says...
4:15pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Roy Stockdill wrote:
&gt;OK so you may not like the programme, but can everyone not be so negative?

&gt;Filming in Watford (there is quite a lot of it going on) does bring revenue to the town. I don't for a minute believe they can just turn up without paying, so let us at least be thankful for that.&lt;

Who precisely do they pay and how does it benefit the town or ordinary people? I have featured a number of times in BBC TV programmes and, more frequently, on BBC local radio stations, but I have never yet been paid a single penny by the BBC!

The BBC doesn't like spending money except when it's sending out their executive to jollies in the Caribbean on supposed &quot;bonding" exercises.
Not been paid Roy, suggest you get a better agent!

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Roy Stockdill says...
4:29pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Wouldn't do me much good, the BBC never pay ordinary people. They spend all their money on paying millions to people like Jonathan Ross and Terry Wogan.

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graham1304 says...
9:28pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Nascot wrote:
Roy Stockdill wrote:
&gt;OK so you may not like the programme, but can everyone not be so negative?

&gt;Filming in Watford (there is quite a lot of it going on) does bring revenue to the town. I don't for a minute believe they can just turn up without paying, so let us at least be thankful for that.&lt;

Who precisely do they pay and how does it benefit the town or ordinary people? I have featured a number of times in BBC TV programmes and, more frequently, on BBC local radio stations, but I have never yet been paid a single penny by the BBC!

The BBC doesn't like spending money except when it's sending out their executive to jollies in the Caribbean on supposed &quot;bonding" exercises.
Not been paid Roy, suggest you get a better agent!
But they are worth listening to!

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Foxesjukebox says...
8:16am Sun 3 Feb 13

You people make me laugh... you dismiss this as trivial but you still clicked on the story to have a read!

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Roy Stockdill says...
9:04am Sun 3 Feb 13

The clue is in the headline which mentions EastEnders, so naturally those who are fans of the show are going to click on the story and read it, and then possibly be disappointed when they discover it isn't really telling them anything. For those who just want to have a sneer, it gives them an opportunity to say something also.

Since local newspapers became more of an online chat forum than real, actual printed newspapers, then this is going to happen more and more. If before the internet had existed those who criticise the story had seen it in print, they almost certainly wouldn't have bothered to write a letter to the editor telling him it was a shallow and empty story - and he almost certainly wouldn't have printed the letter.

Now that we all have the accessibility to make a comment on the website, this means that everybody has become a critic and their own publisher. There are pros and cons to this approach - and one of the cons is that there are some people who are simply either too illogical or too illiterate to have anything worthwhile to say.

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garston tony says...
3:18pm Mon 4 Feb 13

It is great that Watford is used as a location by film companies but still cant get excited about stories like this

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