Does anyone remember an episode of the Jersey based police detective series “Bergerac” back in the late 80s where there was a story line about the discovery of a German plane in the sea with the pilot still in it?
Divers went down to it and as far as I am concerned…….
The “plane” looked VERY much like a VERY genuine sunken Bf110….and VERY intact and VERY uncorroded looking.
I can’t imagine for one minute that they would build a mock-up Bf110 for the programme when “any old aeroplane with Swastikas and Iron Crosses on it and chucked in the murky sea” would do for the vast majority of the audience.
It is available on video I have just discovered, called “Late For A Funeral”.
Anyone know anything?
Cheers
Mick
By: von Perthes - 22nd December 2003 at 14:06
I did find the other thread on this, but there wasn’t anything re the ID of the ‘110’
Geoff
By: Yak 11 Fan - 22nd December 2003 at 13:56
This has been discussed on here before, I will have a look for the thread when I am not supposed to be working :p
By: Chipmunk Carol - 22nd December 2003 at 13:42
Why don’t you throw this over to Ren Frew who hangs around the ‘General Discussion’ group. He works on TV productions.
By: DazDaMan - 22nd December 2003 at 13:31
Maybe they did build a mock-up for it? Very interesting, though.
I wouldn’t imagine they’d film the whole thing out at sea. All kinds of considerations would have to be taken for boats in the area. Very likely a deep pool was used with filters on the lenses, or even a lake, with the mock-up bunged in. Sounds as though the BBC art department didn’t do much technical work on the mock-up, if it was “very intact and very uncorroded” looking!
I’d be interested to hear more. Maybe worth contacting the BBC?
By: von Perthes - 22nd December 2003 at 11:43
Sounds interesting. Any of the newer members have any info (en830???)
Geoff.
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