On to pastures new...

So what's next?

A little bit of Top Gear, as the new series gets under way.

Then on to designing a new studio for a big corporate client in the IT sector, and a couple of little try-out/pilots which may lead to something in the future.

There's also another series of The Comedy Sore for Open Mike in March, and another series of The Chase for ITV in April.

So bits and bobs, nothing meaty as yet, so I shall enjoy a little down time and be waiting by the phone for it to ring....Hollywood, I'm available.... :)

Episodes

We wrapped on Season 2 of Episodes on Saturday, ending on a fairly big day for the Art Dept.

It was a fantastic shoot. A great privilege to have worked with the fantastic director Jim Field Smith, the incredible writers David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik, and Exec Producer Jimmy Mulville, along with Matt LeBlanc, Stephen Mangan & Tamsin Greig, John Pankow, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mircea Monroe, Genevieve O’Reilly, Daisy Haggard & Joseph May

The rest of the cast were also absolutely brilliant. Amazing cast and amazing crew made this a truly memorable job.

We started with set builds in early November filling both stages at Wimbledon Studios for 6 weeks before a short Christmas break.

Early January, some of us set off to Los Angeles for a 6 day shoot on location around LA with Moxie Pictures which was a fabulous treat. The weather was perfect and all that we were hoping for.

When we got back from LA we headed straight into a 3 week location shoot around London, which finished Saturday.

All in all, an amazing job, which will hopefully receive all the acclaim that it deserves.

At the moment, it looks like airing on the BBC in April and on Showtime in the US in June.

(photos to follow once it's aired)

La La Land

Now that the Episodes Series 2 studio block is complete (we had a 6 week shoot back in Nov/Dec) we are now in LA shooting for a week on location, before coming back to London for a further 3 week shoot.

The weather here is perfect, and exactly what we were all hoping for.

Thankfully, all is going extremely well, and it's amazing how quickly this production has gone. Come Jan 28th it will all be over.

Anyway, for now I shall be enjoying the glorious sunny weather and actually living the dream....

Back from the mountain

It's been a few weeks now, but I've safely returned from my amazing trek up Mount Kilimanjaro for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

It was a real life changing experience.

But literally the next day, I had to be back at work. I'd been working on the second series of Grandma's House, which all went really well.

As soon as that was over, I was jetting off to Los Angeles for a week long recce for the forthcoming second series of Episodes, starring Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Grieg and Stephen Mangan.

So having travelled half way around the globe in the last month, I'm now back in the UK and fully into production of Episodes, which I'm very excited about.

New Autumn Job

I'm afraid I can't quite reveal what it is yet, but needless to say, I've just been offered a big new job for the Autumn.

It's a comedy drama, with some very big cast names, and may involve some travel abroad....

More to follow soon.....

Charity Trek

I'm now only 6 weeks away from trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

If anybody fancies donating to this hugely worthwhile cause, please click on the link below....any amount, however small, will be massively apprecaited, and goes a long way to help care for terminally ill cancer patients.

Please do it...even if it's only a pound....it's just a click away...

PLEASE DONATE HERE:

JustGiving.com

Thank you!

Gates

I'm mid shoot of another brand new comedy for Sky called Gates, starring Joanna Page.

Set around the school gates of a primary school, it follows the lives of a number of families. Very funny, but no idea of a release date yet.

More Mount Pleasant

Due to air late August on Sky 1, here's a small press clipping relating to the shoot:

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/tv_and_showbiz/s/1416480_video-chorlton-road-becomes-set-for-new-sky-tv-series-with-sally-lindsay

I'll post photos once it starts to air.....

Mount Pleasant

Things have been so busy of late.

I've been working pretty much full time in Manchester for the past few months on a brand new comedy drama for Sky 1 called Mount Pleasant.

Here are the details, with a few photos on the set: http://sky1.sky.com/sky1-hd-announces-star-studded-comedy-drama-mount-pleasant

The New Year

It's been a very busy start to the year with lots of new and exciting projects ahead.

Having just completed a pilot comedy drama for the BBC starring James Corden, and directed by Jim Field Smith, called The Wrong Mans,  I started the New Year getting the current series of Top Gear off the ground.

I also designed a pilot for a chat show starring Claudia Winkleman called "King Of...", and another chat show starring Peaches Geldof.

I'm now involved in a big new comedy drama for Sky, called Mount Pleasant, which is a 5 month project, part studio part location. It starts shooting end of Feb and should be fantastic.