Tuesday, 6 April - Funeral blues
That's Archie and Ewan laid to rest then. Wasn't it a sad episode? And what a chilly, wintry 'River City' it was too - you could tell it was during the cold snap, couldn't you?
But did you know how lucky the crew were filming the funeral scenes during the big snow? We got the lowdown on filming from Neil Mac, who is the Unit Manager on River City. It's his job to set up and oversee filming on location.
Neil tells us that Ewan's funeral scenes were shot in Dumbarton Cemetery, just down the road from the River City set. Shooting on location can be tricky as the main thing you have no control over is the weather. And that week in January was one of the snowiest weeks in Scotland,so there was a bit of anxiety about filming.
The night before shooting the scenes the ground was covered in snow. Luckily when they got to the cemetery the next day the snow had disappeared - phew!
And, the cemetery workers also got some extra work that day, as they featured in the show. Talk about having the proper qualifications for the job!
Comment number 1.
At 12:14 12th Apr 2010, lesley wrote:Very well acted and very sad too.I know its just a soap but you do get so involved in a programme you really believe these people exist.Well Molly has really upset Deek but Bob big softie that he is hasnt the heart to put his gran out.Wonder whats going to happen next as she did push poor Stella out which wasnt fair as she was really happy with Deek and Bob.I hope Eileen takes a tummel tae herself and realises how lucky she is to have Raymond back in her life again.And hopefully they will foster a child together as they would make great parents.I hope Eillen is not going to muck Raymond about hes gone through enough heart ache.Looking forward to next weeks episode just love it.Ps whats happened to other folks comments,use it or loose it.Come on guys River city has improved so much over last years problems,we should be gratefull that we didnt loose it. Its the best programme on tv and i would miss it so much if they took it off.At least they listened to all the complaints and rectified things,and good on them for listening to their fans as theirs not a lot of programmes would do that.Well done River City production and writing team.
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