RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Sunny Ormonde and Carole Boyd at the Chelsea Flower Show
Carole – as Lynda – had some tricky pronunciations which needed checking out – we visited the Laurent-Perrier Garden, designed by Luciano Giubbilei, and the Best Artisan Garden, Togenkyo – A Paradise on Earth, designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara. Carole delivered the lines as Lynda would, with an accented flourish!
Sound recordist Andy Partington captures the Chelsea brass band
Recording spots were chosen for their ambient sound – gardens with running water, for example, and the Pavilion. Sound engineer, Andy Partington, took extra recordings of the hubbub of the Flower Show – the chatter, the brass band, the public announcements and birdsong.
Sunny Ormonde and Carole Boyd at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014
Between takes, Carole and Sunny talked about their own gardens and which clematis were best – Montana and ‘Betty Corning’, if you’re interested.
A page from the script for The Archers recorded at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014
Editor Sean O'Connor kept an eye on the script hich left room for some extra dialogue once we were at the show.
As soon as the scenes were done, the recording was then hurried back to Broadcasting House to edit for tonight’s show...
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