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Posted by Andy Stopford on 10/05/2023 19:31:07:

I like the look of the Arisaema, I'll have to get some bulbs for next year.

Not so sure about the Dead Horse Arum, though I daresay my carnivorous plants might like it as a neighbour.

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They are fascinating plants as are carnivorous. I grew some of those in the in the 1960's when they were not available everywhere like today. i built up a huge collection at one time.

The dead Horse arum will be hard to find tubers of, the one I have been nurturing in the garden is huge this year, the large flower bud is waiting to open but won't if it's raining! The problem is they start growing in the Autumn and although the tuber can stand hard frost the leaves have to be protected or it weakens the plant,

Some Arisaemas come into the UK from India but have a CITES certificate even though they most likely are cultivated rather than from wild collection. The problem is they sometimes appear here dried up or too far into growth and need extra care or it will rot.

Posted by Speedy Builder5 on 10/05/2023 14:07:24:

And this one in Paris this year

I have this plants baby brother growing outside,

Posted by modeng2000 on 10/05/2023 14:07:12:

Is it carnivorous?

Posted by john halfpenny on 26/04/2023 13:07:26:

If it's a disc sitting in a recess,it's probably just a very tight fit. Maybe try to rotate it with some lube around the edge.

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Posted by john halfpenny on 01/01/2023 19:15:30:

I have a Vevor 5 inch 4 jaw chuck. Nicely made and very inexpensive - I think I paid about £ 80ish including delivery. A big improvement over the knackered 4 jaw I was struggling with.

Posted by Baz on 11/04/2023 13:32:40:

Vic you are not alone, I signed up for the three magazines for a fiver and I got the same email as you saying that I have only one left to come, I have not had any of the three magazines yet.

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 05/03/2023 11:03:27:

 

I've watched a lot of telly in my time though, and the backgrounds and scenery are generally remarkably effective. Are there any trade secrets Vic?

Dave

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Hello Dave,

 

lots of things have changed since I worked on TV scenery, Pebble Mill did a run of Charles dickens series one each year and also we did All Creatures G&S several times, now Channel 5 do it.

Look at the credits on practically anything of the BBC now and see they have farmed it out to private film makers. I can always spot whether a room is part of a set however because of the way a room is made.

Sets are built of large panels called "flats" which are various widths up to 3600mm wide, there are door flats and window flats which are usually not much wider than the door or window and they used to put a 200mm return which you would not see in a real room. The BBC still insisted on the flats being covered in calico canvas, a throwback to theatre sets, and it annoyed the hell out of us as sometimes when they had been wall papered it use to get wrinkles or go baggy. ITV scrapped that idea though as it was pointless although ripping it all off was made easier when the flattage was being used for the next set.

Most flattage was 3600 Mtrs high and corners sometimes had a " triangular ceiling piece" in case the camera caught the top of the set. Sets were held together with ropes and cleats on corners, once again a throwback to theatres, another method was using "pin hinges" where the pin was removed and substituted for a bent nail! This was for flats called "swingers" that could be swung open to allow a different camera angle. This was often the only way to film in large sets called " composites" which often had several rooms.

All flats were supported on the back by rows of stage props with heavy iron weights on the floor, Crossroads maybe didn't bother or the scene shifters were too lazy to fit enough to hold it rock steady, doorways sometimes had two or three weights piled on the bottom of a prop.

For TV programme with a number of episodes then the set had to be dismantled and rebuilt a number of times which always caused damage and the corners had to be made good with strips of matching wallpaper and then aged to blend in.

Film sets were very different and were built solidly nailed together and even plastered before decoration sometimes. Now I think they use real interior rooms at every opportunity, with modern cameras with low light settings it must be a lot cheaper than having sets built and booking studio time which did not permit running over without huge penalties