The Repair Shop on the Road: North East - Victorian Stage Machinery Gets an Update
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm, Friday, May 22 on BBC One London (1)
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North East - Victorian Stage Machinery Gets an Update
Season 1, Episode 1
In the north east of England, Will Kirk and Suzie Fletcher unearth a true hidden gem, one of the few theatres in the country to have retained its original Victorian stage machinery. After a devastating fire, this decades-long restoration project is nearing completion, so the show's resident master carpenter intends to lend a hand getting the various traps and lifts under the stage ready for the venue's big debut. Plus, Suzie hears a story of injustice from apartheid South Africa, and Will gets to grips with the delicate art of marquetry
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Will Kirk
(Contributor)
Suzie Fletcher
(Contributor)
Bill Paterson
(Narrator)
Rob Butterfield
(Executive producer)
Hannah Lamb
(Executive producer)
Dave Martin
(Series producer)
Tanveer Bari
(Producer)
Ingo Nyakairu
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Will Kirk
(Contributor)
Suzie Fletcher
(Contributor)
Bill Paterson
(Narrator)
Born:
June 03, 1945
in
Glasgow
Best Known For:
A number of small-screen TV roles.
Early-life:
Bill Paterson was born on June 3, 1945, in Glasgow. He spent three years as a quantity surveyor before doing a teaching course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He was about to accept an educational role when he was offered a place with the Citizen's Theatre. His big break came at the Edinburgh Festival in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a satire by Billy Connolly about striking shipbuilders.
Career:
Paterson's TV debut came in 1977's Bafta-winning Licking Hitler. A year later he appeared in The Vanishing Army and Smiley's People. He went on to feature in such films as The Killing Fields, A Private Function, Defence of the Realm, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin, Bright Young Things and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Other TV projects include The Singing Detective, Traffik, The Crow Road, Doctor Zhivago, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Law & Order: UK. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Bertolt Brecht's Schwekyk in the Second World War in 1982 and has done extensive voiceover work on TV and radio.
Quote:
'I don't think acting has ever been my passion, but it's a very nice way of making a living.'
Trivia:
Paterson turned down one of the leads in Alien.
Rob Butterfield
(Executive producer)
Hannah Lamb
(Executive producer)
Dave Martin
(Series producer)
Tanveer Bari
(Producer)
Ingo Nyakairu
(Director)
