Blott on the Landscape
1984 pictures when the BBC filmed scenes from its serialisation of Tom Sharpe's novel, 'Blott on the Landscape'. Replica buildings were built in the Market Place only to be demolished by Jimmy Nail's drunken rampage on a JCB
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David Suchet (Blott)
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The morning after the night before ...
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Simon Cadell (Dundridge)
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Jimmy Nail (Edwards, the drunken JCB driver)
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Filming the destruction of the houses - the village had an all-night party
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The newly constructed house and War Memorial in the 'Market Place'
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BBC film crew at work, 10952_01
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The aftermath as seen from the church tower, 10952_02
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Spectators on the south side of the Market Place following the action, 10952_03