Position
F:
Oz
narrowly
misses
falling
scaffolding
and
a
German
operative
in episode 6, ‘The Accused’: (image 28, below).
Position
G:
Dennis,
Bomber
and
Neville
discuss
Oz’s
ulterior
motives
in
episode
10,
‘Last
Rites’
(image
29)
and
the
lads
watch
on
as
the
Turks
mock Oz episode 11, ‘The Lovers’ (image 30, below).
Position
H:
Neville
tells
Dennis
he’s
unhappy
in
Germany
and
has
decided
to
return
home
to
his
wife
Brenda
in
episode
1,
‘If
I
were
a
Carpenter’
(image 31, below).
Position
J:
Wayne
carves
a
'highly
original
love
token'
-
a
skirting
board
-
against the window frame in episode 13, 'When The Boat Goes Out'.
Image 26: Artist’s impression of set building #2
at Elstree Studios back lot, Borehamwood
DISCOVER FASCINATING FACTS, TRIVIA AND SURPRISES AS WE
DIG DEEP INTO TELEVISIONS MOST FAMOUS CONSTRUCTION SITE!
beco TRIVIA #10
Throughout
series
1,
set
building
#2
as
illustrated
above
(image
26)
was
used
extensively.
In
excess
of
40
(yes,
forty!)
scenes
were
filmed
on,
around
and
inside
this
relatively
small
partly
constructed
building
on
the
back
lot
at
Elstree
Studios.
The
careful
position
of
characters
together
with
the
calculated
position
of
camera
angles
interwoven
with
short
incidental
scenes
shot
in
Hamburg
convinces
the
mind
our
‘magnificent
7’
are
working
in
very
different
locations
on a much larger German building site.
In
addition
to
numerous
incidental
filming
sequences,
the
corner
of
this
building also provided the location for several close-up scenes including:
Position
E:
Oz
tries
to
cement
Anglo-German
relations
in
episode
1,
‘If
I
Were
a Carpenter’ (image 27, below).