24 hours in the Past
- It's all glamour on set as BCLM Staff help shovel the manure
- Celebrities discuss Victorian life
- Celebrities transported into the past
- Anne Widdecombe transported into the past
- Zoe Lucker in Victorian Britain
- Alistair McGowan experienced Victorian life
- Dirty Dust Yard film set at BCLM
- Miquita Oliver experienced BCLM's Victorian Life
- Tyger Honey-Drew seemed to relish in Victorian Life at BCLM
BBC one reality drama series
Episode 1 - The Dust Yard
Here at BCLM, we were the first location of the series to transport six celebrities into the 19th century, or as they came to know it: The Dust Yard.
Tyger Drew-Honey, Miquita Oliver, Ann Widdecombe, Alistair McGowan, Colin Jackson and Zoe Lucker experience the harsh realities for workers in the 19th century.
While here, our time-travellers experienced Victorian life at its most filthy. Zoe and Tyger were tasked with cleaning the (horse) mucky streets, while Ann and Miquita struggled with carpet beating.
Laura Wakelin, BCLM Director of Marketing & Communications, said: “This was like no other filming we’ve had. They literally turned our usually well-presented coal yard into a dump, complete with mountains of dirt, rotting vegetables and old bones. The manure was sent in by the truckload and spread everywhere. The smell certainly added to the authenticity of our Victorian street!"
“Filming took place over a particularly wet weekend in October which didn’t make it any easier for museum staff, who spent many an hour with the film crew shovelling the huge amounts of horse manure off our cobbled street in time for opening to visitors.”
Visit the series web page at BBC's 24hrs in the past
Related news articles and reviews:
Express & Star: Celebs go back to Victorian times at Black Country Living Museum
BIrmingham Mail: Alistair McGowan forced to shovel muck in the Black Country
Independent: Ann Widdecombe can identify with the bossy Victorians
Radio Times: 24 hours in the past
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