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They're making a TV show about property? Can't wait to see that! Some people dare to say that meeja types are lazy overpaid cokeheads with as much imagination as a wilting stalk of rhubarb. But it's news like this that restores one's faith in the television industry. When's it going to be on?
You're absolutely right of course. Many media coal-face workers at the bottom end of the scale are treated appallingly in the indie sector; runners, researchers, asst producers - that kind of level. I think I was aiming my arrows of so-called "wit" at commissioning editors who earn 6 figures to decide that we want to see more property shows.
The problem for commissioning editors is that they now have numerous channels to fill and not enough money to spend making high end programming to fill them. There is a glut of cheap factual entertainment, and property shows are just part of that glut. There's not a lot that commissioning editors can do to change that.
Spooks usually films about now, and has often used this area, so that's plausible. But check for the little flourescent location/unit signs directing crew to the shoot. Signs for Spooks start SP (e.g. SP LOC, SP BASE etc). Can often have a guess at the production from the initials used in the location signs.

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