Something I noted wihile watching one of the christmas specials

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C W Northrop

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While watching Merry Entwistle and Jackson Day or possibly A Tale Of Two Sweaters,I spotted a dog running past Clegg's door.Unscripted no doubt
 
I noted that also, but I thought this was filmed in the studio certainly the scenery outside the house when viewed through the door looked like a painted backdrop not the actual outdoors we associate with Clegg's House .I am sure someone posted a thread confirming that because of Clegg and Truly's age they had built an interior of Norman's house and used a backdrop for any shots inside the house looking outside . I just cannot recall the series that they started to use that method of shooting the scenes , certainly I would have thought both Christmas episodes tagged onto series 26 and 27 is probably late enough to have been shot as I described . If that is correct then I imagine a trained dog was sent into shot by its trainer as a bona-fide part of the scene.
 
captain clutterbuck said:
I noted that also, but I thought this was filmed in the studio certainly the scenery outside the house when viewed through the door looked like a painted backdrop not the actual outdoors we associate with Clegg's House .I am sure someone posted a thread confirming that because of Clegg and Truly's age they had built an interior of Norman's house and used a backdrop for any shots inside the house looking outside . I just cannot recall the series that they started to use that method of shooting the scenes , certainly I would have thought both Christmas episodes tagged onto series 26 and 27 is probably late enough to have been shot as I described . If that is correct then I imagine a trained dog was sent into shot by its trainer as a bona-fide part of the scene.
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Chuck will probably confirm this when he sees the thread as he was personally acquainted with the dog. That was a local dog who just happened to run past while the camera was on. And yes, the interior shots were filmed on a stage set with a green screen so they could add the exterior background to them.
 
Marianna said:
Chuck was personally acquainted with the dog.
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Yes, that was Archie. Lived next door to Clegg's home
up above Jackson Bridge. Loved to play and romp in the
large open (parking??) area in front of the houses.

I believe that the woman who owned Archie owned Clegg's
house as well. We often stopped by to play with Archie
when walking to Jackson Bridge from Holmfirth. A lovely
and friendly dog.

chuck
 
When we discussed this some time ago, Terry asked Alan Bell about it. Here's what Terry posted.

I had a reply from Alan Bell today which I have pasted below, it was as I suspected that it was done in the studio with some clever blue screen background shot on location

I only once filmed inside Clegg's - but it was more on the doorstep than being actually inside. I was pleased to hear that the dog had given a studio scene the appearance of reality' It was just an experiment to have the green screen outside Clegg's door in the studio - and a background (filmed separately) instead of the usual painted background. It even fooled one of the BBC engineers who asked - "Are you filming the interiors on location now?" It was just that the dog made it so much more realistic.
 
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