THE CORONERMike O’Regan - Line Producer By Mark Simpson
What’s The Coroner all about? The Coroner follows Jane (played by Claire goose - Casualty & Waking The Dead), a high flying solicitor, who after a failed relationship, returns to the small seaside town she escaped as a teenager to take up the post of Coroner. she finds herself working with Davey (played by matt bardock, also of Casualty) the boy who broke her heart and who is now the local Detective sergeant. Jane is the advocate for the dead and she investigates any sudden, violent or unexplained deaths in the fictional world of Lighthaven, Jane and Davey work for justice on a new story in each episode.
Are the locations here in South Hams integral to the series? the overwhelming stamp of the show is Devon, Devon, Devon. the series is based around storylines that connect closely with the ports, the beaches, the rivers or the sea. Local scenery features strongly in story terms and as a visual backdrop to the drama. Whilst the fictional town – Lighthaven – was originally based on salcombe, in the end it was Dartmouth that emerged as the clear star of the show. Originally, we had identified salcombe and Dartmouth as our main filming areas with Kingsbridge as the production hub. then for logistic and aesthetic reasons, we moved the
focus of filming to Dartmouth partly as salcombe is too difficult to park up all the paraphernalia that a production requires. Our production office was located at Dartington where we also shot some of the indoor scenes. this made it easy to get to any location within 45-60 minutes and
Mike O’Regan
As many readers will know, the BBC has been filming episodes of their new daytime TV Series – The Coroner – here in Dartmouth and elsewhere across South Hams since early Spring. Filming was completed late last month. By The Dart sought out the Line Producer, Mike O’Regan to find out what had gone into the planning of the programme and how filming had gone.
also for the cast & crew to escape at weekends back to wherever they live. When we started looking for locations, bayards Cove was quickly confirmed as the location of the Coroner’s office. It was an easy decision, therefore, for Dartmouth to become the hub of the series. the script called for lots of boat scenes – e.g. fishing
trips, foreign visitors etc. We worked out early on that logistically it was very difficult and time consuming to launch a boat from a beach – the boat has to carry lots of people, all their equipment and be safe and dry. In the end, 98% of our boat work has originated from the Dartmouth embankment or town Quay. Our mantra throughout the series has to been to locate the filming outside wherever possible. If it’s not pouring with rain, we get out into the garden, onto a beach, a cliff top, the street etc. this locates the drama better
By Kate Cotton
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