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This was a sunny Sunday in Barnet where we shot the scene of the gang abandoning Philip’s Jag. This neighbourhood in London was chosen for its unusually wide roads. It’s usually where director Mike Leigh ...

Still in East Finchley, but with only 7/8’s of a page to shoot. This would seem like a luxury on a low budget film, but we specifically spread our budget really thin so that we ...

Lots of memories on this day. The lovely Penelope Wilton calling Shaun ‘pickle’, my Mum’s nickname for me. Doing a small, but complex steadicam shot through the hall into the living room to ‘kill Philip’. ...

Here’s a morsel of a deleted scene. I had seen an ice cream van with the amazing slogan ‘Often Licked, Never Beaten’ and had the idea to see zombie kids snacking on an ice cream ...

So ten years ago today we were in Abbots Gardens in East Finchley shooting the scenes outside Barbara and Philip’s house. And with the lovely Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton. Both amazing. Seeing Simon jump ...

“Pow. Super Mum.” This was a day spent in and around Crouch End Broadway in North London. I recall that getting the seemingly homeless man to seemingly eat a pigeon was not too easy. Harder ...

Ah yes. ‘Foree Electric’. This was shot on a Sunday on Finchley High Road in North London in an electronics shop now called Garland Electronics. This day is notable for a couple of reasons. It ...