The marvellous miniature workshop

[SydneyBridge]

Starts today on BBC1 at 2pm, looks really good

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n1pn

[dukeboy749r]

This looks fascinating - thank you for posting

[pneumothorax]

This was filmed at the back of my garden, met all of the "miniaturist's" and the crew with my miniature dog. Lovely bunch. Hadn't a clue how talented they all were.

[A993LAD]

is it actually a real workshop that was already producing miniatures?

or is it a fabrication created specifically for the program?

[Sebring440]

A993LAD said:

is it actually a real workshop that was already producing miniatures?

or is it a fabrication created specifically for the program?

Why the negativity?

[ttthilvester]

Really enjoying this - interesting personal back stories, lots of information about the original buildings, and some incredible model-making.
I believe only eight (30 minute) episodes in this first run, but hopefully many more to come.

Edited by ttthilvester on Friday 5th December 05:44

[A993LAD]

Sebring440 said:

Why the negativity?

err, there was none.

it was a serious straight question to the previous poster who claimed to know and have met the production team.

I was genuinely interested in whether there was actually a shop that existed that the programmakers had decided to build something around.

or whether it was a fictitious creation of a shop in order to support the program concept.

[Eric Mc]

Sounds like it's in the mould of "The Repair Shop" - which I always enjoy so will give this one a look too.

I expect it's a "fake" workshop similar to the one used in The Repair Shop but that doesn't matter a jot. I bet Jack Hargreaves' shed wasn't real either

[Granadier]

The Repair Shop is at the Weald and Download Open Air Museum in Sussex. I visited the museum with my dad a couple of years ago and stumbled across the filming site in one corner, cordoned off. It was dressed to film a Christmas special (this was in the summer!).

[SydneyBridge]

According to my tv guide it is done by various model makers and filmed in a homewares shop in Shere, Surrey