Film Crew Invades Thame!

SHOPPERS and visitors to Thame recently, could not help but have noticed several large white vans, catering units, lighting units and film crews in and around the town.
Bentley Productions Ltd., who make the ITV series ‘Midsomer Murders’, starring John Nettles, has been filming in and around the town since Friday, December 1, for episode six in a series of ten, called “Picture of Innocence”.
Particular attention has been attracted by the transformation of the former Pickles Deli in the Upper High Street, into a 1950’s Camera Shop – a reincarnation so realistic that the crew have had to put a notice in the window, “No digital cameras in stock!”
Interior shot have been filmed there today, and tomorrow, filming will take place outside 15 Upper High Street, for about half an hour from around 8am, and then back at Pickles from 9am to 7pm for some more interior shots.
On Friday, December 8, the crews will be filming inside The Coffee House, in the Buttermarket between 8am and 11am, and then at Pickles again from 11am to 7pm.
The crews will return to Thame on Sunday, December 10, for some outside shots at Pickles, between 8am and Mid-day, followed by filming at Reproset Ltd., at 12 Buttermarket from Mid-day to 7pm.
On Monday, December 11, Pickles will again be the location for an exterior scene to be filmed from 8am for about one hour. After this the crews will move inside for rest of the day, moving outside once it is dark for the final scene of the day. Work is due to finish by 7pm.
Finally, filming will again take place outside Pickles on Wednesday, December 13, from 8am to mid-morning, inside, and then outside for the rest of the day, finishing around 7pm.