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Eddie is keen on Elstree
By Mark Foy
The sight of police officers and paramedics outside a Borehamwood jewellers caused a few eyebrows to be raised on Thursday, but it was all for the benefit of the cameras.
Nelken Jewellers, in Shenley Road, was taken over for one day by the cast and crew of Keen Eddie, a detective show which is being made at Elstree Film and Television Studios.
The shop was used to film scenes involving an armed robbery for the joint British and American production, which is expected to be broadcast on United States television next year.
The story is based around Eddie Arlette, a maverick New York cop who accepts a job in London and takes on the city's criminals, aided by straight-laced Scotland Yard detectives.
The lead role is taken by Mark Valley, an American television star, and his sidekick is British actor Julian Rhind-Tutt, whose films include Tomorrow Never Dies and Notting Hill.
Describing his work on the show, Julian said: "It is great fun you get to do lots of exciting things you always dreamed about when you were a kid watching detective programmes."
He said he was looking forward to appearing in an American television series for the first time, although he hoped that the show would eventually make its way to Britain as well.
"I think it would appeal to British audiences for American audiences the setting of London gives it an exciting backdrop which they have not seen on their cop shows."
The show is being produced by two American firms, Frequency Films and The Littlefield Company, and a British company, Simon West Productions, in association with Paramount Television.
Keen Eddie, which will finish six months of filming at the Shenley Road studios in February, currently has a crew of around 100, which will soon increase to 150.
Mark said: "It's a nice production to work on because the crew, from the camera operators to the lighting team and make-up artists, are all great and work hard."
The production company explained that, although British television had shown an interest in the 13-episode show, an agreement had yet to be reached to screen it in this country.
Eddie is keen on Elstree
By Mark Foy
The sight of police officers and paramedics outside a Borehamwood jewellers caused a few eyebrows to be raised on Thursday, but it was all for the benefit of the cameras.
Nelken Jewellers, in Shenley Road, was taken over for one day by the cast and crew of Keen Eddie, a detective show which is being made at Elstree Film and Television Studios.
The shop was used to film scenes involving an armed robbery for the joint British and American production, which is expected to be broadcast on United States television next year.
The story is based around Eddie Arlette, a maverick New York cop who accepts a job in London and takes on the city's criminals, aided by straight-laced Scotland Yard detectives.
The lead role is taken by Mark Valley, an American television star, and his sidekick is British actor Julian Rhind-Tutt, whose films include Tomorrow Never Dies and Notting Hill.
Describing his work on the show, Julian said: "It is great fun you get to do lots of exciting things you always dreamed about when you were a kid watching detective programmes."
He said he was looking forward to appearing in an American television series for the first time, although he hoped that the show would eventually make its way to Britain as well.
"I think it would appeal to British audiences for American audiences the setting of London gives it an exciting backdrop which they have not seen on their cop shows."
The show is being produced by two American firms, Frequency Films and The Littlefield Company, and a British company, Simon West Productions, in association with Paramount Television.
Keen Eddie, which will finish six months of filming at the Shenley Road studios in February, currently has a crew of around 100, which will soon increase to 150.
Mark said: "It's a nice production to work on because the crew, from the camera operators to the lighting team and make-up artists, are all great and work hard."
The production company explained that, although British television had shown an interest in the 13-episode show, an agreement had yet to be reached to screen it in this country.
