Topic: Problem with Cranford, BBC's latest period blockbuster

[Bernard C]

Am I the only one to have noticed the float glass in all those Georgian shop windows?

What happened to the BBC's reputation for historical accuracy?

Bernard C. 

[Carolyn Preston]

Am I the only one to have noticed the float glass in all those Georgian shop windows?

What happened to the BBC's reputation for historical accuracy?

Bernard C. 

As my sister who does such things for a living, historical accuracy is done only as well as the set dectorator thinks it is. If he/she is saying that is historically accurate, the art director will bow to their supposed expertise. Therefore, if the set dec department has decided that there was float glass in georgian times, then there is. Sort of like determining the age and make of glass via e-bay. 

Merry Christmas! Hope everyone over there has enjoyed their christmas dinner. We have yet to have ours as it is only 2:00 p.m. here.

Carolyn

[David E]

Trouble is, how far do you go?

Should the costumes be made from authentic materials, woven using traditional methods? Even so, they would still be 'modern'.

I think that, these days, trying to source crown or sheet glass will either be impossible or not economical for a set that will be dismantled once filming stops.

[Bernard C]

David & Carolyn — Thanks.   It had not occurred to me that the set might be temporary.   I had assumed that the same set with an occasional tweak was used for all films, TV dramas, and documentaries.   I wonder whether they used float glass in the Colonial Williamsburg frontages.

Bernard C. 

[josordoni]

Hi Bernard
Cranford was filmed at Lacock in Wiltshire, so the glass would have been whatever the people had in their windows.

Here is some info..http://www.djdchronology.com/cranfordchronicles2007.htm