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Originally Posted by Fork Handles

Got Harrys Game on video years ago.....somehow never got into Prime Suspect.

I'd rate McCallum as one of the great series...even the one that McCallum wasn't in.

That and Callan, of course.

The chase scenes in Harrys Game were filmed in Leeds. I was an extra in the riot scenes. They were filmed in a derelict area close by where I lived then called the Greenhoughs.

The Greenhoughs were due for demolition, the only thing left open was a pub called the Cardigan Arms (it is still open and one of the best pubs in Leeds). I played for the rugby team that was based there. They built a cordon round the streets to keep it private, but of course we nipped in for nosey.

We 1st noticed something was going on when they started painting murals and anti-British slogans on the gable ends just like you see in Belfast. Then they moved in a load of Saladins and Land Rovers and burnt out cars, they filmed them over about 3 weeks.

Our club and lots of others in the area were approached by the production company to supply some bodies over one Saturday and Sunday. We were all told to turn up in leather bomber jackets, jeans and docs. Seeing as how that was what we all wore anyway it was easy.

Stunt men and actors did all the technical stuff, they kept us well away from any petrol bombs, but we did get to rampage up and down and chuck a few rubber bricks at things. We did the same thing about 20 times. I recall I even got paid, a fiver or a tenner each day sticks in my mind. They fed us as well.

The thing is, in the 25 or so years since they knocked the Greenhoughs down and built a spanking new estate the place is now more like Baghdad than Belfast. They should have left it as it was.