![]() It has all gone back to how it was, apart from the upstairs landing. ![]() She added: "They made all the fresh paint look tired and old by scuffing it, adding scratches to the walls and scraping boots across the floor. She said: "The dining room was almost the same colour as ours but the living room was very dark, the hallway was also dark and the bedroom was a hideous colour they called coffee but it looked like dull gold. Sarah has since put their home back to normal. Staying in the hotel, I'd get up for breakfast like I was on holiday but then I'd have to go to work." It was a great experience, like a big adventure." Sarah, who ended up working from her hotel room, said: "This has never happened to us before but we'd definitely do it again. The couple had only been in their home 18 months after moving from Sidcup when the knock came. ![]() It was incredible." Silent Witness actor David Caves at home with Mike and Sarah Fendt on The Leas at Minster This house on The Leas at Minster is featured in the new series of the BBC drama Silent Witness This car park on The Leas at Minster was taken over by the crew of the BBC drama Silent Witness Emelia Fox, who plays pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander, and David Caves who plays forensic scientist Jack Hodgson in the BBC drama Silent Witness, shooting scenes on the The Leas on the Isle of Sheppey. Mike said: "We also met a couple of other actors. The stars of the show, Emelia Fox, who plays pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander, and David Caves, who plays forensic scientist Jack Hodgson, were also on set although the couple only met David. Some neighbours even ended up with generators on their drives and one had his home used as a 'green room'. The director told us a day's filming only makes five minutes of TV."ĭuring the shoot, huge blackout curtains were draped over the couple's windows outside and the car park in front of the Little Oyster Care Home was transformed into a canteen for cast and crew. They spotted us straight away in the crowd and showed us what was going on and invited us to look at the monitors. He added: "One thing we must say is how friendly everyone was. "We heard someone shout 'action' and suddenly a fight erupted on our driveway. Picture: Henry Slack Action! A Silent Witness night shoot at The Leas. Picture: Mike Fendt Emelia Fox who plays pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander in the BBC drama Silent Witness, shooting scenes on the Isle of Sheppey. The first night we arrived, there were blue flashing lights everywhere and an ambulance and police car in our drive! Flashing lights from a police car and ambulance turn the air blue during a Silent Witness night shoot at The Leas. I'd come home from work, pick Sarah up from the hotel and then we'd visit our home. Mike, a fitter for National Windscreens on Medway City Estate at Strood, said: "It was exciting. Everything was changed to the colours they wanted." They even laid a new floor in the dining room and added a carpet upstairs. Curtains and curtain poles all came down. Sarah said: "An electrician was sent to change the lights. Picture: John NurdenĪfter agreeing to hand over their home, for an undisclosed sum, the couple were put up at the nearby Abbey Hotel for two weeks.Īll their furniture was removed – except for a fish tank and fish which might, or might not, make the final cut. Mike and Sarah Fendt tuning in to watch Silent Witness after the BBC TV crew hired their home on The Leas at Minster to shoot scenes.
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