Maelstrom |
Location filming - with thanks to Jeff Roy, Carolyn Meadows and Menna Campbell and special thanks to Bente Saxon of the Alesund Tourist Office. |
Jeff Roy was such a fan of the series when it was first screened in
Canada he wrote to Alesund and Bente Saxon
sent him a map indicating key locations featured in the show. Many years later and Jeff is still fascinated by the series (one of his all time top 5 favourites). In 2021 he sent me this detailed, episode by episode, critique of the series (and I do mean detailed - 16 pages!). |
Bente acted as 'Norwegian Liaison' on the series.
She kept a copy of the Filming / Location Schedule, which she kindly copied for me. It is only a typed "internal" document but fascinating to read nonetheless. I have scanned it and present it here as Portable Document Format (PDF) file. |
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Fast forward ten years and another website visitor Menna Campbell and her family
make the pilgrimage to Alesund from the UK.
Bente Saxon again took time out to meet the family and show them the principal locations. These are just a few of Menna's photographs. I still have a lot more to upload |
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Left: The offices of the local newspaper "The Sunnmorsposten" as seen in the series. |
Menna visited the Sunnmorsposten offices and her trip became the subject of a feature in the paper! |
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Some comparative shots at the airport. Planes landing and taking off were a staple feature in Bird's series. |
Left: The church with a distinctive spire seen in the series. |
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Perhaps even more interesting than the locations Menna also visited Bente Saxon's office ...
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Michael J Bird Tribute Website |
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