Basically, Joss had always wanted to shoot in Britain. He announced that he wanted to shoot some scenes with Willow in England, and I was very excited, because it�s my neck of the woods and it meant I could stay longer with my family before I went back to the States.

Then he said he wanted to shoot in and around Bath, because that�s where we said we'd set it if we ever do the Ripper series. I�d pitched Bath as an interesting environment, a good backdrop because it�s a cool place. Somerset is just riddled with myths and legends and folklore - ley lines and all sorts of things � it�s very spiritual

Joss said yes, so when it came to shoot Giles at home he said, �Can we do it at your house?� I thought I�d better ask my partner, Sarah, and she said, �Go on.� I said, �Yeah, but a film crew?�, and she said, �Get over it, it�ll be fine!� Actually the house loved it, it was very �smiley� � it loved having all the attention. It�s a lovely house.