On location - 10 December 2002

We're (producers Jelena, Rob, Kim and myself) sitting at the National Film Theatre drinking our second cup of coffee product for the day - there will be more, I'm sure. (Coffee and tea seem to be the only things that keep me functioning these days.) Actually, the coffee drinking is just an excuse to go inside, where it's warm.

We started the day at Madame Tussauds, playing "get to know you" with the wax figure of Lord Admiral Nelson. I hate to say it, but the missing eye and arm are a bit of a fright. I loved Madame Tussauds, though. It's an amazing place, if a bit creepy. The glass eyes follow wherever you go.

It was a funny morning. I completely forgot to bring any make-up to England - thinking I was going to get to hide from the camera - but somehow I got roped into doing some onscreen commentary for the Ghosts of Albion web site.

So Jelena and I went to Boots and I bought a bunch of stuff to prettify myself (not that the make-up helped the "I just woke-up" look I had engendered!) I ended up in the bathroom of Madame Tussauds, poking myself with a mascara wand. Then the lovely Diane started us on our guided tour and my date with Nelson!

After the wax museum, we trekked over to the church of St. Mary-le-Strand. One word. Beautiful. The volunteer women from the Order of The Wrens were so kind to us. They gave us a bit of history about the church and showed us all the neat aspects of its architecture. I had to do a little bit of commentary while we were there.

Poor Rob had created a cool script for me to read from, but I kept mucking it up. I'm afraid that my memory seems to be going at the advanced age of 26!

We then hightailed it over to the National Theatre, braving the wind and cold to get a bit more commentary taped for the site - later, we'll be hitting Waterloo Station and a couple of other points of interest.