There was devastation on the set of The Royle Family Christmas special in 2009. After days of hard work filming integral scenes, there was horror when the footage came back from the processing lab.
Two days worth of filming was for The Golden Egg Cup was ruined - putting the whole episode in jeopardy. And it came at a staggering cost. "When we looked at the footage, it was like my holiday photographs - everyone’s head was cut off.
Everything was lost. We were absolutely gutted," explained co-writer Phil Mealey. A tiny object had dropped into the lens and ruined the film, meaning the star studded cast had wasted their time. "The camera had been checked and what was coming through on the monitors in the studio was fine," said Mealer. "But a
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