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Olivia Williams

House transformed into BBC TV set for new comedy show

A house was transformed into a BBC TV set for a brand new comedy show.

Pictures shared with the ECHO shows the house on Pemberton Road in Woodchurch transformed into a party scene, with pink balloons, tassels and even a stuffed unicorn. Film crews can be seen with microphones and mics, as well as a huge white screen.

A letter seen by the ECHO said filming at the house was for new BBC comedy series Henpocalypse!. It is being produced by Various Artists Limited has been commissioned for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

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The BBC said the show follows five women on the "ultimate hen weekend, which goes very wrong leaving them in the ultimate fight for survival".

It added: "When bridezilla-to-be Zara’s hen-do is interrupted by the end of the world, she and her four fellow working-class West Midlander best mates wait out the breakdown of human civilisation in an isolated holiday cottage in Wales.

"Emerging from quarantine into the harsh new post-apocalyptic world, they find the male population has almost entirely wiped out and Britain is now a hellscape in which only the very fittest will survive. It’s inevitable on a hen do there’ll be fractious dynamics between friends so how will they come together to work out what to do with the male stripper, the only man who seems to have survived?

"Pitted against a group of radicalised Pilates instructors and using sex toys as spears against the enemy, will the dysfunctional friends survive in the harsh new world of societal breakdown?"

Filming for new BBC Two show on Pemberton Road in Woodchurch (Philip Hughes and Shona Starkey)

Philip Hughes and Shona Starkey live nearby the house being used to film and managed to take pictures of the scene from their own home. Crews have been filming on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Philip said he will definitely be watching the show, he said: "Its been interesting to see the making of it all and what actually goes into making a film. Many, many more people than just the actors. They definitely deserve credit for what they do and the blooming hours they put in."

The show is written by Caroline Moran and there will be six episodes. The letter from a location manager seen by the ECHO also said temporary traffic lights were in place, but residents and businesses still had access to the road.

It also asked people living in the area to keep section of the street clear from personal cars while filming was taking place.

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