The Virtues Channel 4

[abbeyedges 82]

5 hours ago, iamwoody said:

apparently all the " actors" in the pub scene were regulars at the hen and chickens so all this helps with the " amateur / realistic feel " to it .

It seems to me that Shane Meadows runs some scenes where there is no script. Instead he tells the actors to speak, converse spontaneously.

 

There was a number like this in This is England. One where they were having Sunday lunch (In a house near Lowedges park) and they were all talking at the same time. I thought there's no way they are following a script. To add to the authenticity the curtains fell down.

 

It added to a brilliant scene

 

The pub scene in The Virtues seemed the same. 

Edited May 21, 2019 by abbeyedges

[nikki-red 307]

I read in an interview a few days ago that quite a lot of it was ad-lib.
It was also filmed chronologically which is quite unusual. 
They didnt even know exactly how it was going to end until they were already filming the final episode.

I imagine its going to get quite harrowing as it goes on, even more so when you think it was based on actual events from Shane Meadows life  

[CRW4271 10]

The old boys home he broke into was the former Brincliffe Towers nursing home on Brincliffe Edge Rd

[abbeyedges 82]

Last week I thought the filming had moved to Ireland and then noticed a road sign 'Tom Lane' and began to question if in fact they were still in Sheffield.

 

Endcliffe Park cafe confirmed they still were.

[Edward Vimto 10]

Any more locations?

 

Joseph was in another pub this week.  Was it Sheffield?

 

[AppLad 10]

The 'irish' screens were filmed in Hundall & Apperknowle. The pub in episode 3 was the Barrack in Apperknowle , the exterior also featured in episopde 4, don't know the other pub in episode 4. The housing estates in episode 4 looked like Barrow hill / Whittington , but not sure.