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August 1977: On-set report for "Warrior Queen"
A report, written by Rosalie Horner, appeared in the Daily Express Saturday 6 August 1977.
They seem to have been filming one of the later scenes, so the series was presumably filmed during the summer months of 1977.
"... Actress Sian Phillips – Livia in TV’s “I, Claudius” series – has changed sides ... as Boadicea – now known more properly as Boudicca – she brandished a sword and led her tribe of ancient Britons into battle against the legions of Claudius.
She was in a Surrey field filming the Thames Television children’s six-part serial “Warrior Queen” which goes out next year.
Producer Ruth Boswell is trying to ensure that the film is a realistic account of the massacre which took place in St. Albans in AD 61 ..."
They seem to have been filming one of the later scenes, so the series was presumably filmed during the summer months of 1977.
"... Actress Sian Phillips – Livia in TV’s “I, Claudius” series – has changed sides ... as Boadicea – now known more properly as Boudicca – she brandished a sword and led her tribe of ancient Britons into battle against the legions of Claudius.
She was in a Surrey field filming the Thames Television children’s six-part serial “Warrior Queen” which goes out next year.
Producer Ruth Boswell is trying to ensure that the film is a realistic account of the massacre which took place in St. Albans in AD 61 ..."