Where is Fair City filmed?

mikemac · 05-02-2006 9:08pm #1

Watching Fair City the other day and started wondering where it is filmed?

Are any of the pubs real businesses or just sets?

Just interested to know

aidan_walsh · 05-02-2006 9:09pm

Sets in RTE.

is_that_so · 05-02-2006 9:10pm

It's a set out in RTE. I have walked its streets

Not sure if all of it happens there but most of it does.

Karoma · 05-02-2006 9:13pm

http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/bs.html

Telefís · 05-02-2006 10:50pm

It's only when you realise the scale of the infrastructure for a production like Fair City that you appreciate the commitment a television station must make in creating a soap.
It is also only then that you realise why RTÉ cannot bring themselves to ditch it.

damienom · 05-02-2006 11:30pm

Telef&#237 wrote: »

It is also only then that you realise why RTÉ cannot bring themselves to ditch it.

Don't know would I agree with that totally, the save a fortune by signing the cast up on short term contracts and then "resting" them for the vast amount of the year. The majority of the main roles only work 15 weeks a year. I know for a fact that one of the longest running members of staff earns less than 30K. I'd well imagine that the sponsorship of the show pays for the vast amount if not all of the costs. There's no real cost for RTE in having the set on site, sure the land would only go to waste otherwise. The only cos is the price of building it in the first place

tvnutz · 06-02-2006 1:12am

I've been on the set myself in RTE,they are actually recycled Glenroe sets

Elmo · 06-02-2006 12:55pm

Don't know would I agree with that totally, the save a fortune by signing the cast up on short term contracts and then "resting" them for the vast amount of the year. The majority of the main roles only work 15 weeks a year. I know for a fact that one of the longest running members of staff earns less than 30K. I'd well imagine that the sponsorship of the show pays for the vast amount if not all of the costs. There's no real cost for RTE in having the set on site, sure the land would only go to waste otherwise. The only cos is the price of building it in the first place

That's what he means by letting it go. To allow the set go or to knock it down and come up with something new would cost RTE a fortune in the Short Term. Just in the same way it cost them millions to start the show orginally it now doesn't cost that much because of what you have said. According to RTE Fair City Breakseven for them.

Shouldn't this be in the Soap Opera Section.

I heard that actors on Fair City get 60K a year.

DéiseGirl · 07-02-2006 5:32pm

is_that_so wrote:

It's a set out in RTE. I have walked its streets Not sure if all of it happens there but most of it does.

A friend of mine works in RTE and the front of Bela's Bazaar is one side of the building she works in.

It's kind of surreal being on the set.

mickymg2003 · 07-02-2006 9:54pm

What? its not a reality documentry drama...But the acting is so good!!!

segadreamcast · 09-02-2006 12:24am

The funniest thing I found about the set was, as I was walking through it, I noticed the bus stop was a 19/19a - "same as my own", I thought, so I rambled over to find, in giant letters blazed across it "I've been waiting here AGES". Furthermore, the timetable was really recent - only a month old! Very strange attention to detail from RTE there, it must be said.

rutiru · 23-04-2009 5:49pm

how long after fairrcity is filmed do they show it on tv

AnonoBoy · 23-04-2009 5:59pm

Wait...... So my application to the housing authority to move to Carrickstown was the reason they were laughing at me that day. :mad:

My Mom said it was cause I was a funny guy.

aidan_walsh · 23-04-2009 6:00pm

rutiru wrote: »

how long after fairrcity is filmed do they show it on tv

3 years, 2 months.

Bondvillain · 23-04-2009 6:40pm

It's broadcast live. There's no rehearsal, the lines are fed to the actors via hidden earpieces.

Like "Anonymous", only funny.

Elmo · 23-04-2009 6:44pm

aidan_walsh wrote: »

3 years, 2 months.

Seriously it is about 1 to 2 months after recording.

AndyP · 23-04-2009 8:39pm

Small scene filmed in my front room a couple of years back!

holly2004 · 15-03-2011 7:41pm

Hi

i would absolutely love to visit the set of fair city , i read here some of you did, can i ask how? i feel the only way is to apply to be an extra on the programme, i really would love to go and see it

can anyone advise me?
Holly

Kensington · 18-03-2011 6:07pm

holly2004 wrote: »

Hi

i would absolutely love to visit the set of fair city , i read here some of you did, can i ask how? i feel the only way is to apply to be an extra on the programme, i really would love to go and see it

can anyone advise me?
Holly

Know, or get to know, someone who works in RTÉ. You could also apply to be an extra although there is an indoor set and the outdoor set, which are on separate parts of the campus so depending on where you are cast, you may only see one.

cjmcork · 18-03-2011 6:15pm

I was on set just before Christmas time - anyone that's familiar with the last scene of 2 weeks notice where Hugh Grant says to Sandra Bullock that he can walk her apartment in 6 seconds would appreciate the size of the Fair City set - I was so disappointed with it (and I don't even watch the show) - I DID get my photo taken outside McCoys though

coylemj · 18-03-2011 7:46pm

The outdoor set was originally one-sided i.e. it was only one side of the street and it faced the N11 so you could see the shopfronts from the top of a double-decker bus passing along the Stillorgan Road. Then they built the other side of the street so now all you can see from the N11 is the back of the newer side of the set.

All of the premises are obviously fake, the outdoor part of the garage where you see them working on cars is directly behind a solicitor's office. I've walked the set and couldn't resist checking out the phone kiosk, the phone was dead - no surprise there! I've never seen them record there, I think most of the action in the series is filmed indoors in studios and they probably do all of the outdoor scenes for a whole week or more in one go so they don't spend a huge amount of time on the outdoor set. This means that if there's a scene where someone comes out of the pub and onto the street, the two clips could have been made several days apart, the wardrobe department has the responsibility to make sure that people are wearing the same clothes in both clips i.e. to maintain continuity.

afatbollix · 19-03-2011 12:00pm

ya Its all a big set same with Shameless, corrie eastenders all the soaps its cheaper to build a set as if you go to location you have to pay for a lot of extra production costs ( like out on locations they have to provide food for a 70 strong crew its a few euros that add up)

Sunday is checking camera positions with the director & read through of the script.
Monday & Tuesday is on set indoors recording
Wednesday outdoor recording
Thursday is location recording thats if they have to go off set into the city.
Then its edited together which takes about 3 days

They also shoot 6 weeks in advance.

This was talking to a long time director and the scary bit it loved working on it and thought it was a great tv show..

19-03-2011 12:07pm

Ya i got a tour of the set. i have no interest in the program but watchng them filming makes you realise all the hard work that goes in.
The fronts of all the shops, pub etc. are outside in the open, but inside these shops and pubs is filimed inside a big kind of hall/warehouse.

i was in the sweet shop and ALL the food and drinks were real. Even the fruit pasteilles tasted the same

Elmo · 19-03-2011 12:08pm

afatbollix wrote: »

This was talking to a long time director and the scary bit it loved working on it and thought it was a great tv show..

As I have found out with many shows just because I don't like it doesn't mean others don't think it is great. Why shouldn't someone love working at their job or think what they do is great. I would say that is difficult when so many criticize "Fairly ****ty". Even the Xposé girls love their job!

I am surprised shameless is done on an outdoor set, I guess it means Channel 4 aren't planning to cancel it anytime soon.

mikom · 19-03-2011 3:11pm

Elmo wrote: »

Even the Xposé girls love their job!

And you know this how?

Elmo · 19-03-2011 3:51pm

mikom wrote: »

And you know this how?

OMFG did you like see Karen Koster at the like Xposé Live show, Wow I didn't think she would be at it.

<<< I wasn't actually at it but I am sure she was. People like the work, some of the time. Even with great criticism.

Here is a good scene from EastEnders for you Mikom :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Ouiyv2oro

:eek:

mikom · 19-03-2011 5:14pm

Elmo wrote: »

Here is a good scene from EastEnders for you Mikom :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Ouiyv2oro

:eek:

You can keep your depression, thanks very much.

angel01 · 19-03-2011 8:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Ya i got a tour of the set. i have no interest in the program but watchng them filming makes you realise all the hard work that goes in.
The fronts of all the shops, pub etc. are outside in the open, but inside these shops and pubs is filimed inside a big kind of hall/warehouse.

i was in the sweet shop and ALL the food and drinks were real. Even the fruit pasteilles tasted the same

Why go to a tour of the set if you don't even like the program?

I went on a tour of the set and it was the best day of my life. I loved every single second. Would absolutely love to go back and do it all over again (given the chance)

testicle · 19-03-2011 8:14pm

mikemac wrote: »

Watching Fair City the other day and started wondering where it is filmed?

Are any of the pubs real businesses or just sets?

Just interested to know

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swknjnggf07d&lvl=19.152673750641582&dir=353.04741365978566&sty=u&FORM=LMLTCC

aramush · 15-06-2011 9:46pm

Where exactly is this outdoor set?

Ste- · 15-06-2011 11:00pm

If you zoom out it shows you the close roads etc.

voter1983 · 16-06-2011 3:25am

Fair city is a poor excuse for a soap. The acting is horrendous. It's full of wanna be theatre performers who should give up. The scripts are boring, predictable and so politically correct it's a joke. Typical RTE! What a waste of the tv licence fund!

Shakyfan · 17-06-2011 10:34pm

voter1983 wrote: »

Fair city is a poor excuse for a soap. The acting is horrendous. It's full of wanna be theatre performers who should give up. The scripts are boring, predictable and so politically correct it's a joke. Typical RTE! What a waste of the tv licence fund!

Well don't ****in' watch it then! Some people do like it........

Karen23 · 25-06-2011 12:02am

Has anyone answered how you visit the set ??
My nanny is 94 and she loves the show and I'd love to take her

angel01 · 25-06-2011 9:13am

Karen23 wrote: »

Has anyone answered how you visit the set ??
My nanny is 94 and she loves the show and I'd love to take her

I won a competition, they will be holding another competition to visit the set this year, enter that when it starts (will be on the fair city website)

Where is Fair City filmed?

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