‘Unfortunate end’ Costume designer on ‘destroyed’ kit
AWARD-WINNING costume designer Charlotte Mitchell has revealed her sadness after 20 years of kit was “destroyed” when a lorry tipped into Bristol harbour last week.
The costume designer for Killing Eve and The Outlaws took to Twitter to lament her loss after a production lorry ended up in the water.
There were extraordinary scenes at the floating harbour since first thing on Thursday morning when the lorry went backwards over the dock into the water.
The cab was stuck on the dock, while much of the trailer was submerged in the muddy waters.
The driver was understood to have been shaken, but unharmed, in the accident.
The recovery lasted most of the day, with the accident happening around 7am and the vehicle only being recovered from the water just before 4pm.
The trailer contained the costumes for season two of Stephen Merchant’s new TV show, The Outlaws. The first season premieres tonight at 9pm on BBC One.
Ms Mitchell tweeted her sadness at her costume truck meeting “an unfortunate end”.
Ms Mitchell is an award-winning costume designer, having worked on hit productions such as Killing Eve, Doctor Who, Harlots 2, and The Pale
Horse, among many more.
She said that she has spent 20 years collecting kit for her work on productions, saying: “it’s now probably destroyed”.
Ms Mitchell did note that it was “positive” that nobody was hurt.
She added that filming for season two of The Outlaws had already wrapped, so the production schedule is not affected.
A production spokesperson said on Thursday: “An accident occurred involving one of our production vehicles. No one was hurt or in the vehicle. We are investigating what happened.”
Mr Merchant, who grew up in the city, poked fun at the incident when he appeared on late night comedy sketch show The Last Leg on Friday.
He said: “I can now confirm it was one of our 50ft costume trucks that has somehow fallen in Bristol Harbour. And that’s just containing my shoes.”
Stephen said how the truck ended up in the water was still a mystery.
“We are not entirely sure how it ended up in Bristol Harbour,” he said.
“We think it may be some protesters that mistook it for a racist statue.
“I think it is more likely to be that because of the HGV driver shortage we had to use some more local drivers and the only one we could find was my nan.
“I’m beginning regretting not paying for cataract surgery in both eyes. We thought she’d be intuitive as she’s a demon on the old mobility scooter.”