Restaurant Set DIP 5

This Restaurant set was built within a former restaurant at the Grande Anse Beach.

It involved the construction of a suspended shelving structure and a 6m long pass with an end cantilever and a connection to the kitchen which was an important part of the storyline.

Scenic wall flats were made to extend the dining area externally and re-connect the set to the beach.

Government House DIP 5

Government House was located in a local hotel and former Plantation House in Sainte Rose.

Government House was located in a local hotel and former Plantation House in Sainte Rose.

This set involved the making of large scale props that included a road barrier, lectern, 9m flag pole, gazebo, post box and an internal scenic flat with secret wall safe.

Beach Shack Set DIP 5

One of our favourite sets to transform Le Madras Restaurant into a Beach Shack.

It was prefabricated in a few days at the Unit Base Workshop, delivered and installed in the morning and de-rigged during the lunch hour between filming.

Hostel Set DIP 5

The final episode 8 involved the building of several hostel sets within a beachside restaurant at La Plage de Petite Anse. A shower block, dorm, beach side bar, office and rec area.

Using corrugated roofing panels and timber euro pallets the walls were developed as a system build to be built by 4 people in one day. The shower block was built around a coconut tree on an existing veranda.

Quayside Jetty Set DIP 5

This boat landing stage was dressed with a new gangway to access a hand-built twin hulled boat sailed in from South America.

The gangway with sliding shoes accommodated water swells in the bay at Deshaies. The boat and quayside jetty formed the principal set for the episode 7.

Holding Cell Set DIP 4

One of the first sets that we built for BBC Red Planet ‘Death in Paradise’ Series 4 at the Unit Base Karacoli Grande Anse Beach.

A behind-the-scenes image of the holding cell to accommodate top lighting and camera views.

Runway Set

For this set build on a public beach, all runway elements were prefabricated off site to limit on-site installation times under heat of the tropical sun.

With an initial survey to assess gradients and tree locations the runway was installed and levelled in 2 days.

Production Designer: Eryl Ellis

Cell Set

To help improve the natural ventilation of the Police Station Set for DIP it was extended to include an external yard and cells.

A temporary construction made of treated timber, plywood and precast concrete cellular blocks.

The ‘open’ structure allows cross ventilation of the set during filming in tropical weather and under hot lighting rigs.

Production Designer: Eryl Ellis

Temporary Jetty

This temporary jetty was constructed to enable the camera crew to film scenes on water.

At the request of locals who used the jetty to fish and promenade thereafter, it was not de-rigged and has become a permanent feature on the beach.