When you receive a phone call from Albert Bogle you never know where it’s going to lead. He phoned me a couple of weeks ago about an idea he had for a Christmas video which would be put out under the banner of his Sanctus First media group. I liked the idea and made the mistake of becoming quite excited about it which was the green light for the bold Albert: ‘Would you write the script?’ OK. That was done fairly quickly and Albert was pleased but then there was another question: ‘Would you take the role of Lord Starburst?’ So not only writing but ‘starring’. I was being well and truly ‘bogled’.
The whole experience was a delight. The concept is taken from ‘The Apprentice’. Three people are sent out by Lord Starburst to buy a gift for a king and they return with items which are more appropriate than they realise. We shot scenes in the Barras, the St Mungo Museum, Mappin and Webb, the Glasgow City Chambers and a board room of Ernst and Young. Along the way we gathered a few people who were only too glad to join in, so thanks to Wee Jimmy at the Barras, Sonia at the St Mungo Museum and the receptionist at Ernst and Young.
If you want to see how it all turned out have a click on www.sanctuaryfirst.org.uk/themes. The video is called ‘You’ve Nailed it!’
