This kind of thing still happens- most producers don't think people won't be able to tell if the story is not set in the country in which the show is normally filmed.
Case in point- an episode of Nikita season 2, when Nikita and Michael are trying to save a British agent and her son. Their car is driving along the A603 near Sandy and Bedford (literally 8 miles from my home). Nikita jumps out of the car and runs to save the boy because they won't be able to drive to him in time... who is currently playing in a park on London. She manages to clear 40+ miles in 10 minutes- impressive! Lol This isn't just production choosing a park that viewers would think was nearby- they even named St James' Park. Nowhere near Bedford.
lol. Yeah, it amuses me when I see stuff like that. The best are shows like Supernatural that seemingly go to a different town in the US every episode, but really film in Canada. So, if they happen to pick a town near you, the results are hilarious. (Or random - I still have no idea why Supernatural picked Hammonton for their New Jersey episode - there's literally nothing there but blueberry fields and a Wal-Mart)
And I can still remember an X-Files episode which was the same story - supposedly they came to Atlantic City, which is surrounded by beaches/marshes, but they have some random sequence where they run out of the city and into an adjacent forest! It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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Case in point- an episode of Nikita season 2, when Nikita and Michael are trying to save a British agent and her son. Their car is driving along the A603 near Sandy and Bedford (literally 8 miles from my home). Nikita jumps out of the car and runs to save the boy because they won't be able to drive to him in time... who is currently playing in a park on London. She manages to clear 40+ miles in 10 minutes- impressive! Lol
This isn't just production choosing a park that viewers would think was nearby- they even named St James' Park. Nowhere near Bedford.
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And I can still remember an X-Files episode which was the same story - supposedly they came to Atlantic City, which is surrounded by beaches/marshes, but they have some random sequence where they run out of the city and into an adjacent forest! It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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