James: It is Thursday and tonight we will be chasing a milkman around London. We need a driver as neither Gabby or I drive, and we need to concentrate on filming. No-one is up for it, except an old friend, Lisa Brethrick. It is an easy way of earning £150 after all.
So we head to Hounslow. We meet Kamaljit. And we panic. He has a van, not a milkfloat, and there is no way we can join him on board. So our contingency plan is rapid and effective – Lisa must drive behind him and we must jump out at every opportunity to catch a shot. Gabby and I would decide as we went along as to what we would gather next. It was quite hard as you never knew what action was going to take place, but if you tried to follow everything, you got into the car with nothing.
It is fair to say that this was a taxing enough shoot to compensate for the ease of the other two. But it became harder…
As we prepare for the morning interview, one thing becomes glaringly obvious. Kamaljit’s English is shockingly bad. Gabby and I are stuck, and just try to get as much out of him as possible, but leave feeling hideously stressed. We have no time to get another contributor, and I have to make my way to Leeds immediately to start the edit.
I am exhausted. What we needed now, was Spense.
