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I found myself in an industrial estate down by the Belfast docks today.Ìý On a film set. "Undisclosed", billed as aÌýfour part conspiracy thriller is currently being made for the ´óÏó´«Ã½.ÌýIt's been written by Belfast born writer Ronan Bennett and stars David Suchet, (Poirot) Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes) and Thekla Reuten (TheÌýAmerican, In Bruges). Ìý

Inside one of the warehouses, behind an area cordoned off with black curtains, was a green screen. This was being set up, I was told, for a driving scene. A Volvo was slowlyÌýdriven up a ramp and into the area.ÌýCameras were beingÌýset up and it all looked very technical and mysterious.ÌýThe green screen looked strangely dull, a bit flat, but everyone from Hollywood blockbusters to the weather people use itÌýto magicallyÌýcreate somewhere else.

PeopleÌýwere flitting around me, Maggie TaggartÌýarrivedÌýfor the tv news and as sheÌýchatted camera set ups to the PR girl, I see Richard Dormer. The brilliant local actor, star of "Hurricane", is in the film too. He introduced me to Philip Glenister. Now, this is where it all gets a bit fuzzy asÌýI am a bit of a DI Gene Hunt fan. I kind of liked the unreconstructed macho man ofÌý "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes". I feel I am staring. A bit too much. I am not listening to Richard anymore. I hear myself say "I'm so excited to be on an actual film set" and then PhilÌýGlenisterÌýspeaks "It's only a bloody warehouse"! Bubble burst. Pure Gene Hunt. And off he goes to fire up the Volvo.