10/04/2026
Member Steve Lewis has shared this story with us which we think you may find of interest! To be shown this Sunday!
"Recently I was approached by the 'Shed & Buried' TV show team on the Quest channel asking if I could help with supplying either an early '50's Super Snipe or Pullman for an episode they were scheduling.
Henry Cole and Fuzz Townsend wanted to make a' spoof' short film recreating the section from the James Bond film, 'Dr No', where Bond driving a Sunbeam Alpine is chased by villians in a American 'LaSalle' hearse.
The odd thing was that I knew and they knew was that when the hearse careers off the road and down a rough slope into a quarry and explodes, they had switched the vehicle to a Humber Pullman, so what the team wanted to recreate was this chase sequence but without the Humber going down into a quarry!
They were not fussed about a Snipe or Pullman so I said I could do it. Filming was to be at their base in Oxfordshire so an early morning start for me from West Sussex to beat the traffic.
I got there early and met Henry and Fuzz plus the film crew and team. I stressed I didn't want to get involved with quarries!
The plan was both cars were fitted 'Go Pro' video cameras, a road filming team in a Range Rover plus a drone for aerial shots.
I was invited into the filming Range Rover for all the road sequences. The camera man was strapped in in the back with the tailgate up and with an assortment of video cameras and kit.
For the Humber, the two 'heavies' were dressed in black, 'bomber' hats and dark glasses as the 'Bad Guys'!
We set off down the quite country lanes and as the cars and film crew were in communication with each other, the tailgate cameraman started filming with Fuzz driving the Alpine followed by the 'bad guys' in my Humber. As it was a 'chase', the Humber was all over the road trying to catch the Alpine.
Following the road sequences, we headed for an 'A' road and a lay-by. Here we did 'drive by' shots of the cars in action including more drone shots.
Finally, as a further 'joke' we set up in the quaint village of Brampton where there is a strict r Steve Lewis 20mph driving limit. The idea was to film the chase here at a strict 20mph!
We then returned to base at Henry's farm where all his programmes are generally set and recorded.
A fantastic day which I and they enjoyed doing.
Surprisingly, its a very quick turnaround from producing to editing to transmitting on the 'Quest' channel and should be on 'Shed & Buried' : Classic Cars series 4, episode 3, 13th April".
