Day three

First day in the house. Get the front room dressed and lit while we're outside shooting Kieran's breakdown scenes. It's really hard sometimes to watch the monitor and take in what you're seeing while trying to work out what it will look like backwards. Mike Eley came up with the best quote of the day, "I like a film with an end, middle, beginning".

Martha arrives full of glandular illness, but luckily she only has one scene today. It goes well and, although we don't get the bedroom scenes I wanted to do today, we do get one of the exterior shots that I had missed (thank God we put all the scenes up on the wall). Cleo comes down to work as a runner today and provides everyone with a welcome supply of bacon sandwiches. For some reason I keep calling her Chloe. May try and persuade her to change her name to this, it will be easier.

Day ends on a high as we stop and go to the van to listen to the last ten minutes of Chelsea vs Bolton, the win finally confirming the Blues as Premier league champions for the first time in 50 years. We crack open the bubbly and celebrate. To top it all off, earlier in the day Kieran had put £5 on Chelsea to win 2 - 0, and given it to Mike Eley, so he has the added joy of his first winning bet.

Long day and a nice cold beer at the end of it. Can't believe we're three quarters through the shoot. Tomorrow we still have the bedroom scenes, all hall scenes as well as two big exterior shots. And we haven't got a hall table, important as it's here that Kate has to leave her note for Mark. A search of skips on the way home doesn't provide an answer, we'll just have to hope for better luck tomorrow.