112 – European Emergency Services Number
January 17, 2010
Imagine you are visiting an EU country or at home and you need to contact an ambulance, the fire brigade or the police. Would you know which emergency number to call? As Europeans are increasingly travelling for business or leisure, millions of people could be faced with this problem. Fortunately, there is no need to look up and remember the emergency numbers for each EU country you are visiting. Just remember 112!
Filming the adverts for the new European Emergency Services number involved filming many different Police, Fire and Ambulance services throughout Europe – Tellycars were involved the filming for the United Kingdom segement of the Emergency Services 112 promotional advert
More details of the new 112 number can be found here: http://www.112.eu
Thames Valley Police – Only Half the Story
January 17, 2010
Thames Valley Police have launched their new Recruitment Website – Tellycars were very happy to supply a real, half a police car, for their promotional appearences at events around the London and Berkshire area.
Thames Valley Police asked Tellycars for a Police Car to be cut in half to match their advertising campaign, which shows only the front half of a Police Car, withe the tagline “Flashing Lights Are Only Half The Story”. At our onsite workshop, we carefully cut one of our Action Cars in half, preserving the flashing headlights, blue lights in the grill and flashing lightbar on the roof.
For more details on the Thames Valley Police Campaign, “Only Half The Story” and their current list of vacancies, click on the following link: http://www.halfthestory.co.uk
War & Peace Show 2009
July 9, 2009
See Tellycars at the War & Peace show in Kent this July 22nd to the 26th
Now in its 27th year and revered as being the largest event of it’s kind in the world the war peace show has something for everyone, from Arena Events, military vehicles, army surplus stalls, collectors corner reenactors and now us too.
Find us on stand i19 supporting the National Airsoft Girls (NAG), on display will be one of our fully kitted Police Vauxhall Omega Armed Response Vehicle (ARV), also there’s a chance to see some of our genuine movie props, from the Glock 17 used in the ITV Drama STOCKWELL shooting to the body belt and cuffs worn by actor Tom Hardy in Bronson the movie (out now on DVD)
Also come and meet some of the famous Gungirls, sexy girls with real firepower – www.gungirlsuk.com
To find out more about the show, click here - http://www.warandpeaceshow.co.uk
The Stig is Revealed
June 24, 2009
According to the Times Online (From The Times January 20, 2009) the identity of Top Gear’s The Stig is revealed as being Ben Collins – whilst the BBC Top Gear show (aired on 21st June 2009) showed that it’s actually Michael Schumacher.
Whether true or not, we at Tellycars enjoyed working with the Top Gear team – and with The Stig – during the filming of the Stig test driving a standard Police Vauxhall Astra around the track – and we still don’t know who the Stig was!
National Police Bravery Awards 2009
June 24, 2009
The bravest officers in the country were announced by Paul Mc Keever’s opening address to the Police Federation’s Conference in Bournemouth.
The winning officers will meet with the Prime Minister and attend a glittering ceremony where they will receive prestigious awards and spend the evening with celebrities in a top London hotel.
The annual awards are held by the Police Federation (and part sponsored by The Sun newspaper) and Tellycars was very proud to be asked for the 2nd year running to supply many of the Props and Uniforms as part of the reconstruction films that will be shown on the evening of the ceremony.
Bronson
May 27, 2009
Bronson, the movie, is out in our cienemas in the UK on the 13th March and Tellycars was proud to be able to provide vehicles, firearms & props (including the body belt and cuff’s being worn by Bronson (aka Tom Hardy) throughout most of his prison scenes.
The synopsis is as follows: With an intelligent, provocative and stylised approach, BRONSON (based on a true story) follows the metamorphosis of Mickey Peterson into Britain’s most dangerous prisoner, Charles Bronson.
Fully Working TETRA Motorola MTH800 Radios, Now Available From Tellycars
May 26, 2009
Tellycars has moved into the digital age with the help and support of Motorola UK with a consignment of MTH800 TETRA enabled radios for our props department.
Since late 2005, the UK police have rolled out the new digital system across the country and we have started to see it gradually worked it’s way into TV and film.
However many modern productions are still using old and outdated radios, which looks bad on TV
The MTH800 has a colour screen and GPS capabilities as well as built in mobile phone, oh and it works as a radio as well.
The radios have already been featured on ‘The Bill’, ‘Waterloo Road’, Wire in the Blood’ and ‘On a Knife Edge’.
ITV reconstruction of the Stockwell shooting – De Menezes
May 26, 2009
Tellycars was very pleased to have provided ITV with many of the Props, Costumes and Supporting Artists for it’s ITV drama, “Stockwell”, which follows the police on the day of the tragic shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes – we also provided firearms and vehicles to help with the reconstruction.
ITV News journalists obtained documents and photos from the investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and discovered that the man had not tried to run away from police and that they made a number of mistakes in their surveillance operation. De Menezes was shot dead by armed police on the morning of July 22. At the time, police, who thought he was a suicide bomber, said he had attempted to evade them by running away and jumping over a ticket barrier.
Redtronic bring Tellycars Television Action Vehicles into the New Year
May 24, 2009
As more and more police forces move over to LED style lightbars, TV producers are eager to make their scenes look as authentic as possible. With the help of Redtronic, we can now offer our police vehicles with up to date LED lighting to make your productions as realistic as possible.
We’d like to thank all the staff at Redtronic for making our vehicles extra special!
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