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BBC show thrown into chaos as director is ‘blinded’ on set-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

BBC filming was thrown into chaos thanks to some horrific weather (Picture: AP)

Call The Midwife filming was thrown into chaos when the director was ‘blinded’ on set.

The period drama, which is running into its 13th season, is set in East London but filmed in various locations.

At one point, the cast and crew relocated to the seaside, but it turned out to be on a pretty drear day.

‘It wasn’t just a grey day, it was terrible!’ Miss Higgins actress Georgie Glen revealed.

‘The sand in the eyes, that was the worst.’

It turned out to be so bad that the director of the long-running BBC drama got an eye infection.

The stars were filming on the beach, which caused a bit of a problem (Picture: BBC / Neal Street Productions / Olly Courtney)

”The director was blinded by the sand, and the hair, the poor hair and make up people’ (Picture: BBC / Neal Street Productions / Olly Courtney)

Dr Patrick Turner actor Stephen McGann continued to The Sun: ‘The director was blinded by the sand, and the hair, the poor hair and make up people… because everybody’s hairdo had just… with the salt and the wind and the sand.

‘It just looked terrible and we were all cowering.’

However, he managed to maintain a positive outlook, adding: ‘It was a challenge, but it was also hilarious in its way. And we all got to go away for a few days, that was sweet.’

Cliff Parisi, who plays Fred Buckle, had previously revealed that he ended up with hypothermia due to the shocking cold while filming on the beach.

Cliff Parisi revealed he had hypothermia from filming (Picture: BBC / Nealstreat Productions / Olly Courtney)

The 63-year-old told the publication: ‘Everything was going sideways. The wind was unbelievable, it was so cold.

‘I was wearing a shirt with a hanky on my head. I managed to keep the hanky the whole time – but I got hypothermia in the end.

‘They had to take me off-set. I had to warm up, I couldn’t go back on. We’d done most of it by that point.’

Call The Midwife airs Sundays at 8pm on BBC One.

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