I always forget to post things at the time. Anyway having been on Signal Deck
in October where the Queen Mary Suite is, I seriously doubt Meg and Jill's scene
was actually filmed onboard. We saw one of those suites (either QM or Queen
Elizabeth) on the dreadful BBC2 doc last Saturday and they haven't changed much
in nearly 30 years. I didn't get to see one personally though tried but, due to
a chance encounter with a Lord he invited me to see his Q2 grade (8009) and it
is nothing like we saw on screen which was forward and not far from those two
suites. While posh in its day, it's not that much different to modern ships but
cost the earth. I also have photos of the corridor and again, it's not what we
saw on screen because it's simply too long and there's no corner for Jill to
come round with what looked like a window with a blind on the wall. You went up
stairs (the lift didn't go that high)then come out halfway along the corridor
making impossible to match what ATV filmed. Even lower decks are nothing like
that. While I have no doubt they DID film something on the ship, since we
clearly saw Nolly on One Deck by the flagpole, I believe the rest was filmed in
a hotel. Which brings us to the mystery of Jane's tales. Did they try and film
but caused the sprinklers to come on as per legend so had to substitute due to
time contraints or did they just say it for a good story rather than admit
Cunard wouldn't allow them to film inside? Either way it creates a mystery but
having seen that area for myself now, I'm beginning to seriously doubt Nolly
stayed on until Cherbourg since we never actually saw her as they sailed away,
only in port. Plus she would be in Cunard's list of famous travellers since
they include soap stars.

If anyone wants to see the pics and various corridors on and around Signal Deck
they can go to http://www.linerlovers.com and it's under Queen Elizabeth 2
Cruise on the home page updates.

Patsy