Our Airstream on TV

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Back in June a location manager for the TV show Flashpoint came to our door asking if we would rent our Overlander to them for a week to film an episode. They had been trying to get a trailer from a dealer, but it wasn't working out for them and we were only 2 miles from the park where they were shooting. After much back and forth with the company over the next couple of days we decided to do it. They assured us that they would be very careful and that any damage that occurred would be covered by their insurance company. They gave us the choice of transporting the trailer ourselves or of having them do it, and we opted to do it ourselves, for which they paid us extra.

On a Friday morning in late June we delivered the trailer to Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area. Where we had to park it in a tight spot in the woods - at that point I was glad that we were doing the moving as I would never have trusted anyone else to do it. They had the trailer there for the weekend to get the set ready for shooting on Monday and Tuesday. Over the weekend they made the trailer look lived in (we had removed most of our stuff) and built a deck along the curb side.

On Tuesday we took the kids over and watched them film for a while. There were about 80 people involved, about 10 were actors. We had our picture taken with one of the stars Hugh Dillon and talked to some of the other people who worked on the show.

Around dark on Tuesday night we picked up the trailer and delivered it to the Flashpoint studio in Toronto where they kept it until Thursday night to do the interior shots. The studio is really just an old industrial plant that they've taken over. Not much to look at from the outside, but interesting inside. When we went to pick it up we took the kids with us again and they gave us a tour of the sets. There was no damage to the trailer.

From the plot descriptions we're pretty sure the episode will air this Friday night October 2 on CTV. Flashpoint is also carried by CBS, but they haven't started showing the new season yet.