In the 1959 a film called "Light Up The Sky" recalled the
activities of the searchlight station. The film starred Tommy Steele and
Benny Hill and was largely enacted on the cricket ground. A false front
was built on to the cricket pavilion and the highlight was on the night
when, having been pre-warned, almost the whole village assembled to watch
the facade being blown up as part of the action. Another scene involved
Tommy Steele, having got a local girl "in the family way", crawling
through a hedge to look at the baby in a pram. Pat Goodchild's house at
1, Pirbright Road was suitably disguised for this scene with paper tape
stuck on the windows and the girls from Vokes' factory along the road were
present in large numbers to see Tommy repeating the action about a dozen
times before the director was satisfied.
Cricket pavilion with the "Film Set" for "Light
Up The Sky"
before the "Big Bang” 1959
Cricket pavilion with the "Film Set" for "Light
Up The Sky"
after the "Big Bang” 1959
The film is now released on DVD by
"Odeon Entertainment" (ODNF100)
(Click to see full cover)
Light Up The Sky - Trailer for Odeon Entertainment's DVD
Trailer for Odeon Entertainment's DVD (1.32)
(Click to see video)
The film is also released in Australia by "Umbrella Entertainment"
(DAVID2387)
(Click to see full cover)
The film was also released on VHS video in the UK by "4
Front Video" (046 802 3)
but now long deleted.
(Click to see full cover)
Benny Hill talking about his part in Light Up The Sky(55 seconds)
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