They are filming in a big Park. There are almost 200 supporting artists who were called extras before Ricky Gervais ruined the name forever with his comedy series. Sometimes the workers are now called background artists as if that is a grander name!

Today they have to form a crowd being entertained by a horse tournament

They gather in a huge tent at 6 30 am and help themselves to a Savoy type breakfast with every cooked and cold breakfast fare ever known to man presented in huge quantities

Full up and already knackered they spend the next hour in a long Que for makeup and then costume ( some are in their own clothes) and having been complimented by those tasked with making them beautiful one by one the girls come out looking as well as possible at this ungodly hour whilst the men are camped up to look like a bunch of stereo-typed hooray Henries.

In and out the tent the go for photographs assessment and inspection by various assistants to assistant directors who take their authority from some unseen person barking down a two way radio and hiding behind some hidden camera

Then en-mass they leave for the tournament and peace descends at least until three crew who believe they are much higher up the food chain (they have raidios and have loads of stuff hanging on belts and if it's cold north face jackets) have to clean up the array of empty water bottles and half eaten breakfasts left by those with bigger eyes than stomachs.

'Dirty bastards' says one as he clears away the mess 'this is not my job' after five minutes he goes off to have something to eat at the cast and crew Wagon which serves superior food in this politically incorrect elitist arena.

However, their criticism is gentle to that of the makeup and costume crew who have dropped their smiles to discuss what thy really think of the ladies on the other side of the camera. They forget the walls of their arena are made of canvas.

After an hour all 170 return to rest then have a four coarse lunch before heads go down and sleep is sought by the quiet ones whilst the others share stories of past gigs or absent families.

After another attempt at filming for an hour 4-00pm comes around and no one has done much work. But the food weary folk trudge in again for crisps and  sandwiches on this never ending battle against hunger.

And so to the wonderful wrap. Another hour venture before the cameras and

the day is done.

Well not quite. There is a scramble to get chits signed and time to squeeze as much money as possible. Overtime broken lunch travel expenses holiday pay are just some of the areas claimed.

It has been a long day lasting 14 hours. For almost four of these some people had to do some work.

And others have to get home for dinner.