Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Evans (W4/VP9KF), who writes:
Oh no, I spotted another radio to identify in about a 1 second clip from “Death In Paradise”, Series 9, Episode 7.
This should be easier, but is it?
Bonus points for the name of the lizard!
Oh! That’s a tough one. Thanks for sharing, Paul!
Please comment if you can correctly ID this radio (or the lizard)!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:
Another radio turned up in the BBC series, ‘Death in Paradise’.
Set on a picturesque Caribbean island with an infeasibly high murder rate, we see the police interviewing a witness as he listens to the local radio station.
Can SWLing Post readers identify the radio I wonder?
Please comment if you can ID this radio! Not an easy task this time as there’s no close-up shot to pull details from the front panel. Good luck!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:
I noticed recently in an episode of the BBC series, “Death in Paradise“, a Yaesu FRG-8800 sat on a book case.
[The screenshot is] from Season 4, Episode 1 “Stab in the Dark”, with the radio off DS Camille Bordey’s right shoulder. [See image above–click to enlarge]
The Yaesu FRG-8800 (Source: Universal Radio)
So far, it has never been used. As the show is set on a fictitious Caribbean island, perhaps the props people figured a radio like that might be part of a busy island police station where seemingly someone dies every week.
I wonder what other shows people have noticed amateur radio gear in (Season 2 of 24 comes to mind, when Kim Bauer is taken in by a survivalist).
Thank you, Mark. I like how the FRG-8800 is just sitting there on the shelf–doesn’t look like it’s connected to anything.
Only recently, I noted a classic shortwave receiver in the trailer of a film. I think I captured it and made a note, but forgot to post. I’ll see if I can find it and post. Hopefully, seeing the image will jog my memory!
