Morris Minor on Antiques Road Trip

The Great Escape Classic Car Hire Morris Minor convertible based in the East Midlands is the star of BBC2 this week. It features in the second series of BBC2's popular Antiques Road Trip programme aired 31st January to 4th February 5.15pm to 6pm.
The Antiques Road Trip production team used the Morris for filming between May and August 2010. The car was chosen because of its quirky looks, high standard of quality and bright paintwork. The car performed (almost) fautlessly over several thousand miles in the BBC's service - the only hiccups were a faulty starter motor (fixed overnight) and damage inflicted by a bus.
Great Escape Classic Car Hire worked with the production team throughout the filming to help deliver and collect the car. We also had to a work to an inevitably constantly changing schedule, coordinating our regional sites in Yorkshire, Suffolk, Dorset and Worcestershire to provide the car for the production team.
For more information on the Morris Minor Convertible for hire call 01527 893733 or visit htp://www.greatescapecars.co.uk.
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Our cars are the stars

The popular BBC2 series Antiques Road Trip is back for another gentle amble through the British countryside collecting antiques and driving some great classic cars. The series involves antiques experts touring around Britain in a variety of classic cars buying and selling antiques.
For the second year running Great Escape Classic Car Hire has provided classic cars for use in the series. This year the programme is using three Great Escape cars, including a Triumph Spitfire, Mercedes Pagoda (no longer on the fleet unfortunately) and a red Morris Minor convertible. The programme runs for 6 weeks every week day night from 3rd January. It airs from 5.15pm on BBC2.
Filming the series is a complicated task involving coordination of many different locations, cars and individuals. Great Escape Classic Car Hire worked with the production team between April and August 2010 to provide the three cars for every shoot. Due to the inevitable production changes we had to be extremely flexible and organised often complex delivery and collection logistics for the team at very short notice.
The Great Escape cars covered several thousand miles each during the shoot but proved very reliable. There were only a couple of minor issues that were resolved quickly and did not disrupt filming. However, while filming our beautiful red Morris Minor convertible was sideswiped by a bus, resulting in significant bodywork damage. Fortunately the car remained driveable and continued with filming. The incident was filmed and may appear in the series.
To find out more about Antiques Road Trip click here. To view the Great Escape cars used in the series visit www.greatescapecars.co.uk or call 01527 893733.


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Jaguar XJS on BBC Antiques Road Trip

Great Escape Classic Car Hire's popular Jaguar XJS V12 convertible features in the new series of Antiques Road Trips which is shown during the week at 6.30pm on BBC2. The series involves antiques experts driving across the UK competing to earn the most money by buying and selling antiques.
The Jaguar XJS from Great Escape Classic Car Hire is heavily featured in the Cotswolds and Dorset section of the series, which airs in late March. The car is featured heavily in the show to transport the two experts between antique shops and sale rooms across the county.
Great Escape Classic Car Hire provided the 1988 Jaguar XJS for the series during August 2009. The car performed faultlessly and provided relaxing and highly comfortable transport for the production crew and show stars.
Great Escape's cars are regularly used for TV, film and video work and have featured in recent music videos, art pieces, magazine shoots - including for OK! magazine - and film.
If you would like to trace the route of the antiques experts then you can hire the Jaguar XJS from Great Escape in Worcestershire. The company will provide details of the route to follow.
To find out more about the Jaguar XJS for hire from Great Escape in the Cotswolds click here.
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