On Thursday I was rather excited to see signs up outside Charlton house saying that filming would be taking place today and tomorrow. I automatically assumed that Danny Boyle would be directing again, and that with any luck I might meet him for a fourth time. The last time he was here, in September, he said he might be back later in the year, and I’ve been itching to find out if he read the work I had given to him. With that in mind, I set off to Charlton house earlier for a spot of hero worship.

Sadly it wasn’t to be. Like last time, large lorries crowded the ground in front of the seventeenth century house; security guys milled about by striped plastic cordons. Unlike last time I couldn’t go up to the front of the building, so I rolled up to one of the security staff. I asked her if Danny Boyle was there again, but I was disappointed to hear that someone else was directing – a woman whose name I did not recognise. I told the security woman how I had met Boyle last time and about my writing and film making, staying there a while to chat before deciding to head home.

Oh well, I suppose I can’t be that lucky every time. Mind you, I’m looking forward to checking out Trust when it airs early next year. I wonder whether I will be able to tell which scenes were filmed in Charlton House. After all, the room they are filming in is apparently the same room we use for film festival meetings. Apart from that, though, the show will look at quite an interesting episode of twentieth century history; and besides I’m keen to watch anything connected with Danny Boyle these days.