Palma29/10/2019 09:56
The new BBC series, The Mallorca Files, couldn’t come at a better time for the Balearics. I am told that the ten part series shows the islands in a fantastic light eventhough the subject matter is based around crime on the island!
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Did anyone from the MDB see the screening of episode one at the film festival on Friday? I hope it's good but I'm less than impressed by a senior reporter saying "I am told" when it was there to be seen here and with the stars present too. No interviews either? Not even a picture of either of them pretending to read the MDB!
Totally agree the program will publicise Mallorca. But do not forget the reasons for the reduction of Tourists and Flights. Plus, crime series can have a negative effect, as people think that there are serious crimes occurring on the Island on a weekly basis.
As someone who lives in an area where filming regularly takes place, let me tell you about the officious security guards taking over the streets, the closed roads, the supercilious production staff resenting us ‘civilians’ driving by, the hotel nearby that refuses visitors for lunch, etc. etc. I detest these holier than thou production crews. And the series will show only glimpses of the decrasingly few good beaches and ports. Naturally the crime, the poverty, the beaches awash with sewage, the yobs, the pollution, the traffic jams, the mega malls ruining local trade, etc, will all be forgotten.