Producer Alison Lumb battled the elements to put the finishing touches to ITV1's Boy Meets Girl.
"So, Alison, what do you think?" First assistant Ellie Gabrilatsou looms up out of the darkness, shouting over the wind. She's not enquiring about my catering preferences.
It's March 2008 and the unit is high in the Pennines, huddled at the base of an electricity pylon. It's very cold and wet. This is our fifth consecutive night shoot.
The opening sequence, in which Veronica (Rachael Stirling) and Danny (Martin Freeman) are struck by lightning and swap bodies, is in the can.
We have yet to complete the final sequence, with its special effects and intense dialogue. But there is a problem: the lashing rain won't match the material shot the previous night and the ferocious wind limits our options.
Morale still seems to be high; director Alrick Riley is cheerful and I hear Rachael say as she emerges from beneath an umbrella, "Darling, I can't believe I'm saying this, but shouldn't you spritz me down?"
