Filming articles

Click the images below to view articles relating to the filming of Desmond Bagley’s Running Blind (Út í óvissuna – ‘Out into the unknown’) in Iceland during the summer of 1978. In the individual pages that follow you will find English rough translations and may click the image alongside the translation if you wish to see the article archived in the Tímarit digital library.

Morgunblaðið 8th april 1978

‘People from the BBC are preparing to film a television series in Iceland’

Desmond Bagley Running Blind Icelandic media article from Morgunbladid 8th April 1978.

Morgunblaðið 13th april 1978

‘Út í óvissuna – Two Icelandic actresses considered for the lead role’

Desmond Bagley Running Blind Icelandic media article from Morgunbladid 13th April 1978.

DAGblaðið 18th april 1978

‘British spy out the land for television series – Út í óvissuna comes to the screen’

Desmond Bagley Running Blind Icelandic media article from Dagbladid 19th April 1978.

Vísir 19th April 1978

‘Movie News – Iceland cheap set location’

Desmond Bagley Running Blind Icelandic media article from Visir 19th April 1978.

Morgunblaðið 26th april 1978

‘Út í óvissuna – An Icelandic actress will be in the lead role’

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Vísir 27th April 1978

‘Exciting experience says Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir’

Icelandic media article from April 1978 about Ragnheidur Steindorsdottir and her role in the BBC Scotland adaptation of Desmond Bagley's novel Running Blind.

DAGur 12th may 1978

‘Shooting at cars from B.A.’

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DAGblaðið 18th may 1978

‘Shooting of rental cars in the highlands’

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The Stage and Television Today 1st june 1978

‘Heiður Steindórsdóttir’

Article on Ragnheidur Stendorsdottir taking on role in BBC Scotland's adaptation of Desmond Bagley's novel Running Blind - The Stage and Television Today 1st June 1978.

Vísir 2nd June 1978

‘Bagley’s Story filmed: On the set of óvissuna‘

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An article about filming on location at Keflavík airport cafeteria.

Vísir 9th June 1978

‘BBC in Iceland’

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An interview with production assistant Sue Butterworth.

Morgunblaðið 10th June 1978

‘Suspicious men and cold/hard [expressionless] faces

– Watching the shooting of a spy movie in Reykjavík’

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An interview with actress Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir.

Vísir 7th October 1978

‘Út í óvissuna – International gangster action in Iceland’

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Article by crew assistant Ágúst Baldursson.

Morgunblaðið 29th may 1979

‘Concerns about the number of foreign film groups’

Icelandic media article from May 1979 about foreign film companies filming in iceland without permits from the authorities, mentioning the BBC Scotland adaptation of Desmond Bagley's novel Running Blind.

Vísir 19th January 1980

”Behind the scenes during the filming of Út í óvissuna’

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Interview with crew assistant Ágúst Baldursson.

Notes

  1. ‘Menn frá BBC undirbúa töku sjónvarpsmyndar hér á landi’: Morgunblaðið, 8 April 1978, p. 48; © mbl.is / Árvakur hf.
  2. ‘Út í óvissuna – Tvær íslenzkar leikkonur koma til greina í aðalhlutverk’: Morgunblaðið, 13 April 1978, pp. 48 & 26; © mbl.is / Árvakur hf.
  3. ‘Bretar kanna landið fyrir sjónvarpsþætti – Út í óvissuna á skjáinnr’: Dagblaðið, 18 April 1978, p. 17; © DV ehf.
  4. ‘Ísland – ódýr leikmynd – Kvikmyndir’: Vísir, 19 April 1978, p. 25; © DV ehf.
  5. ‘Út í óvissuna: Íslenzk leikkona verður í aðalhlutverki’: Morgunblaðið, 26 April 1978, pp. 32 & 18; © mbl.is / Árvakur hf.
  6. ‘Spennandi reynsla – segir Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir’: Vísir, 27 April 1978, p.23; © DV ehf.
  7. ‘Skotið á bíla frá B.A.’: Dagur, 12 May 1978, p. 1.
  8. ‘Skothríð á Bílaleigu- á Hálendinu’: Dagblaðið, 18 May 1978, p. 4; © DV ehf.
  9. ‘Heiður Steindórsdóttir’: The Stage and Television Today, 1 June 1978, p. 21; ©
  10. ‘Ásöguslóðum óvissunnar’: Vísir, 2 June 1978, p. 32; © DV ehf.
  11. ‘BBC á Íslandi’: Vísir, 9 June 1978, p. 25; © DV ehf.
  12. ‘Grunsamlegir menn og kuldaleg andlit’: Morgunblaðið, 10 June 1978, p. 10; © mbl.is / Árvakur hf.
  13. ‘Út í óvissuna’: Vísir, 7 October 1978, pp. 1 & 5-7; © DV ehf.
  14. ‘Áhyggjur af fjölda erlendra kvikmyndahópa’: Morgunblaðið, 29 May 1979, p. 27; © mbl.is / Árvakur hf.
  15. ‘Að tjaldabaki við kvikmyndn á Út í óvissuna’: Vísir, 19 January 1980, pp. 1 & 2; © DV ehf.