Lakeside Castings for Film and TV

Lakeside Castings is based in Carlisle and covers Cumbria, the Lake District, North-west England, South-west Scotland and the Scottish Borders.

We can supply you with professional extras, walk-ons, local crowds, stand-ins and doubles for films, television drama/documentaries, commercials, pop promos or corporate videos.

We also have a selection of young talented trained actors on our books ready to audition for Producers and Casting Directors . Please ask for cvs and photo's.

Here are some major productions Lakeside Castings has supplied artistes for:

Television:

• Coronation Street (Granada TV) for ITV Dec 2009 - March 2010
• Wuthering Heights ( Mammoth Screen ) for ITV 2008
• Place of Execution ( Coastal Productions) for ITV 2008
• Fifth Gear ( North One TV ) for Channel 5 2007
• Abolition the ending of slavery ITV Border Doc 2007
• Byker Grove (BBC TV)
• Rocketman (Coastal Productions) for BBC TV - Starring Robson Green
• Cold Feet (BBC TV Documentary)
• Real Vampires Chronicals (Blast Films) for Channel 4 - Starring Kevin Russell
• Distant Shores (ITV Granada ), starring Peter Davison and Samantha Bond. Series 1 and 2.
• Historic Food (ITV Border)
• Elizabeth the virgin Queen - BBC TV
• 55 Degrees North - Zenith North for BBC TV
• True Crimes (ITV Borders)
• Two Thousand Acres of Sky (BBC 1) starring Michelle Collins and Paul Kaye
• Ted and Alice (BBC 1) starring Dawn French
• Big Digs (BBC 2)
• Wire in the Blood (ITV) starring Robson Green
• Ken Dodd in the Dock (Ch4)
• Police Bravery Awards (Carlton TV for Ch5)

Feature Films:

• 3 and OUT (starring Imelda Staunton and Mackenzie Crook ) 2007
• Arn (Feature film) 2007
• A Risk Worth Taking (A Gate TV film) 2007
• Miss Potter (Children's Author Beatrix Potter) Starring Renee Zellweger
• Northern Star - Feature film by Vertigo Films
• Black and White (24:25 Films) Short
• The Magdalene Sisters (Dir: Peter Mullan)Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff
• Killing Me Softly (Dir: Kaige Chen)Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes
• If Only (Dir: Gil Junger) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls, Lucy Davenport
• Danny the Dog (Dir: Louis Letterier) Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins

T.V.Commercials:

• Homebase 2010 - ITV 1 & Channel 4
• Burger King 2007 - ITV & Channel 4
• Bundy's Rum 2007- Austrailian TV Network
• AA advert - ITV & Channel 4
• Heinz Salad Cream: Heinz
• Visit Britain: Tourist Board

About Lakeside

Lakeside Castings is run by Phil McKay. Phil started as a film and TV extra before working at BBC Radio Carlisle in the early 80s. He then moved to Border Television where he presented his own T.V show, Pick a Number which he wrote and devised.

The show was bought by Grampian Television where it ran for 10 years and was the franchiseÕs top-rated TV programme.

During his time in Aberdeen, Phil worked as Programme Associate for Pick a Number which he also presented as a live roadshow throughout Scotland. As well as recording trailers/ links and the Annual Toy Appeal for Grampian, Phil presented the ITV Telethon show for three T.V. stations: Border, Grampian and Scottish, all in 24 hrs.

Phil has had extensive experience as a presenter, producer, performer, writer and tour manager and is now a very successful casting agent for major TV and film productions.