''A Fine and Private Place'' was a proposed feature film from

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that was abandoned during filming, ostensibly due to poor weather.

Production

was a documentary filmmaker who had written the script.

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, head of

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, greenlit the film and production began in Cornwall. The film soon fell behind schedule, forcing Forbes to visit the set. He felt the footage would not cut together and believed the first-time director was incompetent. Forbes shut down the production and fired Watson. Over the next two weeks Forbes attempted to resuscitate the project with director John Hough but he eventually decided not to proceed and the film was abandoned. Filming ceased in May 1970. Watson subsequently went on to a highly successful career as a documentary filmmaker.Chris Tryhorn, 'Watson scoops top documentary awards', ''The Guardian'', 26 November 2007
accessed 30 July 2012

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