Lapel Pins for BBC’s “The Night Manager” series with Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston

For us it was like a déjà vu (few months ago we did lapel pins for a Hollywood movie “London Has Fallen”). The client explained over the phone, that they need some high quality lapel pins as the pins would appear close up on a TV screen. Turns out that espionage/detective novel “The Night Manager” by John le Carré is going to be made into a TV series. Directed by Susanne Bier, the six-part miniseries will air on BBC and AMC in 2016. Cast members include Tom Hiddleston (as Jonathan Pine), Hugh Laurie (as Richard Onslow Roper), Olivia Colman (as Burr), Tom Hollander (as Corcoran), and Elizabeth Debicki (as Jed).

The Night Manager Lapel Pin

Lapel Pin of the luxurious hotel in The Night Manager TV Series

Hugh Laurie and Tom HiddlestonHugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston (picture from Film and TV Now)

Plot:
The novel follows Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier turned night manager for a luxurious hotel. One night, Pine encounters Sophie, a French-Arab woman who has ties to Richard Onslow Roper, an English black marketeer who has made a fortune from the sale of weapons. Sophie provides Pine with incriminating documents, which Pine forwards to a friend in British intelligence. Despite Pine’s best efforts to help her, Sophie’s betrayal is discovered and she is subsequently murdered. Six months later, Pine is approached by intelligence operatives Leonard Burr and Rex Goodhew, who head a British anti-arms-smuggling organization and are planning an elaborate sting operation against Roper. Eager to avenge Sophie, Pine agrees to go undercover to infiltrate Roper’s vast criminal empire, but the operation is jeopardized by an inter-agency turf war within the intelligence community.

Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning, said to BBC: “It’s a fantastic coup to bring le Carré back to our screens after more than 20 years. He is quite simply one of the greatest novelists of our time and I am sure that with AMC, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie on board combined with talented director Susanne Bier, this will be one of the BBC’s most unique, ambitious and unmissable dramas.”

Hugh Laurie said to BBC: “I loved The Night Manager when it was published, and for more than 20 years have yearned to see it realized on screen; I am now thrilled and honored to have the frontest of front row seats. All the moving parts are finely machined – we just have to not mess it up.”

Production of the Lapel Pins

To produce this pin a die stamp had to be made first. For engraving a die stamp, we need a high quality drawing to get the necessary file for the CNC machine. We use only the most precise engraving tools available to get the best quality outcome.

Night Manager Lapel PinDrawing of The Night Manager Lapel Pin in CAD program

Die Stamp for the Night Manager Lapel Pin

Die Stamp of the Night Manager Lapel Pin

 

Once the lapel pins are stamped they are covered with jewellery enamel, polished and finally gold plated.

The Night Manager Lapel PinLapel Pin of the Night Manager series

Positive Feedback from the Client

“As the staff of the luxurious hotel obviously wear suits, and part of the staff`s uniform is a logo lapel pin, then just like all the other parts of the hotel the lapel pins had to be of highest quality.

I was struggling to find a company who could provide a small run of highest quality lapel pins in a relatively short timescale. I called Roman Tavast company and was assured that they can. And they did. The pins turned out great. We are very happy. Thank you so much.”

Bart Cariss
The Night Manager production team.The Night Manager Lapel Pin

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