Often watching many american programmes it involves very heavy rain (even by our standards) and peeling lightning and thunderstorms,almost looks romantic.

The rain scenes in movies – when artificial – are almost always absurdly exaggerated. When filming of Angela’s Ashes was being done in Shannon, they were unsatisfied with the typical local drizzle and the result was typically unrealistic.

The usual shooting and editing which has scenes being shot out of chronological order invariably sees silly sequences of sky-cover – alternations that are obviously not natural. I find that irksome, but it is inevitable given the practicalities of filming.

I don’t get what the point is. You could at least show a scene where the sun is clearly shining and they’re standing under a hose.