Sleepydog’s Creative Director, Henry VIII Mark Hilton gets comfortable on the royal throne whilst paying a visit to the set of The Tudors.

Invited by Director, Ciaran Donnelly, Mark got to witness plenty of beheadings and bloodshed during his two days on set and was bowled over by the hospitality of the cast and crew.

Take a look at our photostream for more photos of Mark’s visit.

Don’t they scrub up well? Toby Moores, Mark Hilton and Mike Atherton getting into character on the set of Slingers. Having been lucky enough to blag roles as extras, we’re hoping their performance was good enough to avoid the cutting room floor!

Creative Director, Mark Hilton pays a flying visit to the Weird & Wonderful Hotels production team whilst they are on location in Spain.

In a carefully orchestrated ploy As luck would have it, the Chief Productions crew were filming at the luxurious Marqués de Riscal, an exclusive hotel designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry.

With business complete, Mark was able to kick back and enjoy the comforts of the hotel with a glass or two of the local Rioja – purely for research purposes of course!

Today Sleepydog Editor, Lisa became one year wiser in addition to marking her 9th year as a Hilton.

So from all of us at Sleepydog, have a great birthday and happy anniversary Mark and Lisa.

Congratulations to Colin Offland and everyone at Chief Productions for their recent success at the Roses Advertising Awards!

Colin Offland (Chief Productions) Ciaran Donnelly and Mark Hilton discussing the Irish/Canadian co-production of ‘Slingers’.