"The BBC originally wanted some more Black Cab," explains producer
Chris Clough. "Then they changed their minds and wanted something entirely
different, so Jake (Lushington) and I came up with half a dozen ideas of which
Table 12 we thought, was a better environment to tell stories in."
Chris continues: "Unlike with Black Cab, where you
have to introduce two strangers, with a restaurant, people have
come to dinner or lunch for a particular reason, so they have an
agenda, so you can tell a much more tight, compressed story."
Producer Jake Lushington says: "I think what was interesting
about the idea is not that it's the same table, the same restaurant,
but that very private things go on in such a public space. I think
that's what made it interesting to us."
Jake
was particularly interested in the contrast between Black Cab
and Table 12: "The black cab is quite a confessional space,
whereas this is normally the place for airing some dirty knickers,
where people can't really object to you doing it because you've
got waiters and other customers around you."
