PLAYERS and match officials at Okehampton Rugby Club are being converted into actors as they get ready to feature in the latest series of a popular BBC drama.

The latest series of ?Down to Earth? will feature a number of excerpts from a rugby game ?starring? Okehampton players.

The excellent facilities and marvellous location helped in Okehampton Rugby Club being selected as the setting for filming.

A club spokesman said: ?It comes as a welcome boost at the start of another rugby season and confirms Okehampton as a club of some significance.?

The filming is likely to take place on a Sunday evening in January 2005, with the programme itself to be broadcast on the BBC at a later date.

?Down to Earth? tells the story of city dwellers attempting to adjust to a new way of life in the Devon countryside.