Hit Sky 1 comedy Trollied is returning to shoot a fourth season on location in Bristol. Set in a supermarket in Warrington in north-west England, the series films on a purpose-built supermarket set at The Bottle Yard Studios.
The BBC has filmed scenes for its new period drama Poldark on location in Bath in the west of England. Production is based at The Bottle Yard Studios in nearby Bristol, which was also the long-term home of Channel’s period drama New Worlds.
Major movie equipment supplier Filmscape Media has opened an office at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol in western England. Bristol becomes its first regional office outside its London base and the company will be focussing on developing its lighting division.
Thriller Take Down is to become the first feature to receive funding from the Welsh government’s new GBP30 million Media Investment Budget. Focussing on spoiled youths taken hostage at a school for troubled teens, the movie will shoot in Wales and on the Isle of Man.
Aaron Paul, star of the hit crime drama Breaking Bad, has opened the refurbished West London Film Studios in Hayes, along with studio owner Frank Khalid. The facility offers 105,000 square feet of studio space, including six stages and office space.
The BBC is filming on location on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands for the new series of Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi takes over from Matt Smith in the iconic sci-fi show, which has broadened its international scope in recent years with shoots in the US, Dubai and mainland Spain.
A second series of ITV’s murder drama Broadchurch will once again film on location in Dorset on the south coast of England. Broadchurch was a big hit and followed the impact of a child murder investigation in a small seaside community.
Company Pictures has returned to The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, western England, to film new six-part period drama Wolf Hall for the BBC. The production company previously based its period drama New Worlds at the studios.