Comedy star Steve Coogan is filming a movie of his famous comedy character Alan Partridge on location on Cromer Pier in Norfolk on the east coast of England. Partridge is a tragically funny TV presenter and DJ who Coogan first played for BBC radio and TV in the early 90s.
Cardiff council has set up a dedicated film unit to handle the rise in demand for location filming in the Welsh capital. The new unit will manage location filming in council-owned buildings and on city roads, and will also promote Cardiff internationally.
A group of producers has visited Galway in western Ireland to scout regional filming locations at the invitation of the Galway Film Centre. The ten producers spent two days visiting the city and nearby locations like the picturesque Inagh Valley and the historic Kylemore Abbey.
A feature adaptation of popular novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society may have to shoot elsewhere if local authorities cannot offer filming incentives to reduce production costs. The story is set during the German occupation of the Channel Island in World War II.
[slideshow id=344]Stephen Poliakoff’s miniseries Dancing on the Edge filmed on location across London and West Midlands. Location Manager Harriet Lawrence talks to TLG about the practical challenges of shooting the tale of a young journalist promoting a black jazz band in the early 1930s.
[slideshow id=342]Stephen Poliakoff’s new drama miniseries Dancing on the Edge has filmed partly on location at Ragley Hall in central England. Screening on BBC2 in the UK, the series follows a young journalist who promotes a black jazz band in early 1930s London.
Hit period drama series Ripper Street has been green-lit for a second series for the BBC and could return to Ireland for location filming. In the first series Dublin doubled for Victorian London’s East End in 1889, shortly after Jack the Ripper’s murder spree.
A new report has indicated that the UK’s major studios may need to expand if they’re to stay globally competitive. The study for Pinewood Studios and Creative England suggests Britain will need to continue developing state-of-the-art facilities as international production demands grow.