The BBC has announced that the new series of Doctor Who will film scenes on location in the US for the first time in November this year. The production is based in Cardiff and has previously filmed in Dubai and Eastern Europe.
Captain America: The First Avenger has closed parts of Manchester’s Northern Quarter for two weeks of location filming. The area has been dressed to double for 1940s New York.
Visit its buzzing streets or its city beaches and you'll soon see Marseille is an extraordinary place that has its own soul unlike any other. The capital of Provence Alpes Cote D'Azur, it was founded around 600BC by Phoenician sailors and is today France's second city. It boasts over a thousand feature films to its credit and has been flirting with the cameras for years.
New Orleans no longer has the blues, production-wise at least. Could it be something to do with the fact that already generous Louisiana incentives have been raised to a whacking 30%?
Jordan has been in demand for many years as a filming location. However, since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 its expansive desert landscapes have grown in popularity for film and TV projects looking to tackle the war in a safe environment.
Specialist underwater filming equipment can produce outstanding and atmospheric sub-aqua images, whether this is for use in wildlife documentaries or for fleeting shots of a character taking a swim in a TV or film production.
Central Europe has long been recognised as a quality filming destination. Germany has had incredible success with its annual handout of EUR60 million through the German Federal Film Fund, grabbing big productions like Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds,
Chris Tangey, from Alice Springs Film and Television, talks to The Location Guide about filming on location with BBC Science in the very centre of Australia's outback for How the Earth Made Us, a major new series on how geology has shaped human history and civilisation.