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BBC to film Jimmy McGovern historical TV drama Banished on location in Australia
The BBC will start filming new historical TV drama Banished on location near Sydney, Australia, in the next few weeks. McGovern’s seven-part drama is loosely based on real events and tells the story of Britain’s first Australian penal colony in…
Channel 4 to expand location filming work outside England under new licence
British broadcaster Channel 4 will produce more content on location in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 2020, under the terms of its new licensing agreement from regulator Ofcom. “Ofcom has decided that Channel 4’s quota for programmes produced outside…
Gothic drama series Penny Dreadful films in Dublin and County Wicklow
New gothic drama series Penny Dreadful filmed entirely in Dublin and County Wicklow, recreating Victorian London in the Irish capital. Created by John Logan, the drama features famous literary characters such as Victor Frankenstein and Dorian Gray in a dark…
BBC period drama Peaky Blinders films limited scenes on location in Birmingham
The second series of the BBC’s period gangster drama Peaky Blinders has filmed limited scenes in Birmingham in central England. Although set in Birmingham in the early 1920s, the drama will spend most of its four-month shoot further north in…
Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman praises UK film industry
The director of Tom Cruise’s upcoming sci-fi movie Edge of Tomorrow has praised the UK’s production industry and London filming locations. For the project formerly known as All You Need Is Kill, Doug Liman directs Cruise as a soldier forced…
Miniseries Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell starts filming in York Minster
Period fantasy miniseries Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has started filming on location in York Minster in northern England. Based on the novel by Susanna Clarke, the drama follows two men in an alternate 19th Century who reintroduce magic to…
Filming in Italy with Rome-based Location Manager James Walker
James Walker is a freelance Location Manager and local fixer who has been living and operating in Italy since the mid-70s. He has extensive experience in television documentary filmmaking and he is also a producer, researcher, Location Manager and fixer…
Period crime drama Ripper Street returns to Dublin to film third series
A third series of period crime drama Ripper Street will return to film in Dublin, using the city as a double for Victorian London. Flagging ratings had prompted the BBC to cancel the drama, but the show has been resurrected…
Pinewood Studios announces new Cardiff filming facility
Pinewood Studios has announced it will open a new filming facility in the Welsh capital Cardiff. A studio will be built at the former Energy Centre building in Wentloog east of the city. Cardiff already hosts shows including the BBC’s…
BBC drama Shetland returns for new series filming on the Scottish archipelago
In March 2014 the BBC is screening a new series of drama Shetland, named for the remote archipelago north of the Scottish mainland where it's filmed and set. Douglas Henshall stars as a detective working in the small island communities.…