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BBC launches period drama Wolf Hall with Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis
Wolf Hall was filmed for the BBC mainly in western England using The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol as a base. Adapted from Hilary Mantel's novel, Mark Rylance stars as Thomas Cromwell, who became a key player in the court…
BBC Films bases war memoir Testament Of Youth on location in Yorkshire
A feature adaptation of famous First World War memoir Testament Of Youth based its location filming in Yorkshire, northern England, but also shot in Oxford and London. The film tells the story of Vera Brittain’s experiences as an Oxford student…
Hampshire in southern England has strong year with high-profile films and TV
Hampshire in the south of England had a strong 2014, hosting nearly a dozen feature films and five high-profile TV shoots. Superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 5 were among the biggest feature productions.…
National Trust properties in UK prepare for BBC Wolf Hall film tourism boost
Historic National Trust properties in the UK are hoping for a film tourism boost when they appear in the BBC’s period drama Wolf Hall in 2015. Television drama Downton Abbey and movies like Tim Burton’s recent Alice in Wonderland have…
Downton Abbey producers to film BBC crime drama miniseries in New Zealand
Carnival Pictures, the company behind the hit period drama Downton Abbey, is to film a new crime drama miniseries on location in New Zealand for the BBC. The series will shoot in Rotorua on the North Island and has been…
Global UK TV exports to China increase by 40% but US still biggest market
Global exports of UK television productions to China rose by a staggering 40% in 2013/14, but the US remains the single biggest international market for UK shows. The figures, published by the independent producers’ trade association Pact, show that overall…
Period US drama pilot Knifeman films at West London Film Studios
The pilot for new US drama series Knifeman is filming on location at West London Film Studios in the UK. Tom Hollander will play real-life 18th Century Scottish surgeon John Hunter in a story based on the biography The Knife…
BBC to film period drama Poldark partly on location at Chavenage House near Bristol
The BBC will be filming its new period drama Poldark partly on location at the historic Chavenage House near Bristol in south-west England. Mammoth Screen is basing Poldark at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios that recently hosted Channel 4 production New…
Success of new BBC Sherlock series could boost London film tourism
The continuing success of the BBC’s modern-day detective series Sherlock could help boost film tourism in London. Nearly ten million UK viewers watched the opening third-series episode broadcast on 1 January 2014 and the series starts in the US later…
Period TV drama The Mill to film second series on location in Cheshire
Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) will return to the historic Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, northern England, to film a second series of period drama The Mill. The new series will move forward in the mill’s history and chart the lives…