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The Last Days of Anne Boleyn (2013)

  Kent Locations: Penshurst Place  As part of the Tudor Season, BBC Two have a special hour long special “The Last Days of Anne Boleyn” which looks at one of the most famous and controversial women in British history who became the first British Queen to be executed in 1536. This documentary-drama re-enacts Anne Boleyn’s [...]

Mary Queen of the High Street (2013)

  Kent Locations: Margate Mary Queen of the High Street is a new Channel 4 series that sees retail expert Mary Portas attempt to save Britain’s declining high streets. Having developed the 28-plan “The Portas Review”, Mary tries to put it into place with the help of Town Teams and locals to breathe some much [...]

Murder on the Home Front (2013)

  Starring: Patrick Kennedy, Tamzin Merchant, James Fleet, Emerald Fennell Kent Locations:  The Historic Dockyard Chatham Murder on the Home Front is a new two part ITV drama set  in London during the Blitz and is loosely based on the memoirs of Molly Lefebure, a secretary to Home Office Pathologist Keith Simpson. It documents the [...]

British Independent Film Festival visits the Gulbenkian!

The British Independent Film Festival is a celebration of the rich diversity of independent British film, and is coming to the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury on Saturday 25th May 2013! This year is the fourth festival and promises to be the most exciting yet as for the first time, it is being simultaneously hosted at [...]

Kent writer and director screens debut film Jeffrey

Stephen James is the writer and director behind 2Steaks Productions, a Kent-based company set up in 2012 and Jeffrey is their first release; a quirky and surprisingly intense 20 minute short in which we are introduced to Jeffrey, the quintessentially English eccentric. Premiered in December 2012, it was filmed over two days and stars Screen [...]

James May’s Man Lab (2013)

  Kent Locations:  Whitstable James May’s Man Lab is a BBC Two television series which sees James and his team explore traditional skills that are being lost on modern men, showing them why they are valuable and how not to lose these skills forever. Throughout the series he has taken part in a variety of [...]

Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History (2013)

Kent Locations:  Ramsgate, Albion House Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History is a new three part BBC Two series presented by Lucy Worsley and explores how illnesses of our present and past royal families have changed the history of the nation. In the third episode, entitled “Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors”, presenter and [...]

Support the East Kent bid for UK City of Culture 2017!

The UK City of Culture is a nationwide competition run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and aims to use creativity as a tool for cultural regeneration and grow the area in cultural, economical, personal and social aspects. Taking place every four years, the winner hosts a year of mayor cultural events, with [...]

The British Animal Honours (2013)

  Kent Locations: Tunbridge Wells, The Pantiles The British Animal Honours 2013 is the first televised award ceremony celebrating the country’s most extraordinary animals and the people who dedicate their lives to them. Hosted by Paul O’Grady (The Paul O’Grady Show), animals are nominated for honours by members of the public and the winners are [...]

Walking Through History (2013)

  Kent Locations: Penshurst Place, Hever Castle, Chiddingstone, Kent’s public footpaths Walking Through History is a new Channel 4 series presented by Tony Robinson who embarks on spectacular walks through some of Britain’s most historic and picturesque landscapes. In the third episode, entitled “The Tudor Way”, actor and presenter Tony Robinson (Blackadder, Time Team) takes [...]