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Come Dine With Me (2012)

The Come Dine With Me logo

  Kent locations used: Dover, Folkestone The renowned Channel 4 cooking show comes to Dover and Folkestone and sees four amateur chefs compete by trying to hold the best dinner party and scoop the £1,000 prize. The Kent locals are self-confessed witch Lisa, eccentric 70-year-old Janet, parish priest Andy and businessman John. They each host a dinner party [...]

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Our Food (2012)

The Our Food team

Kent locations used: Upchurch, Chatham, River Medway, Isle of Sheppey, Queenborough,  Allington Lock, Maidstone, Kent Life Museum, Faversham, Whistable, Romney Marsh, Whitstable In a brand new BBC series, well-known presenters and experts including food critic Giles Coren, take us on a journey around Britain to discover how food is grown around the country and explore [...]

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Don’t Get Done Get Dom (2012)

Dominic Littlewood © BBC

Dominic Littlewood © BBC   Kent locations used: Sheerness Don’t Get Done Get Dom is a consumer series presented by Dominic Littlewood who helps members of the general public that have been mistreated by some well-known  companies. In the Kent episode, Dom helps a family from Sheerness who had a bad experience with a national [...]

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Cowboy Traders (2012)

Cowboy Traders presenters Dominic Littlewood and Melinda Messenger with the happy couple

Kent locations used: Chilham, Ashford, Sittingbourne,Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Hever Castle, Sevenoaks Popular Channel 5 series Cowboy Traders returns for series 7, and comes to Kent to help people who have fallen victims at the hands of rogue traders. In the opening episode, presenters Dominic Littlewood (Don’t Get Done, Get Dom, The One Show) and Melinda [...]

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BBC Sport Relief John Bishop’s Week of Hell (2012)

John Bishop

John Bishop © BBC Kent Locations Used: Dover, Canterbury, Swale, Medway, Gravesham, Dartford Comedian John Bishop took on a grueling challenge to raise money for Sport Relief!  Don’t miss the special programme which shows how John was tested to the limit when he cycled, rowed and ran more than 295 miles from Paris to London [...]

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The Biggest Loser Final (2012)

The Biggest Loser presenter Davina McCall

The Biggest Loser presenter Davina McCall © ITV Kent Locations Used: The Maidstone Studios The Biggest Loser is the incredibly successful programme where 14 overweight individuals compete to lose the most amount of weight through exercise and by changing their diet. Don’t miss the exciting final which is being filmed at The Maidstone Studios where [...]

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Bang Goes The Theory (2012)

Bang Goes The Theory presenters Liz Bonnin, Dallas Campbell, Dr. Yan Wong and Jem Stansfield

Bang Goes The Theory presenters Liz Bonnin, Dallas Campbell, Dr. Yan Wong and Jem Stansfield  © BBC  Kent Locations Used: Broadstairs, Viking Bay BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory returns for its sixth series and comes to Broadstairs to look at engines, explore why petrol costs so much, and look at the alternatives, such as homemade [...]

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Britain’s First Photo Album (2012)

John Sergeant on the Thames

John Sergeant on the Thames © BBC Kent Locations Used: Gravesend, Faversham, Broadstairs, Hythe This new BBC2 series, Britain’s First Photo Album, looks at the works of Francis Frith, the pioneer Victorian photographer who spent much of the late 19th century photographing various spots of Britain, including Kent. Francis Frith who sold his grocers business [...]

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Country File (2012)

Countryfile presenters Matt Baker, Ellie Harrison and John Craven

Countryfile presenters Matt Baker, Ellie Harrison and John Craven © BBC Kent locations used: Godmersham,GodmershamPark Country File is the long running BBC series that explores the stories, people and issues in the British countryside, and is presented by John Craven, Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison. County File has been running since 1988, and not only is [...]

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Got To Dance (2012)

Belle

  Belle © Sky Kent locations used: Herne Bay – seafront, Kings Hall, Central Parade Got to Dance, the Sky1 dance talent show comes to Herne Bay to visit semi-finalist Belle in her home town. Don’t miss the exciting semi-final to see if Belle wins enough public votes to secure her place in the final, giving her [...]

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