Filmed in Kent

Your comprehensive guide detailing TV and Film productions that have been filmed in Kent

Pandemonium (2020)

The Jessop family stand in front of the Towers at Reculver country park on their family holiday.

Writer: Tom Basden Director: Ella Jones Starring: Alison Steadman Production Company: BBC Studios Kent Locations Used: Reculver Country Park; Walpole Bay Pandemonium is a one-off TV drama in which the Jessops family, having had a terrible year due to the Pandemic, decided to take a holiday to boost morale, but it is October in Margate. […]


Bridgerton (2020)

The Bridgerton family stand in a group on the steps outside their Regency home

  Writers: Chris Van Dusen, Sarah Dollard, Janet Lin, Abby McDonald, Julia Quinn Directors: Sheree Folkson, Alrick Riley, Julie Anne Robinson, Tom Verica Starring: Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Golda Rosheuvel, Jonathan Bailey, Adjoa Andoh, Julie Andrews Production Company: Shondaland Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Bridgerton is a period drama inspired by Julia Quinn’s historic romance […]


The Crown Series 1 – 4 (2016-2020)

Actress Olivia Coleman as Queen Elizabeth II dressed in regimental uniform sitting on a black horse saluting. In the background is a crowd

Writer: Peter Morgan Directors: Stephen Daldry, Benjamin Caron, Philip Martin, Julian Jarrold Starring: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, Vanessa Kirby, John Lithgow, Olivia Coleman, Helena Bonham Carter, Tobias Menzies Production Companies: Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television Production UK Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Royal School of Military Engineering (Chatham) Brompton Barracks […]


Small Axe (2020)

A woman wearing a black top is struggling with two policeman stood either side of her holding her arms. They are outside a building in the street.

Starring:  Joshua Viner, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Letitia Wright, John Boyega, Malachi Kirby, Joshua Viner Production Company: Amazon Studios for BBC Kent Locations Used:  Canterbury Prison Oscar-winning writer and director Steve McQueen (Widows (2018), 12 Years a Slave (2013)) brings a new series to BBC One with six one hour-long anthologies about London’s West Indian community spanning three decades. […]


Brave New World (2020)

Actor Alden Ehrenreicht touching actress Lara Peake’s pregnant stomach. She is dressed in a wedding dress

Directors: Owen Harris, Aoife McArdle, Andrij Parekh, Craig Zisk Writers: David Wiener, Grant Morrison, Brian Taylor, Aldous Huxley (novel) Producer: Chloe Moss Starring: Stuart Walker, Jeanie Hackman, Summer-Joules Production Company: Amblin Television, NBC Universal Content Studios Kent Locations Used: Dungeness Estate and Old Lifeboat Station, Dungeness, Lydd Camp Brave New World is a new eight part TV series is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s […]


The Third Day (2020)

Jude Law as character Sam stands silhouetted by the sun looking towards the ground

  Writers: Dennis Kelly, Dean O’Loughlin, Kit de Waal Director: Philippa Lowthorpe, Marc Munden Starring: Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Mark Lewis Jones, Amer Chadha-Patel, Katherine Waterston Production Company: Plan B Entertainment, Punchdrunk International, SKY Studios Kent Locations Used: Fog Signal Station, Allens Farm, Chiddingstone, Bedgebury National Pinetum Forest, Hever Castle, Shellness Beach and Huts, Quex […]


The Unfamiliar (2020)

The Unfamiliar Film Poster – Actress Jemima West as Elizabeth (Izzy) Cormack hides under a car looking frightened. She wears brown overalls. The film title at the bottom is in red with the strapline ‘some fears haunt you from within’.

Writers: Henk Pretorius, Jennifer Nicole Stang Director: Henk Pretorius Starring: Jemima West, Christopher Dane, Rebecca Hanssen, Harry McMillan-Hunt, Rachel Lin, Tori Butler-Hart Production Company: Dark Matter Studios Kent Locations Used: Home Farm, Swale. The Unfamiliar is a horror film that features an army doctor returning from war. Initially believing she is suffering from PTSD,  Izzy […]


Two Weeks to Live (2020)

Maisie Williams as character Kim Noakes stands to the right of the programme title against a blue background holding candy floss. She is wearing scruffy clothes featuring a green and black jumper, blue hooded jacket and ripped burgundy trousers. A penguin toy splattered in blood is suspended in front of the programme title featured in pink with the strapline Sweet. Innocent. Badass. Underneath.

  Writer: Gaby Hull Director: Al Campbell Starring: Maisie Williams, Sian Clifford, Mawaan Rizwan Production Company: Kudos Film and Television for SKY UK TV Kent Locations Used: Herne Bay, Dreamland, Harbour Arm and Margate Beach Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Mary Shelley) stars in the new six-part comedy drama Two Weeks to Live (2020) […]


Summerland (2020)

Alice (Gemma Arterton) laying on the grass with a book smiling at the camera with white cliffs as a backdrop.

Writer: Jessica Swale Director: Jessica Swale Starring: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay Production Company: British Film Institute, Quickfire Films Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Dover Castle Set during WWII, Summerland is a period drama from writer and first time director Jessica Swale (Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans, Leading […]


Break (2020)

Film poster for Break- a grey haired man in a beige hat and black top is in the centre of the image holding a gun up to the ceiling, behind him is a montage of 5 other characters from the film, all with concerned and moody faces. The images are on top of a city skyline at night. The title Break is written in the centre

  Writer: Michael Elkin Director: Michael Elkin Starring: Sam Gittins, Jamie Foreman, Adam Deacon, Terri Dwyer, David Yip, Rutger Hauer, Sophie Stevens, Luke Mably Production Company: Break Films, Scanner-Rhodes Productions Kent Locations Used: Canterbury Prison A young, talented snooker player caught up in the world of serious crime when a local gangster and veteran pool […]