Filmed in Kent

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

In the Long Run – Series 2 (2019)

In the Long Run Series 2 Poster featuring various cast members on a yellow, orange and green patterned background. In The Long Run 2 created by Idris Elba written to the right.

Creator: Idris Elba Director: Sandy Johnson Writers: Idris Elba, Danielle Ward, Shivani Vijayapalan, Grace Ofori-Attah, Ben Tagoe, Fraser Ayres Starring: Idris Elba, Bill Bailey, Neil D’Souza, Madeline Appiah, Jimmy Akingbola Production Companies: Green Door Pictures, Sprout Pictures Kent Locations Used: Nell’s Café Gravesend In the Long Run (2017-) is a series created by and starring […]


Escape to the Perfect Town – Series 1 (2019)

Images of a row of colourful houses on a street with blue sky.

Starring: Jonnie Irwin Production Company: Boundless Productions Kent Locations Used: Sevenoaks Town Centre Escape to the Perfect Town (2019-), commissioned by the BBC, is a brand-new daytime television programme which seeks to help prospective property buyers find their dream homes in Britain’s top market towns. Presented by Jonnie Irwin, known for hosting similar property programmes […]


Farming (2019)

Image of young Nigerian man (leader) standing outside, with his white skinhead gang standing behind him.

Writer: Adewale Akinnuage – Agbaje Director: Adewale Akinnuage – Agbaje Starring: Kate Beckinsdale, Gugu Mbath-lraw and Adewale Akinnuage- Agbaje Production Company: Groundswell Production Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Gillingham Farming (2019) takes the audience on a journey through childhood memories of the film’s director Adewale Akinnuage-Agbaje, who, as a young Nigerian boy, was […]


Born a King (2019)

Film poster depicting Abdullah Ali as the young Faisal, Hermione Corfield as a young Princess Mary and Ed Skrein as Philby above a reflection of the Houses of Parliament in the Thames

Writer: Henry Fitzherbert, Bader Al Samari, Ray Loriga Director: Agusti Villaronga Starring: Abdullah Ali, Ed Skrein, Hermione Corfield, Kenneth Cranham Production Company: Arena Audiovisual, Celtic Films Entertainment Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Born a King (2019) is the real life, coming-of-age story of Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who was sent to London […]


World On Fire – Series 1 (2019)

Actor Jonah Hauer wearing a grey suit riding a bike with Zofia Wichlacz wearing a pink top and skirt sat in front of him. Cycling along a cobbled street with an army parade with horses behind them.

Writer: Peter Bowker Directors: Chanya Button, Adam Smith, Andy Wilson, Thomas Napper Starring: Jonah Hauer-King, Zofia Wichlacz, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Helen Hunt, Sean Bean and Arthur Darvill Production Company: BBC One, Mammoth Screen Kent Locations Used: Historic Dockyard Chatham Upcoming BBC seven-part drama series World On Fire (2019-), is a coming of age story set against […]


Britain at Low Tide – Series 3 (2019)

Dr Tori Herridge and his team of three smiling at the camera standing on the beach with the sea in the background.

Director: Michael Waterhouse Starring: Dr Tori Herridge, Dr Alex Langlands Production Company: Tern Television Productions Ltd Kent Locations Used: Tankerton, Whitstable, Port of Ramsgate, Port The third series of Britain at Low Tide (2016-) will return to our screens this week. The show features archaeologists Dr Tori Herridge and Dr Alex Langlands as they explore […]


The Capture (2019)

A female detective wearing a suit standing at a desk with big screens behind her showing a fugitive and CCTV footage.

Writer: Ben Chanan Director: Ben Chanan Starring: Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner, Ralph Ineson, Famke Janssen, Ron Perlman. Production Companies: BBC One, Heyday Television, NBCUniversal International Studios Kent Locations Used: Canterbury Prison Sean Emery (Callum Turner) returns to take care of his daughter after being wrongly imprisoned in Afghanistan on murder charges. However, his life is […]


DIY SOS: The Big Build 20th Anniversary Special (2019)

Image of four of the team featuring in the Big Build Anniversary Special, standing with mugs of tea in their hand and a big '20' balloon behind them.

Starring: Nick Knowles Production Company:BBC Studios Kent Locations: Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey DIY SOS: The Big Build (1999-) is a popular BBC show where a team take on large scale renovation projects to help families in need of expansion. They tackle everything from extensions and conversions to full scale re-models. Kent will feature […]


Interior Design Masters (2019)

Picture Shows: Backrow (L) to (R) Cassie Nicholas, Jim Biddulph, Verity Coleman, Frank Newbold, Nicki Bamford-Bowes all standing at the back of a bricked room with blue pictures on the wall. Front row (L) to (R) Trish Coggans, Terian Tilston, Jerome Gardner, Kyle Broughton-Frew and Ju De Paula sitting on sofas looking into the camera.

Presenter: Fearne Cotton Starring: Michelle Ogundehin, Mary Portas, Jade Jagger, Matthew Williamson Production Company: Darlow Smithson Productions / Endemol Shine Kent Locations Used: Whitstable On Interior Design Masters (2019-), ten designers take on different design projects and compete with each other to gain a commission with a client for a job. Among the contestants is […]


Kathy Burke’s All Woman (2019)

Black and white close up of comedienne and actress Kathy Burke looking at the camera smiling.

Director: Louise McGregor, Lucy Wilcox Starring: Kathy Burke Production Company: Flicker Productions Kent Locations Used: Tankerton Beach, Whitstable British comedienne and actress Kathy Burke presents this three-part documentary series for Channel 4, discussing the challenges of what it means to be a woman in our era. Topics include motherhood, beauty, work, personal image, sex and […]