Filmed in Kent

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

Junk Rescue – Series 2 (2019)

Presenters Zoe Pocock (wearing a pink jumpsuit) and Danny Sebastian (wearing a patchwork waistcoat and jeans) in Junk Rescue pictured sitting down together on a wooden box and smiling at the camera.

Starring: Zoe Pocock and Danny Sebastian Production Company: Hello Halo Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham CBeebies Junk Rescue (2018-) is back! The series shows how the things we throw away can be turned into something useful, through combining traditional crafts and creative child-led makes. The Kent episode Frayed Yarn, involves Danny, Zoe, and […]


Victorian Sensations: Electric Dreams – Series 1 (2019)

Presenter Hannah Fry pictured in a black jumper smiling at the camera. Red theatre chairs are seen behind her with an electrical machine and spark.

Director: Andy Hall Starring: Hannah Fry Production Company: Academy 7 Productions Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Victorian Sensations (2019) is a brand-new three-part series, which explores the thrilling era of the 1890s, a period of rapid discovery and change. In the first episode, ‘Electric Dreams’, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry (Size Matters, Horizon) investigates […]


De De Pyaar De (2019)

Ashish Mehra (Ajay Deygn) seen standing in a club with some girls standing at either side of him.

Writer: Surabhi Bhatnagar, Tarun Jain, Luv Ranjan Director: Akiv Ali Starring: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Rakul Preet Singh Production Company: Luv Films, T-Series Kent Locations Used: Castle Farm Lavender in Sevenoaks and Leeds Castle in Maidstone De De Pyaar De (2019) is a hit Hindi romantic comedy feature film. The film centres on Ashish Mehra (Ajay […]


Summer of Rockets (2019)

Close up of actress from Summer of Rockets pictured inside a building, looking deep in thought off camera, wearing a blue coat and green scarf.

Writer: Stephen Poliakoff Director: Stephen Poliakoff Starring: Toby Woolf, Suanne Braun, Keeley Hawes, Linus Roache, Timothy Spall, Toby Stephens Production Company: Little Island Productions Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyards, Chatham Set in London during the height of the Cold War, Summer of Rockets (2019) is a drama based on true events amid with growing […]


Britain’s Most Historic Towns – Series 2 (2019)

Presenter Alice Roberts wearing a pink top and headband seen driving a green tractor in a field in Dover, Kent.

Starring: Alice Roberts Production Company: IWC Media and Channel 4 Television Kent Locations Used: Canterbury and Dover Documentary series Britain’s Most Historic Towns (2018-) returns this week, where presenter Alice Roberts (Digging for Britain) explores the UK’s past, by focusing on six key eras as she travels to different towns which best illustrate each of […]


Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

Animated yellow Detective Pikachu seen smiling at the camera wearing a cap. Utensils and pipes in the background.

Writer: Nicole Perlman and Rob Letterman Director: Rob Letterman Starring: Ryan Reynolds (voice), Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Rita Ora, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary, The Pokémon Company Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Based upon the Nintendo video game and later a tv anime and interactive App, Pokémon: Detective […]


The Corrupted (2019)

Liam (Sam Claflin) pictured wearing a black vest in a boxing ring, talking to someone who's face we don't see as their back is to us.

Writer: Nick Moorcroft Director: Ron Scalpello Starring: Sam Claflin, Charlie Murphy, Naomi Ackie Production Company: Eclipse Films, Riverstone Pictures Kent Locations Used: Dartford Marshes The Corrupted (2019) is a crime thriller set in East London ahead of the 2012 Olympics. Ex-con Liam (Sam Claflin) has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate […]


Rupert, Rupert and Rupert (2019)

Rupert, Rupert and Rupert Film Poster showing a montage of three extreme close ups of Sandy Batchelor’s face as Rupert, lying sideways with Rupert standing in the middle, waist up.)

Writer: Mick Sands Director: Tom Sands Starring: Sandy Batchelor, Daisy Keeping, Adam Astill, Ben Porter Production Company: Substantial Films Kent Locations Used: Streets in Royal Tunbridge Wells: Brook Road, Gusta Café, alleyway between Prospect Road and London Road in Southborough. This comedy follows the life of Rupert (Sandy Batchelor), a struggling actor with multiple personality […]


Red Joan (2019)

Sophie Cookson wearing a green jumper talking to one of the other characters in the film who has his back to the camera, outside in what looks like a field.

Writer: Lindsay Shapero Director: Trevor Nunn Starring: Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Judi Dench Production Company: Trademark Films Kent Locations Used: Historic Dockyard Chatham Feature film Red Joan (2019) follows the life of the KGB’s longest-serving British spy, Joan Stanley (Judi Dench). Sophie Cookson plays Joan in her younger years, when, as a Soviet and communist […]


Back to Life Series 1 and 2 (2019 – 2021)

Daisy Haggard as Miri Matteson is sat on a bench on a pebbled beach with Adeel Akhtar as Billy. She has long hair blowing in the wind and is holding her phone and a sandwich. She is wearing a green anorak and black leggings. Adeel has black hair and a beard and wears a brown jacket and blue jeans.

  Writer: Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon Director: Christopher Sweeney Starring: Daisy Haggard, Geraldine James, Jamie Michie, and Christine Bottomley Production Company: BBC Studios Kent locations used: Dungeness, Abbot’s Cliff in Dover, Folkstone Harbour Arm, Hythe, Lydd-on-Sea BBC3 comedy drama Back to Life (2019-) follows Miranda ‘Miri’ Matteson (Daisy Haggard Breeders Series 2 (2021), Hilda) […]