Your comprehensive guide detailing TV and Film productions that have been filmed in Kent
Director: Richard Eyre Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Florence Pugh, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott, John Macmillan, Jim Carter, Christopher Eccleston, Tobias Menzies, Anthony Calf, Karl Johnson Production Company: Playground Entertainment, Amazon Studios and BBC Kent Locations Used: Dover King Lear (2018) is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play of the same name. […]
Writer / Director: Eke Chukwu Starring: Kirsten Foster, Ian Reddington, Lisa Moorish, Max Scully Production Company: Independent Film Kent Locations Used: Tankerton Beach, Whitstable A gripping combination of romance and sci-fi, Zoe and the Astronaut (2018) tells the heart-warming story of a Leukaemia patient, who sees a space pod crash in a field near her […]
Writer: Bryan Elsley Director: Misha Manson-Smith Starring: Simona Brown, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Misha Butler, Matthew Aubrey, Haruka Abe Production Company: Balloon Entertainment and Balloon Kent Locations Used: Shellness, Leysdown Based upon Lottie Moggach’s young adult novel of the same name, Kiss Me First (2018) is about Leila, a lonely girl who finds solace in the […]
Director: Pankaj Batra Starring: Diljit Dosanjh, Yograj Singh, Darren Tassell Production Company: Colour 9 Productions Kent Locations Used: Faversham Market Based on a true story, Sajjan Singh Rangroot (2018) follows British Indian Army officer Sajjan Singh (Diljit Dosanjh), who served on the Western Front during World War I. It centres on the Sikh regiments who […]
Creator: Mark Schwahn Starring: Elizabeth Hurley, William Mosely, Alexandra Park, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen Production Company: Mastermind Laboratories, Varsity Pictures, Lionsgate Television, Universal Cable Productions Kent Locations Used: Allington Castle, Boughton Monchelsea Place, The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Tunbridge Wells Set in modern-day London, The Royals (2015-2018) follows the lives and scandals of a fictional British […]
Writer: Scott Z. Burns Director: James Marsh Starring: Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Mark Gatiss Production Company: Blueprint Pictures Kent Locations Used: Chatham Dockyard and Bewl Water The Mercy (2018) tells the true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), a yachtsman who went missing during his attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race […]
Writer / Director: James Crow Starring: Jessica Arterton, Jack Brett Anderson, Liam Kelly, Robert Lowe, Leslie Mills Production Company: Last British Dragon Kent Locations Used: Evegate Manor, Dryhill Local Nature Reserve, Sole Street House House Of Salem (2016) is a horror film in which a child, Josh (Liam Kelly) finds unlikely protectors in the form […]
Writer: Anthony McCarten Director: Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Samuel West Production Company: Wanda Pictures and Working Title Films Kent Locations Used: Fort Amherst, Chartwell House Darkest Hour (2018) is a war drama that follows Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) as he becomes Prime Minister at […]
Writer: Richard Hobley, Jonathan Hopkins Director: Jonathan Hopkins Starring: Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sophia Wiseman Production Company: Goldcrest Films Kent Locations Used: Home Farm Slumber (2017) is a supernatural horror film that follows the story of Alice (Maggie Q), a sleep doctor who is forced to think outside the box when she meets a family […]
Writer: Natasha Narayan, Paul Rutman Director: Justin Chadwick, Jamie Childs Starring: Archie Panjabi, Jack Davenport Production Company: Mammoth Screen Kent Locations Used: Oakdene Cafe, London Road, Wrotham ITV’s new drama series Next Of Kin (2018) follows whip-smart GP Mona Shirani who lives in London with political lobbyist husband Guy Harcourt. Family life is shattered when Mona’s brother is […]
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