Filmed in Kent

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

Pennyworth Series 1 – 2 (2019 – 2021)

Alfred Pennyworth points a gun on this poster image with a montage of characters in the background. Red backdrop with faint image of castle in the background.

Creator / Writer: Bruno Heller Directors: Danny Cannon, Rob Bailey, Bill Eagles, Jon East, Clare Kilner, China Moo-Young Starring: Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett, Paloma Faith Production Company: Warner Bros Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Pennyworth Series One tells the origin story of Alfred Pennyworth a former special‑forces soldier living in […]


Unforgotten (2021)

The image shows head shots of actors Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nicola Walker looking into the distance. Sanjeev wears a black coat and Nicola wears a red coat.

Writer: Chris Lang Director: Andy Wilson Starring: Nicola Walker, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sheila Hancock, Susan Lynch, Phaldut Sharma, Liz White, Andy Nyman, Clare Calbraith, Lucy Speed Production company: Mainstreet Pictures Kent Locations Used: Rochester City, Rochester Cathedral, Medway Rowing Club, Strood Unforgotten is a murder mystery series set in London, that follows two detectives, DCI Cassie […]


Devils (2021)

Patrick Dempsey as Dominic Morgan & Alessandro Borghi as Massimo Ruggero are walking down an outside stairway with skyscrapers in the background.

Writers: Elena Buccacio, Mario Ruggeri, Alessandro Sermoneta, Ben Harris, Chris Lunt, Michael A Walker Directors:  Nick Hurran, Jan Michelini Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Alessandro Borghi, Laia Costa Production Company: Lux Vide, Sky Italia Kent Locations Used: Kingsgate Bay in Broadstairs   Based on the novel by Guido Maria Brera, Devils is a brand new TV series […]


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 novels […]


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)

Actor Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle in a prison scene wearing blue overalls carrying a pile of clothing. Behind him is the prison metal stair case and walkways.

Starring:  Sheyi Cole, Robbie Gee 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 Small Axe to BBC One with six one hour-long anthologies about London’s West Indian community spanning three decades. The name of the series is derived from […]


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 […]