Your comprehensive guide detailing TV and Film productions that have been filmed in Kent
Writer and Director: Stephen Poliakoff Starring: Jim Sturgess, Freddie Highmore, August Diehl, Charlotte Riley, Phoebe Fox, Alfred Molina Production Company: Little Island Productions in association with Endor Productions Kent locations used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, Close To The Enemy tells the story of Captain Callum Ferguson […]
Production Company: Storyvault Films Limited Kent Locations Used: Scotney Castle, Margate Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year is the annual competition searching for the nation’s best landscape painter. The artists compete for the chance to win the acclaimed title, win a £10,000 commission for the National Trust’s art collection and £500 of art materials […]
Production Company: Shine TV Kent locations used: Tunbridge Wells, Sittingbourne, Isle of Sheppey Channel 4’s Hunted returns for a second series where 10 ordinary people take the challenge to remain hidden for 28 days with the chance of winning a share of £100,000. With a team of professional hunters trying to trace their every move and members of the public looking to trade information […]
Production Company: Kudos Productions, Matador Films Starring: Gemma Chan, Emily Berrington, Colin Morgan, Katherine Parkinson, Carrie-Ann Moss, Tom Goodman-Hill Kent Locations Used: Westgate-on-Sea – West Bay Café, Piggy Bank nursery, Station Road Birchington, Botany Bay, Norfolk Road, Cliftonville Set in a parallel present, Humans returns for a second series and explores how the latest family […]
Writer: Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Chiwetel Ejiofor Production Company: Marvel Studios Kent Locations Used: Northfleet Doctor Strange is a feature film based on the Marvel comic about a neurosurgeon who is injured in a car accident that ruins his […]
Production Company: Factory Films Kent Locations Used: Romney Marsh Books That Made Britain is a BBC series which explores how books have portrayed the different regions they are set in. An upcoming episode explores the Writers of Rye and presenter Damian Barr discovers how the Sussex town has inspired many writers, and continues to have […]
Production Company: Phil MacIntyre TV Kent Locations Used: Kent and East Sussex Railway Tenterden Station, Leeds Castle Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies is a three part series exploring the history of Ealing Studios and the iconic films that were made there including the silent films made at the turn of the 20th century, music […]
Production Company: BBC South East Kent Locations Used: Sandgate, Folkestone, The Historic Dockyard Chatham, St Clere Estate, Sevenoaks To mark H.G. Wells’ 150th birthday, Future Tense: The Story of H.G. Wells, presented by Dominic Sandbrook, discovers how a sleepy corner of the country inspired some of the most fantastic ideas in science fiction. The BBC […]
Writer and Director: Alexander Fodor Stars: Jason Wing, Funda Önal, Ryan Ebling Production Companies: Dark Moon Filmworks, Zed Resistor Company Kent Locations Used: St Augustine’s Priory, Ashford Dead and Awake is a dark, sinister, psychological thriller about a group of people who have kidnapped a girl with paranormal powers, only to find themselves victims of […]
Writers: Adam Randall, Gary Young Director: Adam Randall Starring: Josh Bowman, Neil Maskell, William Houston, Leila Mimmack Production Company: Fulwell 73, Independent, Quickfire Films Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Level Up is a thriller about Matt (Josh Bowman), a young, unambitious man whose world changes instantly when his girlfriend is kidnapped. Forced to […]
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