Filmed in Kent

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

Eastenders (2007-2023)

An aerial map of London with the River Thames running through it. On the top half of the image, written in white font is the word ‘EastEnders’ with the BBC logo underneath.

Creator: Julia Smith, Tony Holland Starring: Phil Daniels, Matt Di Angelo, Kellie Shirley, June Brown, John Bardon, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Linda Henry, Danny Dyer, Tamzin Outhwaite, Harry Reid Production Company: BBC Kent Locations Used: Dungeness, Stansted, The Ringlestone Inn – Harrietsham, St Giles Church – Womshill, Port of Ramsgate, Victoria Gardens – Broadstairs, Morelli’s – Broadstairs, […]


Treason (2022)

Charlie Cox stands against a white background. He wears a black suit, with a white shirt and black tie. To the right-hand side of the image, written in red text, is the word ‘Treason’. Overlayed over Cox’s body is an upside-down image of Big Ben in red, dripping paint.

Director: Louise Hooper, Sarah O’Gorman Starring: Ciarán Hinds, Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin Production Company: Binocular Productions, Borderline Productions, Bryncoed Productions, ITV Studios Kent Locations Used: Sessions House – Maidstone Treason (2022) is a 5-part spy miniseries about MI6 agent Adam Lawrence whose career seemed set until Kara, a Russian Spy, wanders into his […]


A Spy Among Friends (2022)

Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott and Guy Pearce as Kim Philby dressed in black suits and ties sit on a beige sofa. Both look at the camera. Lewis on the left wears wire-rimmed glasses and Pearce on the right sits with his legs firmly crossed.

Director: Nick Murphy Writer: Alexander Cary Starring: Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, Adrian Edmondson, Anna Maxwell Martin Production Companies: BritBox, ITV Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Spectrum, Veritas Entertainment Group Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Based on the best-selling book by Ben Macintyre, A Spy Among Friends (2022) details the defection of notorious Soviet double […]


Whitstable Pearl (2021-2022)

Kerry Godliman as restaurant owner Pearl Nolan is centre of the image wearing a green top and blue apron. She has blonde hair and behind her is a pebble beach with boats and fishing huts

Creator: Julie Wassmer Starring: Kerry Godliman, Howard Charles, Sophia Del Pizzo, Frances Barber Production Company: Buccaneer Media Kent Locations Used: Whitstable, Canterbury, Faversham, Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, Detling, Dover, Sevenoaks, Rochester Based on the much loved series of novels ‘The Whitstable Pearl Mysteries’ by Kent resident Julie Wassmer (EastEnders, London’s Burning), Whitstable Pearl (2021-2022) is […]


Enola Holmes 2 (2022)

Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes and Louis Partridge as Viscount Tewkesbury stand inside a dark wooden building. Enola is holding a scrap of parchment paper and all three are looking off to the right inquisitively. Cavill wears a white shirt and a black cape-style coat, Partridge wears a white shirt, grey waistcoat and green coat, and Brown wears an old-fashioned style blue dress with gold buttons and a blue bow in her hair.

Director: Harry Bradbeer Writer: Jack Thorne, Nancy Springer Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Louis Partridge Production Companies: Legendary Entertainment, Netflix, PCMA Productions Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham Based on the mystery novels by Nancy Springer, young detective Enola Holmes makes her return in Enola Holmes 2 (2022), where she […]


Living (2022)

Bill Nighy, as Williams, stands in front of a large, grey, historic courthouse building. He is wearing a black pinstripe suit, polka dot tie, and black bowler hat. He carries an umbrella in his hand and is looking at a watch on his wrist.

Director: Oliver Hermanus Starring: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp Production Company: County Hall, Film4, Filmgate Films, Ingenious, Kurosawa Production Co., Lipsync Productions, Number 9 Films Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, King’s Theatre – Chatham Living (2022) is an English-language adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s classic film Ikiru by Kazuo Ishiguro, set in […]


The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (2022)

Three characters stand in a misty wood. On the left stands a woman with long brown hair. She is wearing blue jeans, a red baggy hoody and a green stripy crop top. The man in the middle has short black hair and wears black tracksuit trousers, a dishevelled white t-shirt and a black oversized jacket. His hand is wrapped in a bandage. The man on the right had silver hair and wears black cargo trousers, a black trench coat, grey t-shirt and several silver necklaces.

Writer: Joe Barton Director: Colm McCarthy Starring: Jay Lycurgo, Nadia Parkes, Isobel Jesper Jones, Emilien Vekemans Production Company: Imaginarium Productions Kent Locations Used: Port of Ramsgate and Ramsgate Royal Harbour Based on the ‘Half Bad’ series of books by author Sally Green, The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (2022) is a young adult tale […]


Gangs of London (2020-2022)

Production poster showing the London skyline and four actors in suits above it in the rainy clouds.

Creators: Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery Starring: Narges Rashidi, Joe Cole, Lucian Msamati, Paapa Essiedu, Sope Dirisu Production Company: Pulse Films Kent Locations Used: St Clere Estate near Sevenoaks, Dartford Gangs of London (2020-2022) tells the story of a city torn apart by power struggles, and the sudden vacuum that arises when Finn Wallace, the head […]


The Larkins (2021-2022)

The Larkins family posing for a photo by a lake with trees in the background. The actors are wearing brightly coloured 1950s clothing. To the left children sit on a picnic blanket with a hamper. The adults stand to the right leaning on a wooden bench.

Writer / Creator: Simon Nye Starring: Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Sabrina Bartlett (Series 1), Joelle Rae (Series 2) Tok Stephen, Peter Davidson Production Company: Objective Fiction, Genial Productions Kent Locations Used: Viking Bay and Victoria Gardens – Broadstairs, Eynsford, Faversham, Stonepitts PYO Farm, Sundridge, Squerryes Court, Walpole Bay Hotel & Museum, Underriver, Chiddingstone, various undisclosed […]


Big Boys Don’t Cry (2020)

A sepia coloured image showing the movie poster for Big Boys Don’t Cry. A boy is sitting in a bath against a tiled wall.

Writer: Kal Bonner, Steve Crowhurst Director: Steve Crowhurst Starring: Michael Socha, Zoë Tapper, Rocci Williams, Paul Connolly Production Company: Screenbound International Pictures Kent Locations Used: Cliffe Woods, Deal, Higham and Gravesend Paul Connolly (Michael Socha (Papillon (I)) recalls his harrowing childhood growing up in a children’s home following a police investigation into his boyhood friend’s suicide. […]