The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood movieposter 1993

Directed By: Timothy Forder Written By: Charles Dickens (Novel) and Timothy Forder (Adaptation) Starring:  Robert Powell, Gareth Arnold, Gemma Craven & Michelle Evans. Production Company: First Standard Media Kent Locations Used: Rochester Cathedral, Rochester Famed as Dickens’ unfinished novel, the acclaimed author died in 1870 leaving the ending of the book a mystery forever.  Although both story […]



Moon and Son (1992)

Behind the scenes, Moon and Son at Civic Centre, Folkestone

Creator: Robert Banks Stewart Directors: Ken Grieve, Robert Tronson, Paul Harrison, Roger Tucker Writers: Michael Aitkens, Leslie Darbon Cast: Millicent Martin, John Michie, Laure Killing, Ian Redford, Patrick Drury, John Fitzgerald Jay Production Company: BBC Kent locations Used: Folkestone, Kent and East Sussex Railway, Oare Marshes, Chilham Castle, Crabble Corn Mill, Deal, Folkestone Harbour, Dungeness […]



Covington Cross (1992)

Covington Cross characters standing in front of the castle

Creator/writer: Gil Grant Starring: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth, Tim Killick, Glenn Quinn, Ione Skye Production Company: Gil Grant Productions, Reeves Entertainment Group, Thames Television Kent Locations: Penshurst Place, Allington Castle  Covington Cross is a medieval soap about the day to day concerns and struggles of the Grey family, headed up by widower, […]



Waterland (1992)

Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal Starring: Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Sinéad Cusack,  Maggie Gyllenhaal Production Company: British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films, Palace Pictures, Pandora Cinema Kent Filming Locations Used: Doddington Place Gardens Based on the 1983 novel of the same name, Waterland, by Graham Swift, discusses how the events in our youth can leave a damaging […]



Married… with Children Season 6 (1992)

Katey Sagal as Peggy and Christina Applegate as Kelly stand looking at a member of the Queen’s Royal Guard. Peggy is wearing a black coat and leopard print scarf. Kelly is wearing a black leather jacket and red top.

Creators: Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye Starring: Ed O’Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, David Faustino Production Company: ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television Kent Locations Used: Chilham, Chilham Castle Married… with Children (1987-1997) is a US sitcom which follows the Chicagoan Bundy family, consisting of hard luck shoe salesman Al, his lazy wife Peggy, their attractive […]



Darling Buds of May (1991 – 1993)

Catherine Zeta Jones as Mariette with Oast House in the background © ITV

  Director : David Giles, Robert Tronson, Rodney Bennett, Steve Goldie Writer: H. E Bates, Paul Wheeler, Stephen Bill Production Company: Excelsior, Yorkshire Television Kent Filming Locations: Pluckley, Folkestone, Set in Kent in the 1950’s Darling Buds of May was filmed on location in Pluckley and Folkestone. The programme focused on the Larkin family who appeared to […]



Hamlet (1990)

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates & Helena Bonham Carter. Production Company:  Canal+, Carolco Pictures, Icon Entertainment International, Icon Productions, Marquis Nelson Entertainment, Sovereign Pictures, Warner Bros. Kent Filming Location: Dover Castle When Prince Hamlet returns to Denmark following the death of his father, he discovers his mother has already […]



Poirot – The Kidnapped Prime Minister (1990)

Writer: Agatha Christie (novel), Clive Exton (adaption) Director: Andrew Grieve Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson Production Company: Carnival Film & Television, London Weekend Television, Picture Partnership Productions Kent Locations: Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, St Margaret’s Bay and Dover This ITV adaption of Poirot – The Kidnapped Prime Minister is based on Agatha Christie’s Poirot Investigates short […]



The Garden (1990)

The Garden screenshot - Dungeness beach and sea

Directed by: Derek Jarman Starring: Tilda Swinton, Pete Lee-Wilson, Michael Gough Production Company: Basilisk Communications, Channel 4, British Screen Productions, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Uplink, Sohbi Kikaku, Space Shower TV Kent locations: Dungeness The Garden is one of avant-garde director Derek Jarman’s final films, and intertwines an almost wordless story about two gay lovers who are arrested, severely […]



Only Fools and Horses: The Jolly Boys’ Outing (1989)

Only Fools and Horses The Jolly Boys' Outing © BBC

Director: Tony Dow Writer: John Sullivan Starring: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Paul Barber, John Challis, Sue Holderness, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Kenneth MacDonald, Gwyneth Strong, Tessa Peake-Jones. Production Company: BBC Kent Locations: Margate, Dreamland, Broadstairs, Herne Bay The Jolly Boys’ Outing is the 1989 Christmas Special of the popular BBC series Only Fools and Horses […]