Your comprehensive guide detailing TV and Film productions that have been filmed in Kent
Director: Nicholas Mallett Starring: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch, Nicholas Parsons Production Company: BBC Kent locations used: Lillesden Manor, Roses Farm, St Lawrence Church in Hawkhurst The Curse of Fenric is a four part story of popular sci-fi show, Doctor Who, starring Sylvester McCoy. The Doctor and his companion, Ace, arrive at […]
Director: Nick Wood Starring: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Leslie Joseph, Alun Lewis, Peter Polycarpou Production Company: Alomo Productions, SelecTV Kent Locations used: Maidstone Prison Birds of a Feather is a comedy series about two sisters, Sharon and Tracey Stubbs who move in together after both their husbands end up in jail following an armed robbery […]
Director: Kevin Connor Writers: Charles Dickens (Novel) Starring: Kim Thompson, Jean Simmons, Anthony Calf & Anthony Hopkins Production Company: Harlech Television (HTV), Primetime Television Ltd., Tesauro Television, Walt Disney Television Kent Locations Used: Harty Church, Rochester, Chatham, Upnor village With a future as a blacksmith before him, Pip is invited to the home of the […]
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whatley, Nathaniel Parker, Peter Amory, Norman Rodway Directed by: Anthony Simmons Production Company: Zenith Productions, Central Independent Television Kent locations used: Port of Dover, Dover Priory Station Deceived by Flight is episode 3, from series 3, of the well-known Inspector Morse series based on the novels by Colin Dexter where Morse is […]
Directed By: Trevor Nunn Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Patrick Stewart Production Company: Capital Equipment Leasing, Paramount Pictures Kent Locations Used: Hever Castle, Leeds Castle, Dover Castle When the death of King Henry VIII throws the country into chaos, the question of succession to the throne must be resolved. While the King’s […]
Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio Production Company: Natant Stanley, Kubrick Productions, Warner Bros. Kent Locations Used: Cliffe Set in the late 1960’s, Full Metal Jacket follows the lives of trainee marines as they undergo a gruelling boot camp under the direction of demanding Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). During the […]
Directed by: Rob Reiner Written by: William Goldman Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Parinkin, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, Peter Falk and Andre the Giant Production Company: Act III Communications, Buttercup Films Ltd., The Princess Bride Ltd. Kent Locations used: Penshurst Place The Princess Bride is cult fantasy film, based on the 1973 book of the […]
Directed by: James Ivory Produced by: Ismail Merchant Starring: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Judi Dench, Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis Production Company: Goldcrest Films International, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), Curzon Film Distributors, Film Four International, Merchant Ivory Productions Kent Filming Locations Used: Emmett’s Garden in Sevenoaks, Chiddingstone, Brasted. Set in the early 1900’s, Lucy Honeychurch (Bonham Carter) embarks […]
Director: Roland Joffe Starring: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, Ronald Pickup, Aidan Quin Production Company: Warner Bros., Goldcrest Films International, Kingsmere Productions Ltd., Enigma Productions, AMLF Kent locations used: Fort Amherst The Mission is an Oscar winning action film focused on the story of Rodrigo Mendoza (Robert De Niro), who after killing his brother, is […]
Director: Barry Levinson Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle, Chris Columbus Starring: Nicolas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Paramount Pictures Kent locations used: Penshurst Place Young Sherlock Holmes is a new take on the classic tales of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in which […]