High Rocks

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2 (2024)

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Creator: Patrick McKay, John D. Payne
Starring: Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Charlie Vickers, Markella Kavenagh, Daniel Weyman, Lloyd Owen, Robert Aramayo
Production Company: Amazon Studios, New Line Cinema, Tolkien Enterprises, Warner Bros. Television
Kent Locations Used: Harrison Rocks, High Rocks

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2024) is a fantasy series based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s History of Middle Earth, largely found in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings novels. Set thousands of years before the final battle for Middle Earth, the series depicts the Second Age of Middle Earth when the rings were forged.

Developed by Patrick McKay and John D. Payne, the series stars Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) as Galadriel, Ismael Cruz Cordova (In the Blood, Mary Queen of Scots) as Arondir, Charlie Vickers (Medici) as Sauron, Markella Kavenagh (My First Summer, True History of the Kelly Gang) as Nori Brandyfoot, Daniel Weyman (Gentleman Jack, Silent Witness) as The Stranger, Lloyd Owen (Miss Potter, Apollo 18) as Elendil and Robert Aramayo (The Empty Man, Antebellum) as Elrond.

Filming for Season 2 took place at High Rocks and Harrison’s Rocks on the Kent and East Sussex border.

Once a Stone Age camp, the High Rocks are magnificent sandstone rocks interlinked with bridges in a tranquil woodland setting. Situated within the High Rocks complex there are four oak beam function rooms, each with its own bar and dance floor. Britannia Series 3 (2021) and The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (2024) also filmed at the High Rocks.

Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will be available to stream on Amazon Prime on Thursday 29th August 2024.

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Britannia Series 3 (2021)

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TV series promotional poster for Series 3 featuring actor Sophie Okonedo on the left and David Morrissey on the right dressed in period costume. In the foreground an actress Eleanor Worthington Cox stands centre frame dressed in armour holding a spear. Around the frame are images of a flaming cross, helmet, shields, stone pillars and ruins

Britannia Series 3 © Sky UK Ltd

Writer: Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth, James Richardson
Director: Luke Watson, Rob Savage, Sheree Folkston, Christoph Schrewe, Lisa James Larsson, Metin Huseyin, Susan Tully, Mackenzie Crook
Starring: Gianni Calchetti, Mackenzie Crook, David Morrissey, Sophie Okonedo
Production Company: Amazon Studios, Neal Street Productions, Sky, Vertigo Films
Kent Locations Used: High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells

Britannia (2021) is a historical fantasy TV drama set in 43 AD as the Roman Army returns to subjugate Britannia, which is populated by Celtic tribes that include warrior women and powerful druids. Series 3 sees a radical transformation in Cait’s (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) journey as the Chosen One with a decision that will tie her to the future of her war-torn people and their ravaged land.

The series was created by multi-award-winning writers Jez Butterworth (Spectre), his brother Tom Butterworth (Silent Witness) and James Richardson (Bulletproof). Epic, action packed, full of humour and terrifying in equal measure, Britannia is produced by Vertigo Films and Neal Street Productions in association with Sky Studios.

Britannia stars Gianni Calchetti (Cruella, The Third Day (2020)), Mackenzie Crook (Worzel Gummidge, The Office) and David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, The Missing) and, new to Series 3, Sophie Okonedo (The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016)).

High Rocks in Tunbridge Wells features in Series 3 Episode 5 as the land of the Sunfolk, an all-female tribe of visually impaired warriors. High Rocks is a national monument and site of special scientific interest. It comprises acres of sandstone rocks linked by eleven bridges that provide a scenic walk through a tranquil woodland setting. The rocks were once a stone age camp and provided the perfect backdrop for this Celtic drama.

Tunbridge Wells is a popular filming location and previous drama productions to have visited the area are The Third Day (2020) and Queens of Mystery (2020-2021).

Britannia Series 3 was made available to stream on SKY Atlantic and NOW on Tuesday 24th August 2021.

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