Kudos Film and Television

SAS Rogue Heroes – Series 2 (2025)

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Promotional poster for SAS Rogue Heroes. Three men standing against a hilly backdrop with explosions and a Union Jack flag behind them. The men all wear brown shirts and one is holding a large gun.

SAS Rogue Heroes (2022-2025) © BBC/Banijay UK/Robert Viglasky

Creator: Steven Knight
Starring: Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connell, Jacob Ifan, Sofia Boutella, Theo Barklem-Biggs
Production Company: Kudos Film and Television, K Films
Kent Locations Used: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Fort Amherst

Based on the book by Ben Macintyre, SAS Rogue Heroes (2022-2025) charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit of the British Army during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Created by Steven Knight (Redemption (2013), Amazing Grace (2007)), the series stars Connor Swindells (Sex Education (2021), Barbie), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, ‘71), Jacob Ifan (The Pact, Bang), Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Star Trek Beyond) and Theo Barklem-Biggs (The First Team (2020), The Forgotten Battle).

Two soldiers standing to attention. In between them is a large movie camera.

SAS Rogue Heroes Series 2 (2025) Behind-the-scenes © BBC/Banijay UK/Robert Viglasky

Production visited Kent to film on the HMS Cavalier at The Historic Dockyard Chatham and at the nearby Fort Amherst.

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a 17th Century Dockyard which spans over 80 acres, containing over 100 buildings dating from the Georgian and Victorian periods. It is the most popular filming location in Kent, having recently played host to Loki – Season 2 (2023), Series 3 of The Great (2020-2023) and Secret Invasion (2023).

Built during Napoleonic times to defend Medway from a land-based attack, Fort Amherst consists of period outbuildings, cannons, defensive ditches, dressed period guard quarters and atmospheric underground tunnels. Previous productions to have filmed there include Series 3 of The Witcher (2023), The Nevers (2021) and Darkest Hour (2018).

Series 2 of SAS Rogue Heroes (2025) will begin airing on BBC One on Wednesday 1st January 2025.

For more information about Kent’s Filming History please visit our Movie Map.

The Fixer (2008)

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Jody Lee Latham, Peter Mullan, Andrew Buchan and Tamsin Outhwaite cast of The Fixer © ITV1

Written by: Neil Cross

Directed by: Alrick Riley

Starring: Peter Mullen, Andrew Buchan, Jody Lee Latham ,Tamsin Outhwaite

Production Company: Kudos Film and Television

Kent Filming Locations: Botany Bay

From the award winning production company Kudos, who also brought you Hustle, Life on Mars and Spooks , comes a six part drama starring Tamsin Outhwaithe (Eastenders, Hotel Babylon), Peter Mullan (Children of Men, The Magdalene Sisters), Andrew Buchan (Cranford, Party Animals) and Jody Lee Latham (Ruby Blue, Shameless).

Retired police officer, Lenny Douglas (Peter Mullan), heads up a renegade group acting outside  the law to bring order to the spiralling criminal activity in the country. He hires John Mercer (Andrew Buchan), a former Special Forces member who has just been released from prison, to fix problems by carrying out assassinations. Rose (Tamsin Outhwaite), a disgraced ex police officer, and petty thief Calum  (Jody Lee Latham) help Mercer carry out his hits effectively, making them a deadly force to reckon with.

The production team visited Kent briefly in 2007 to shoot scenes at Botany Bay in Thanet.

Botany Bay is a beautiful sandy bay popular with tourists but it was once the home of notorious smugglers! In fact, Botany Bay is said to have been the location of the infamous Battle of Botany Bay, where Joss Snelling’s gang were caught red handed smuggling goods into the county. Botany Bay has previously welcomed projects such as the BBC drama True Love (2012).

The seclusion of the bay provided the perfect backdrop for a dark and sinister hit by The Fixer!

The first series aired on the 10th March on ITV and is now available to buy on DVD

For more information about Kent’s Filming History please visit our Movie Map.