Battle of Britain
This epic drama featured scenes of planes battling it out over the cliffs.
Category: Birling Gap
Witchfinder General
Horror maestro Christopher Lee plays the real-life witchfinder and the cliffs at Birling Gap play the Northolk coast.
The Chalk Garden
Sir John Mills and daughter Hayley starred in this drama about a young girl going to stay with her granddaughter. Scenes were shot in the Seven Sisters National Park, Preston Park in Brighton and at…
Half a Sixpence
Tommy Steel sings the theme tune on Eastbourne Pier in this musical adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel Kips. The cliffs around Birling Gap also feature in the opening titles.
Foyle’s War
Hastings was the setting for the majority of the show Foyle’s War with St Just, in Croft Road used as the location for Foyle’s home.
Luther
Series 4 of gritty crime drama Luther, starring Idris Elba, required a house in a remote location where our hero could hide out. The Coastguard Cottages, over the brow of Seaford Head and overlooking the Seven…
Dad’s Army
Seaford Head and Hope Gap featured in this film version of the hit sitcom, with the majority of the regulars coming down for the shoot. They also enjoyed a pint in the Wellington Hotel and…