Buddy
Buddy was a BBC educational drama, developed to get children reading, shown in both a daytime and evening slot and made by the producer of the coming out drama Two of Us, Roger Tonge. Cavendish…
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Behind Her Eyes
New exclusive to Netflix drama features scenes set in and outside the Cosiez cafe in Kemp Town and the walk from the prom to get to it. A single mother enters a world of twisted…
They Came From Somewhere Else
They Came From Somewhere Else was a sitcom that pastiched horror films including Dawn of the Dead, Don’t Look Now and Carrie. The single series was shot in Brighton and starred Robin Driscoll, Rebecca Stevens,…
That Beryl Marston!
Short-lived sitcom with Julia Mackenzie as Georgie, a small Laines shop owner who has recently divorced her husband (Gareth Hunt) for having an affair with Beryl. As it was based in Brighton, Georgie of course…
Grace
John Simm recently made his debut a Brighton-based detective Roy Grace, in the first ITV drama, adapted by Endeavour creator Russell Lewis from Peter James’ bestselling books. Of the casting, the author said: “John Simm,…
Look and Read: The King’s Dragon
This drama, part of the BBC Schools Look and Read educational strand, was mostly filmed in Hastings in the winter of 1975. Locations included Hastings Castle, the West Hill Lift, and at St Clement’s Caves…
Flesh and Blood
Francesca Annis starred in this ITV drama as woman who upsets her family when she takes up with and decides to marry a new man. Imelda Staunton played the nosey neighbour at her Norman’s Bay…
Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Dame Judy Dench with the help of a pal track down the former members of a dance band. Ian Holm finds Joan Sims working in a bar on Hastings Pier, playing the piano.
Kavanagh QC
Dame Penelope Wilton and Roger Lloyd Pack featured in a scene shot by Hastings pier, in this courtroom case about a female MP accused of sexual misconduct. Bottle Alley and Marine Court also made an…