"Shropshire has so many different assets – so many different architectural styles and eras are represented here" - Mark Hooper, Film Shropshire Mark Hooper, Director of Film Shropshire, who helped co-ordinate logistics for the filming of Brassic at Shrewsbury prison, actively courted the Great Expectations location finders and persuaded them to visit Shrewsbury. Scott and film crews took over the whole town for nearly two months, with many locals starring as extras. The news is causing a stir in Shrewsbury, where many residents remember fondly the filming of A Christmas Carol – when George C. The fine Georgian terrace will be dressed to look as it would have in the 1830s when the story was set, although portrayed as a street in London.įilming will take place in the stretch between Cross Hill and Murivance – a section greatly admired by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. St John’s Hill has been selected to feature in the new six-part Dickensian drama series, which names Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy among its exec producers. It’s part of a new drive to attract location finders to the county, led by the newly formed Film Shropshire. Credit: Balfoursįilm crews are set to descend on Shrewsbury this summer to film scenes for the new BBC adaptation of Great Expectations starring Olivia Colman. Pictured here: The Georgian terraces of St John's Hill - soon to become the location for filming of the BBC's new six-part series Great Expectations.
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