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Town too modern for BBC
Steve Cunliffe in the Manchester Evening News A CHESHIRE town has been snubbed for a new TV costume drama – because it is not old-fashioned enough. Despite author Elizabeth Gaskell setting her book Cranford Chronicles in Knutsford, filming of the BBC drama – which will star Dame Judi Dench – will not take place there.
Last day of Lacock filming today
Today is your last chance to see the stars out in Lacock as filming for the BBC drama The Cranford Chronicles comes to an end. Film crews will be in the picturesque village until 9pm. Dame Judi Dench was whisked into action again this week when she was filmed in Church Street. The Oscar-winning actress [...]
Lacock filming starts on Monday
FILMING for the BBC’s production of the Cranford Chronicles, starring Judi Dench, starts on Monday and the village of Lacock has been transformed for the cameras. Set construction teams have turned The Red Lion pub in High Street into Johnson’s Stores, where Dame Judi’s character Miss Matty Jenkyns is expected to shop for gifts for [...]
Villagers to welcome TV legend
RESIDENTS in Lacock welcomed proposals last night to film a new BBC drama in the village. Starring Dame Judi Dench, the Cranford Chronicles will begin filming from Monday, April 23 to Monday, May 4. From the Wiltshire Times Filming will take place in the High Street, Church Street and the Tythe Barn. As well as [...]