"Kingdom (UK TV series) Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal assistance. The series also starred Hermione Norris, Celia Imrie, Karl Davies, Phyllida Law and Tony Slattery. The first series of six one-hour episodes was aired in 2007 and averaged six million viewers per week. Despite a mid-series ratings dip, the executive chairman of ITV praised the programme"
"Council. As with the rest of the British Isles and East Anglia, Swaffham experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest Met Office weather station to provide local climate data is RAF Marham, about west of the town centre. Temperature extremes in the Swaffham-Marham area range from in August 1990, down to during February 1956. The highest and lowest temperatures reported in the past decade are during August 2003, and during January 2010. In the summer of 2006, location filming was done in the town for the ITV1 series ""Kingdom"", starring Stephen Fry. In ""Kingdom"" the"
"for his popular ITV television series ""Kingdom"" in the village. Barroway Drove Barroway Drove is a village in the parish of Stow Bardolph in Norfolk, England. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The village lies on the eastern edge of The Fens and is notable for its lack of amenities and poor quality roads. Barroway Drove Village Hall is the central hub of the community. It is the venue of the weekly auction, the fortnightly Play bus visit and also takes on the role of polling station on election"
"County Kerry, since 1910 and his grand daughters, Louise and Paula, run The Butler Arms Hotel there to this day. In 1951, the film director John Ford came to the west of Ireland to film ""The Quiet Man"", starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The grounds of the castle, as well as nearby Cong, formed the backdrop for much of the action in the film. In more recent years the castle has been used as a set for ""French Court"" in The CW's hit medieval drama ""Reign"". The castle and surrounding grounds figure prominently in the first three seasons of"
"Oldhall family held the manor in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries: notable members of the family included Sir William Oldhall, Speaker of the House of Commons and his brother Edmund Oldhall, Bishop of Meath. Jo Pitt, para-equestrian. Comedian and Actor Stephen Fry married his partner Elliot Spencer in the town on 17 January 2015. Dereham Dereham (), also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles (25 km) west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles (40 km) east of King's"
"town is called Market Shipborough. The pub the ""Startled Duck"" in the TV series is better known as the ""Greyhound Inn"", in which the Earl of Orford created the first coursing club open to the public, in 1776. Kingdom's office is Oakleigh House, near the town square (formerly the house of the Head Master of Hamond's Grammar School), with the coastal scenes filmed at Wells-next-the-Sea on the north Norfolk coast. Swaffham Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has"
"filmed in the historic market town of Wirksworth. Other Derbyshire locations in which British TV scenes have been filmed include: Derbyshire Derbyshire () is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire, containing the southern extremity of the Pennine range of hills which extend into the north of the county. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northeast, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the southeast, Staffordshire to the west"
"'Kingsmarkham' in the television series ""The Ruth Rendell Mysteries"". Romsey locations appear throughout the series concerning Inspector Wexford played by George Baker. The location used for the fictional police station was the former Romsey Magistrates Court in Church Street. A fictional ""Underground car park in Romsey"" is referred to in an episode of the hit-TV series ""Absolutely Fabulous"". Romsey Romsey ( ) is a market town in the county of Hampshire, England. It is northwest of Southampton, southwest of Winchester and southeast of Salisbury. Neighbouring the village of North Baddesley, just over 18,000 people live in Romsey, which has an"
"and ordered a second series, which was filmed in 2007 and broadcast in January and February 2008. Filming on the third series ran from July to September 2008 for broadcast from 7 June 2009. Stephen Fry announced in October 2009 that ITV was cancelling the series, a fact later confirmed by the channel, which said that given tighter budgets, more expensive productions were being cut. The series follows Peter Kingdom, a small-town solicitor whose work revolves around cases brought by the eclectic and eccentric populace of Market Shipborough. The series retains a largely episodic format, where self-contained plots play out"
"Norfolk is imprisoned and the next three generations of his family are executed for treason in their turn. Mary marries William Stafford and they have two children, Anne and Edward. Mary takes an active role in raising Anne's daughter Elizabeth, who grows up to become the future Queen of England, and reigns for 44 years. Much of the filming took place in Kent, England, though Hever Castle was not used, despite being the original household of Thomas Boleyn and family from 1505–1539. The Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place featured, as did Dover Castle, which stood in for the Tower of"
"crown by accident to a middle aged man (Peter Vaughan) who travels to Seaburgh specifically to find the crown. The era is updated to the 1930s, the background of the Depression adding an extra layer to Paxton's search for the treasure. The narrative layering of the original James story is dispensed with and a chronological narrative is used instead. Clark also included the character of Dr. Black (Clive Swift), who first appeared in ""The Stalls of Barchester"". The adaptation was filmed around the North Norfolk coastline at Waxham, Happisburgh and Wells-next-the-Sea. The Suffolk setting of Seaburgh for ""A Warning to"
"to the particular case. Comic relief is provided by Frost's interactions with the bureaucratically-minded Superintendent Norman ""Horn-rimmed Harry"" Mullett, played by Bruce Alexander. A number of young actors had their major debut as supporting cast in the show, including: Matt Bardock, Ben Daniels, Neil Stuke, Mark Letheren, Colin Buchanan, Jason Maza, Damian Lewis and Marc Warren. The series is set in the fictional South Midlands town of Denton, and is marked by a gritty tone. It is believed that Denton is in either Berkshire or Oxfordshire, though there are many references to Reading, Oxford, and in particular, Swindon. In the"
"Buckinghamshire, and the village of Turville. Only two episodes, ""The Window and the Weather"" (1994) and ""Celebrity Vicar"" (1998), plus the 2013 Comic Relief sketch have scenes clearly set in locations outside the village. It is not clear whether other scenes, such as the speed dating session in ""Happy New Year"" (2005), were meant to be located in the village or not. The theme music was a setting of Psalm 23 composed by Howard Goodall and was performed by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, with George Humphreys singing the solo. The conductor was Stephen Darlington. Goodall originally wrote"
"portrays. Location filming is primarily based in Swaffham. Filming of the first series began on 10 July 2006 and was scheduled for 12 weeks. Shooting also took place in nearby Hunstanton, Holkham, Thetford and Dereham. Beach and harbour scenes were shot at Wells, as well as the Lifeboat station being used for that of Market Shipborough. Fry recommended Swaffham to the producers, citing market towns as ""more revealing of what Britain is like than a city is."" Locations used within Swaffham include Oakleigh House (as the offices of Kingdom and Kingdom) and the Greyhound pub (renamed ""The Startled Duck""), among"
"including Chamberlain in ""Carrie"", Chester's Mill in ""Under the Dome"", Haven in ""The Tommyknockers"", Little Tall Island in ""Dolores Claiborne"" and ""Storm of the Century"", Harlow in ""Revival"", and Ludlow in ""Pet Sematary"" and ""The Dark Half"" (unrelated to the real Maine town of Ludlow). On February 17, 2017, Hulu announced they were once again partnering with J.J. Abrams and Stephen King to create another limited series based on King's works. The series, entitled ""Castle Rock"", is named after the fictional town in King's native Maine which has served as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and"
"BAFTA coverage on BBC One. The series has been compared to ""Doc Martin"", another ITV series featuring a professional working in a rural town. The ratings for the first episode of Series 3 were affected by a scheduling clash with the finale of ""The Apprentice"" on BBC One; the episode had 4.95 million viewers and a 19.1% audience share. Filming of the series in Swaffham and surrounding areas has given a boost to the local economy, dubbed ""the ""Kingdom"" effect"" by producer Georgina Lowe. Businesses have capitalised on the popularity of the series by offering guided tours of featured locations,"
"of the same name. The 1996 film, ""The Spitfire Grill"" was largely shot in Peacham. Robert Frost wrote a poem with the Kingdom as its topic entitled ""A Servant to Servants"". The Northeast Kingdom is part of the television market. However, the use of cable and satellite to view television in the region is essential in many areas, due to the mountainous terrain between the region and most of the market's main television transmitters, many of them broadcasting from Mount Mansfield. Many areas of the Northeast Kingdom receive cable television from either Comcast or Charter. Northeast Kingdom The Northeast Kingdom"
"UK. He has also filmed commercials, including an advertisement where he explains the essence of British culture to foreigners arriving at London's Heathrow Airport. Fry was born in Hampstead, London on 24 August 1957 to Marianne Eve Fry (née Newman) and Alan John Fry, a British physicist and inventor. Fry's father is English, and his paternal grandmother had roots in Kent and Cheshire. The Fry family originates in Dorset, at Shillingstone and Blandford; in the early 1800s, Samuel Fry (second son of James Fry, of Shillingstone and Blandford) settled in Surrey, with his descendants residing in Middlesex. Fry's mother is"
"and the surrounding area, which poses as the fictional town of ""Causton in the county of Midsomer"". In the British TV series, ""[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]"" starring [[Ronnie Corbett]], the exterior town scenes were filmed in Wallingford. Corbett's character, Timothy, drank in the Dolphin [[Public House]]. The Christmas special ""[[Professor Branestawm]]"" starring [[Harry Hill]] as well as [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]], [[Simon Day]], [[Ben Miller]] and [[Miranda Richardson]] was filmed mainly in Wallingford. it aired in 2014. In the town: Wallingford used to return two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] (cut to one in 1832 and none in 1885). Its prominent"
"production had previously filmed in Kent for series 1 where the opening sequence of a train going through the countryside was filmed at the Kent & East Sussex Railway. Other filming locations for series 4 include the ballroom of The Savile Club in Mayfair, London. Scenes for the 2013 Christmas special were filmed at Royal Holloway, University of London near Egham, Surrey, West Wittering beach in West Sussex and Berkshire's Basildon Park near Streatley. Lancaster House in London stood in for Buckingham Palace. Alnwick Castle, in Northumberland, was the filming location used for Brancaster Castle in the 2014 and 2015"
"County Kilkenny. Part of the success of the series was because many of the leading actors were themselves from the background they represented. John Cowley, who played the patriarch of the family, ""Tom Riordan"" was from real farming stock in Ardbraccan in County Meath and many of the issues his character had to deal with reflected his own life experiences in rural Ireland. Actor Tom Hickey, who played ""Benjy"" was from County Kildare in the midlands and also had personal experience of life in the part of the country in which the programme was set. Among the many series writers"
"Country"", Fellowes writes the scripts and his wife Emma is an informal story editor. Highclere Castle in north Hampshire is used for exterior shots of Downton Abbey and most of the interior filming. The kitchen, servants' quarters and working areas, and some of the ""upstairs"" bedrooms were constructed and filmed at Ealing Studios. Bridgewater House in the St James area of London served as the family's London home. Outdoor scenes are filmed in the village of Bampton in Oxfordshire. Notable locations include St Mary's the Virgin Church and the library, which served as the entrance to the cottage hospital. The"
"Sonning Common Sonning Common is a village and civil parish in a relatively flat, former common land part of the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, centred west south-west of Henley-on-Thames and north of Reading. During the English Civil War the village itself did not exist: being an area of open land east of the route between Reading – occupied alternately by the Parliamentarians and Royalists – and Oxford, which was the King's headquarters. In 1647 after the end of the first civil war, the King was imprisoned at nearby Caversham House (now the location of BBC Monitoring in Caversham); however"
"Barroway Drove Barroway Drove is a village in the parish of Stow Bardolph in Norfolk, England. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The village lies on the eastern edge of The Fens and is notable for its lack of amenities and poor quality roads. Barroway Drove Village Hall is the central hub of the community. It is the venue of the weekly auction, the fortnightly Play bus visit and also takes on the role of polling station on election days. In 2007, Stephen Fry filmed a number of scenes"
"in the pilot Episode of the CW's hit medieval drama ""Reign"" (2013). A tree associated with the house, the King Oak tree, was nominated for the European Tree of the Year in 2013. The lore relating to the tree states that if a limb falls from the tree, a member of the Bury family will die. Charleville Castle Charleville Castle is a Gothic-style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh. It is considered one of the finest of its type in the country. The first mansion house to be built on the"
"escape her limited life and difficult relationship with her landowner stepfather, Billy (Matthew Rhys), with the aid of the charming Liam Ward (Jamie Dornan). Jamie Dornan and writer Allan Cubitt, the writer of the series, had previously collaborated on ""The Fall"". The show was filmed in Fermanagh and at Springhill House, near Moneymore in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland Cubbit revealed that the series was a ""Brexit warning"", saying ""we can't afford to go back"" to how things were before the Northern Irish peace process. Red Arrow Studios distributed the series, and the first episode premiered on BBC Two on"
"series, including ""Die Another Day"", the Harry Potter films and the BBC TV series ""Butterflies"". The film ""Hot Fuzz"" was set in Gloucestershire where Simon Pegg, who co-wrote and starred in the film, grew up. ""A Girl's Best Friend"", the pilot for the proposed ""Doctor Who"" spin-off ""K-9 and Company"", was filmed in Gloucestershire. The setting is the fictional town of Moreton Harwood. The fictional town of Leadworth in ""Doctor Who"" is in Gloucestershire. It is the home of companions Amy Pond, Rory Williams and River Song in their childhoods and young adulthoods. A fictional Brimpsfield was the village, home"
"King's County in 1859. It deals with both British parliamentary politics of the 1860s, including voting reform (secret ballot and eliminating rotten boroughs and Irish tenant-right) and Finn's romances with women of fortune, which would secure his financial future. Finn is the only son of a successful Irish doctor, Dr Malachi Finn of Killaloe, County Clare, who sends him to London to become a lawyer. He proves to be a lackadaisical student, but being pleasant company and strikingly handsome to boot, he makes many influential friends. One of them, a politician, Barrington Erle, suggests that he stand for Parliament in"
"BBC Four TV series ""Detectorists"", an episode of ""Kavanagh QC,"" and the films ""Iris"" and ""Drowning by Numbers"". The Rendlesham Forest Incident is one of the most famous UFO events in England and is sometimes referred to as ""Britain's Roswell"". The song ""Castle on the Hill"" by singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was referred to by him as ""a love letter to Suffolk"", with lyrical reference to his hometown of Framlingham and Framlingham Castle. Suffolk Suffolk () is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to"
"actually live in Florence Court. He was succeeded by his only son Andrew, who became The 7th Earl of Enniskillen in 1989. Andrew Enniskillen continues to live on a vast estate in Kenya. During the spring of 2012, the BBC filmed parts of ""Blandings"", a television comedy, at Florence Court. Most of the series, however, was filmed at Crom Castle. The series was first broadcast on BBC 1 during January and February 2013. Florence Court Florence Court is a large 18th-century house and estate located 8 miles south-west of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is set in the foothills"
"area of the programme's title, located in County Wicklow. The setting is a rural area consisting of a collection of farms, small village, period house and other rural locations. The programme focuses on a cast of characters living in a rural area near the village pub. The main characters are Miley Byrne and Biddy McDermott, whose courtship and marriage form the centerpiece of the action during the early years. Their parents also feature heavily in the storylines. Miley's father Dinny Byrne is a chancer and Biddy's mother, who has been widowed early in the series, conducts a long-running relationship with"
"its cathedral in passing in his 1967 novel ""The Pyramid"", set in the small fictional market town of Stilbourne. Barsetshire Barsetshire is a fictional English county created by Anthony Trollope in the series of novels known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. The county town and cathedral city is Barchester. Other towns in the novels include Silverbridge, Hogglestock and Greshamsbury. According to E. A. Freeman, Trollope conceded to him that Barset was in origin Somerset, although Barchester itself was primarily Winchester. Other West Country counties like Dorset also contributed, and Gatherum Castle for example was imported from elsewhere, but such important"
"used included Surrey, Hambleden, Windsor, Radnage, Leighton Buzzard, Berkhamsted, Wycombe, Syon House in Brentford, London, and Isleworth in Middlesex, and Oxford. Interiors were filmed in Pinewood Studios. A large portion of filming was done at Lacock in Wiltshire (a location used for many films, including ""Pride and Prejudice"" and ""Emma"" for the BBC in 1995 and 1996, respectively, and also for the Harry Potter films in 2000 and 2001 ). Filming of the railway sequences took place in Staffordshire at the Foxfield Railway. Return to Cranford Return to Cranford (known in the United Kingdom as the ""Cranford"" Christmas Special) is"