Curious shoppers mistook the film set for a real shop front as programmemakers recorded the drama in the cotswolds and wandered in to browse the stock. The production team working on the casual vacancy got in touch with creative england when they were looking for a double for the fictional town of pagford. Bristol film office assisted with all filming in bristol. Here she takes us round 8 of the key filming locations in the area.
Rowling, was shot entirely in the cotswolds area, with filming happening in the towns of bisley, northleach, painswick, burford and. Built on a hill, painswick enjoys, along with its british quaintness, stunning views of the rolling cotswold hills and enchanting valleys. K rowling has just had a bbc adaptation of her first grown up novel the casual vacancy, this is set in the cotswolds and has been filmed in northleach and other cotswold towns. Racy passersby tried shopping at a lingerie boutique run by tv star keeley hawes which had been set up for the tv adaptation of jk rowling novel the casual vacancy, thinking it was real. The cotswolds feature regularly in countryfile where presenter adam henson has his farm park. The gloucestershire town of stroud will double as pagford, the idyllic english town in which the book takes place. Weve compiled a handy list of entertainment hotspots you wont want to miss. The writer and director of the bbc one dramatisation of the casual vacancy reveal how they adapted jk rowlings first adult novel for the small screen. The cottage is an ideal bed and breakfast near oxford film locations. Sweetlove house actually warwick hall in the heart of burford.
Visitbritain shop is the official shop of the british tourist board, and has everything you need for a great trip to britain, including travelcards, rail passes and tickets to a variety of attractions. We were also asked to find a set decoratorbuyer, assistant art director and prop master. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with parents, wives at war with husbands, teachers. The cotswolds lights up the small screen cotswolds. Taking the casual vacancy from the page to the screen. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Jan 28, 2015 the series, starring michael gambon, julia mckenzie and rory kinnear, was filmed over the summer in northleach, painswick and minchinhampton in the cotswolds. Northleach is a market town in northleach with eastington civil parish in gloucestershire, england. Job posts and tweets were sent out via the creative england networks and to those. Silbury road in ashton vale doubled for a housing estate in the novel called the fields, and filming also took place at flax bourton mortuary in the city. It was rowlings first publication since the harry potter series, her first apart from that series, and her first novel for adult readership. Oxford and cotswolds film locations tour british guild of. The casual vacancy gains most of its value from a striking debut performance by lawrie as krystal, a character introduced wearing such an inappropriate outfit to her school that it makes the headmaster cry. The production also filmed scenes at warwick hall in burford, oxfordshire and spent time in the city of bristol. The town is in the valley of the river leach in the cotswolds, about 10 miles 16 km northeast of cirencester and 11 miles 18 km eastsoutheast of cheltenham. Rowlings new novel, the casual vacancy, we are firmly in muggleland about as far from the enchanted world of harry potter as we can get. February 2015 saw the uk premiere of the casual vacancy, a tv miniseries based on the novel of the same title by j. Filming is going ahead at gloucester prison the county is a hotspot for tv and film crews. Recent productions filmed in the cotswolds include the bbcs hit sunday night drama the casual vacancy, starring michael gambon and set in the fictional village of pangford.
We offer sumptuous bedrooms, local food and a touch of cotswold charm. Rowling, was shot entirely in the cotswolds area, with filming happening in the towns of bisley. Children of secondary age often attend the highlyranked the cotswold school in nearby bourton on the water. The production will be shot in leavesden, hertfordshire, and the movie will be.
A casual vacancy s quintessential rural retreat pagford is made up of elements of popular tourist tourist spots bisley, minchinhampton, northleach, painswick and burford. The casual vacancy is a 2015 british miniseries based on the novel of the same title by j. Several locations around gloucestershire were used including archway school in stroud, stroud police station, all saints church in bisley and minchinhampton market place. Rowling the fictional village of pangford is actually filming locations in 5 cotswold towns namely bisley, minchinhampton, northleach, painswick and burford. Find out why the casual vacancy got a cotswolds village. Another local from the cotswolds area in which the drama was being filmed came in to the. Oxford and cotswolds film locations tour british guild. Oxford and the cotswolds isnt just an area of outstanding beauty. Unsurprisingly, the delightful town is the ideal setting for period dramas and british shows. Jan 28, 2015 but the television adaptation of jk rowlings the casual vacancy has caused something of a stir in a real cotswolds village, as visitors get their knickers in a twist over a fictional lingerie shop.
Rowlings novel, was filmed in the villages of painswick, bisley and minchinhampton combined into the fictional village of pagford. Claire gives us the highlights and a perfect itinerary for a wintry weekend in painswick, painswick, gloucestershire her charms are often eclipsed by her more glamorous cotswolds sisters, but thankfully painswick affectionately known as the queen of the cotswolds is steadily coming into her own as a perfectly pretty weekend destination for a younger crowd. Many films have been filmed in oxford and in the countryside around our bed and breakfast. An english idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, pagford is not what it first seems. Rowlings the casual vacancy was filmed in the cotswolds in painswick and minchinhampton, along with archway school in stroud, stroud police station, all saints church in bisley and the black cat cafe in northleach. The cotswolds has been the backdrop to a number of successful tv productions in the past year, including the adaptation of jk rowlings the casual vacancy, cider with rosie and you, me and the apocalypse, which is currently airing on sky one. Jan 28, 2015 over my dead body, andrew rory kinnear as barry fairbrother in bbc1s new threepart adaptation of jk rowlings the casual vacancy. The tv series a casual vacancy was filmed in the villages quaint streets. A casual vacancy bbc 1 tv series february 2015 based on book by j.
It was filmed in welsh resort portmeirion, which still hosts annual fan. K rowlings first adult fiction novel the casual vacancy was set in the cotswolds. It seems that the beautiful cotswolds will continue to be a popular place to film television programmes of all descriptions. Taking the casual vacancy from the page to the screen bbc news. But the television adaptation of jk rowlings the casual vacancy has caused something of a stir in a real cotswolds village, as visitors get their knickers in a twist over a fictional lingerie shop. Jo rowlings first novel for an adult audience, published in 2012, became a global bestseller with over six million copies sold to date. Gambon plays delicatessen owner howard mollison in the series, which is currently being filmed in northleach in the cotswolds. The welsh teenager has landed a major role in the new primetime tv drama based on the harry potter. Painswick lingerie shop built for rowlings vacancy drama. The radio times writes that 200 locals are expected to be extras in the. Casual vacancy village claim politicallymotivated show is spot on it has been criticised for torybashing and being politically motivated ahead of the general election, but. After a year and a half without news on the production itself, casting was announced in june 2014.
Casual vacancy, the threepart miniseries, based on j. Casual vacancy miniseries to film in gloucestershire, u. Its also where many familiar tv shows and films have been filmed. Directed by jonny campbell and written by sarah phelps, the series premiered on 15 february 2015 on bbc one in the united kingdom and on 29 april 2015 on hbo in the united states. Live out your downton abbey dreams, channel harry potter and take a stroll down diagon alley, follow in the footsteps of 007 and more. In addiiton, the northleach playgroup is open to children between 2. Painswick, cotswold residents complain over jk rowlings. Jk rowling and the idyllic village that never was daily. Degrading lingerie shop for jk rowlings casual vacancy.
Filming began in august 2014 in the gloucestershire towns of painswick, bisley, northleach and minchinhampton, dauntsey, and in the city of bristol and at archway school. The series, starring michael gambon, julia mckenzie and rory kinnear, was filmed over the summer in northleach, painswick and minchinhampton in the. Blog archives go cotswolds visits the dolls house of northleach. The book was published worldwide by the little, brown book group on 27 september 2012. Our blue badge guide isobel lewis does private themed tours in the area. This series made me want to weep at the senseless waste of acting talent and script material. There is a weekly country market and a good choice of cafes. This tour also ventures into several cotswolds villages like burford setting for the jk rowling drama, a casual vacancy and bourtonon the water. The casual vacancy is a bbc miniseries of three episodes based on the novel of the same name by j. Jan 28, 2015 racy passersby tried shopping at a lingerie boutique run by tv star keeley hawes which had been set up for the tv adaptation of jk rowling novel the casual vacancy, thinking it was real.
Patrick stewart is as famous on the screen as he is on the traditional stage. A casual vacancys quintessential rural retreat pagford is made up of elements of popular tourist tourist spots bisley, minchinhampton, northleach, painswick and burford. The casual vacancy was filmed last summer in a sprinkling of cotswolds villages it was important to make the village of pagford feel as if, if people had been in costume, it could have been. Jk rowlings the casual vacancy and fantastic beasts and. Chapel cottage is a beautiful grade ii listed cottage, which dates back to the 17th century, and is located in the heart of the picturesque village of bourtononthewater. The stellar cast includes julia mckenzie, rory kinnear, keeley hawes and michael gambon.
We like you just as you are bridget joness diary was filmed in the beautiful cotswold village of snowshill where there is a snowy christmas scene just before the family festive party. Its a tv dramatization of the readers digest condensed version of the casual vacancy. This tour also ventures into several cotswolds villages like burford setting for the jk rowling drama, a casual vacancy and bourtononthewater. Aug 04, 2014 the 73yearold was pictured on set of the new bbc and hbo miniseries the casual vacancy, the tv adaptation of rowlings first adult book. Taking place in the sleepy little town of pagford, it follows the turmoil of local politics and families after the death of barry fairbrother, a parish councillor, resulting in a grab for his seat which gains all the more imortance as the council.
Its made up of pretty stone cottages, many dating back to the 17th century and medieval wool trade. Cottage bed and breakfast near oxford film locations in a picturesque village. Jan 28, 2015 outraged residents in painswick, in the cotswolds complained about the sexshop film set for the new bbc adaptation of jk rowlings book, a casual vacancy, starring keeley hawes, right. Painswick, cotswold residents complain over jk rowlings the. Outraged residents in painswick, in the cotswolds complained about the sexshop film set for the new bbc adaptation of jk rowlings book, a casual vacancy, starring keeley hawes, right. Find out why the casual vacancy got a cotswolds village over. The casual vacancy tv miniseries 2015 the casual vacancy. Rowlings the casual vacancy is mostly dull, heavyhanded, and predictable, although it possesses a few touching moments. Her 2012 novel the casual vacancy traded the fictional hogwarts for the fictional pagford, an idyllic village in the cotswolds region of england that is upended by the shocking death of one of its.