Filming has begun for a new BBC series in Bristol. And veteran award-winning actor Timothy Spall was spotted in BS2 as filming got underway yesterday (22 July).
Wild Mercury Productions is filming in Bristol for new BBC drama, The Sixth Commandment. A factual drama, the new series covers a complex criminal case that still shocks the UK today: the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin.
Churchwarden, Benjamin Field, was jailed for murdering author, Peter Farquhar, in an attempt to inherit his estate. Farquhar died in October 2015 in Maids Moreton, a village in Buckinghamshire, after Field duped Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin into fake relationships in order to alter Peter's will, and the BBC series covers this shocking crime.
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Veteran actor Timothy Spall was spotted in Bristol yesterday (22 July) as filming for The Sixth Commandment got underway.
Timothy Spall plays lead, Peter Farquhar. He is joined by an all-star cast featuring Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax), Amanda Root (Summerland) and Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste).
Peter Farquhar and Anne Moore-Martin's families are in cooperation with the production. Filming is currently taking place in famous Portland Square in Bristol city centre.
Portland Square is a Grade 1-listed square in St Paul's. The prominent BS2 location has set the scene for many other TV series in the past, such as Doctor Who's 2012 Christmas Special, and Sherlock's "The Empty Hearse" episode.
The Sixth Commandment is produced by Frances du Pille, who worked on Stephen Merchant's Bristol-based series, The Outlaws. Filming will also take place in Bath.
Filming also took place in Westbury-on-Trym on Thursday 22 July. Film crews were spotted at The Mouse pub.
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