A new drama about the Bristol-born movie star Cary Grant will not be filmed in the city. The ITV series starring Jason Isaacs as the Hollywood legend is titled Archie and will premiere on a brand new streaming service called ITVX.
Grant was born Archibold Alec Leach in Bristol in 1904, and the four-part series will explore his emigration to America and his three-decade acting career. But the show's writer Jeff Pope told BBC Radio Bristol this morning that the show will mostly be filmed in Liverpool.
Speaking to James Hanson, he said that it will only feature a few shots of Bristol because of budget issues. "We're going to definitely do some stuff that picks up Bristol. The way filming works, we're trying to make the most of our budget, so in fact I'm slightly ashamed to admit that Liverpool is going to double for Bristol."
