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Kiaran Murray-Smith Tweets: First film in Grace series starring John Simm finished
A massive congrats to all the cast and crew of @peterjamesuk #Grace #DeadSimple for finishing the first film. Thanks to #johnalexander and @dalemccready for guiding us through a tough first block🙏🙏. @TallStoryPicsuk @itvstudios #brightonlife @JohnSimmSociety pic.twitter.com/IUFxX9Qlyh — Kiaran Murray-Smith (@Keestah) October 17, 2020 Continue reading
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John Simm films ITV police drama Grace in Brighton
Daily Mail Online 17 Sep 2020 Roxy Simmons He made his name as detective Sam Tyler in Life On Mars. And John Simm has returned to police dramas as he was seen on set of his new show Grace in Brighton on Wednesday. The actor, 50, looked sharp in a black suit jacket and trousers … Continue reading
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John Simm seen filming ITV series Grace in central Brighton
The Argus 16 Sep 2020 Rose Lock EXCITED shopkeepers watched from their windows while a scene from a new television drama was filmed in their street. The camera crew was shooting scenes for the upcoming ITV drama series Grace – an adaptation of Peter James’s crime novels. The drama series has been written by acclaimed … Continue reading
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Roy Grace TV detective series starring John Simm could start filming in Brighton in September
Worthing Herald Phil Hewitt 24 June 2020 Production has been delayed, but for Peter James, the consolation remains that at least he’s got his Grace. Absolutely the right Grace. Peter, author of the Brighton-based Roy Grace crime novels, is thrilled that John Simm – Macbeth in Chichester last year – is to play him in … Continue reading
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John Simm Films in Hong Kong for ITV’s Ambitious Conspiracy Thriller, White Dragon
ITV Press Centre 30 Oct 2017 Ambitious conspiracy thriller, White Dragon, starring acclaimed British actor John Simm has commenced filming in Hong Kong. Created and written by screenwriting newcomers Mark Denton and Jonny Stockwood, White Dragon has been commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, from Two Brothers Pictures, the drama indie established by … Continue reading
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On Set with gritty BBC One drama The Village
BBC Countryfile Magazine Roly Smith 4 July 2014 This feature originally appeared in BBC Countryfile Magazine in May 2013 Roly Smith visits the set of the gritty BBC One drama series The Village, filmed on the western edge of the Peak District. Watched over by the elegant, pinnacled tower of the Georgian church, villagers gather … Continue reading
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The Village Series 2 Filming in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Times 8 June 2014 Step Back in Time in Hayfield For weeks, the village of Hayfield has been transformed into a film set. The second series of the Bafta-nominated drama The Village is currently being filmed in the area, which has been transported back to the 1920s for the show. Shops, street scenes and … Continue reading
John Simm Injured during filming of High-energy drama Prey
Mirror Online Alistair McGeorge 28 Apr 2014 Working on the thriller was almost too much for the Life On Mars actor, who “loved” the show but had to take a break after his injury John Simm tore his calf muscle while filming Prey, meaning production had to be stopped for weeks so he could recover. … Continue reading
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The Village: Series 2 Filming Starts on Peak Drama
Derbyshire Times 6 April 2014 The High Peak is again set to take a starring role in the second series of BBC drama The Village, which is currently being filmed in the area. The critically acclaimed show charts the life and turbulent times of one English village through the 20th Century. Series two starts in … Continue reading
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YVRShoots: John Simm Films INTRUDERS in North Vancouver’s Deep Cove
YVRShoots 10 March 2014 John Simm (Doctor Who’s The Master, Life on Mars, State of Play) tweeted a photo from North Vancouver’s Deep Cove today where the eight-part BBC America series The Intruders is filming on Gallant Avenue. Go to YVRShoots for MORE filming photos with John Simm –> Continue reading
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INTRUDERS with John Simm films Near Waterfront Station in Vancouver
YVRShoots March 6, 2014 Susan Gittins BBC America series Intruders turned a block west of Vancouver’s Waterfront station into Seattle yesterday, confusing tourists and locals alike with a big green Seattle City St. Patrick’s Day 10K Run banner on the pedestrian overpass to Granville Plaza. Go now to YVRShoots for pictures and more –> Continue reading
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Filming for 2nd series of The Village begins in March
Derby Telegraph 13 January 2014 The Village – set in Derbyshire – leaves horror of war behind and moves into the Roaring Twenties Filming for a second series of hit BBC drama The Village – set in the Derbyshire Peak District – will get under way in March, television bosses have confirmed. Starring Maxine Peake … Continue reading
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‘The Village’ On Location: Photos from Set and Filming
John Simm Society Administrator 27 Oct 2012 A John Simm Society Exclusive! Photos of BBC drama “The Village” being filmed on location in areas of Hayfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith. Photos courtesy of Penny Evans and Amanda Titterton. Enthusiastic thanks to them both! The Village is an epic drama series for BBC One starring Maxine Peake and John Simm, charting … Continue reading
John Simm Tweets: New Job
Off to be a Farmer in 1912. First day of filming tomorrow. SHUT THAT GATE AND KEEP IT SHUT! Details to follow when i can #newjob — John Simm (@john_simm) September 9, 2012 Continue reading
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John Simm Tweets: Mad Dogs 3 Ends Filming
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John Simm: Lancashire is still my spiritual home
The Citizen Jemma Humphreys 4 May 2011 One of TV’s finest actors, John Simm, was back on our screens this week in BBC psychological thriller Exile. The publicity-shy Nelson star tells us how filming in East Lancashire took him back to his youth. When Burnley-born Paul Abbott created the plot for Exile it had Nelson-raised … Continue reading
John Simm pledges support for Bolton
Bolton Council 26 Jan 2011 John Simm and the cast of the upcoming BBC drama Exile were the latest celebrities to sign up to the One Bolton pledge and support the concept of Bolton as a welcoming and tolerant town. Filming was taking place for the upcoming drama in Bolton over the weekend at … Continue reading
Town plays host to Oscar-winning star
Manchester Evening News Alex Bell 14 Jan 2011 Ramsbottom is again set to be star of the small screen. Oscar and BAFTA winner Jim Broadbent and well-known star John Simm were both in town filming a new BBC thriller. Upper Bridge Street was closed last Sunday and hundreds of intrigued residents have passed filming crews all … Continue reading
Lancashire hits headlines in new BBC1 drama – Exile
Lancashire Telegraph Cherry Brown 10 December 2010 East Lancashire actor John Simm will be filming his new BBC1 drama today – in the offices of fictional newspaper the Lancashire Evening News. Exile is a three-part series created by Burnley’s Bafta award winner Paul Abbott, who has teamed up with writer Danny Brocklehurst, who he worked … Continue reading
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Life on Mars actor John Simm films drama at Stocken Prison
Rutland Stamford Mercury 30 July 2009 A TOUCH of movie glamour came to the area this week when cast and crew shooting a hard hitting prison drama started filming. Actor John Simm, who starred in BBC’s Life on Mars, is appearing alongside acclaimed actress Shirley Henderson in the Michael Winterbottom-directed film called 7 Days for … Continue reading
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Life on Mars stars have movie car stolen
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk Donna Watson 13 Sep 2008 LIFE On Mars star John Simm has had his movie getaway car nicked. He drives a BMW 5 series in TU£SDAY, the new British bank job movie featuring him and TV co-star Philip Glenister. But producers of the the film, in which, Simm and Glenister play villains, were … Continue reading
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