The Piece Hall takes centre stage as Gentleman Jack crews return
example of many shows that have been attracted to filming in the region, and Calderdale in particular, in recent years.
agency dealing with film and television in the region, has financed this series as well as supporting it with crew and locations.
Others programmes filmed popularity on the BBC and
HBO sent visitor numbers at its main location, Shibden Hall, rocketing pre-pandemic.
amid coronavirus restrictions – Cara, Al-Khudhairi and Dean were in a bubble during the production – cast and crew were unable to stray too far during their time in Yorkshire.
“have gone to more places and travelled around,” says AlKhudhairi, who is from the suburbs of south London.
“I went on a lot of walks though. I went to Shibden Park and walked all the way up there.
“You could see the whole of
like every day I had time off – It’s so beautiful.”
She adds: “It was really nice walking around going to the local shops and kind of like trying my accent out as well,
case anyone was like ‘That’s not good’. I didn’t get that. No one was just like, ‘She’s from London, get her out of here’.”
An iconic Halifax landmark was transported back in time for the filming of a hit BBC TV drama.
The cast and crew of Gentleman Jack filmed scenes for the Sally Wainwight-written drama’s second series at The Piece Hall this week.
Set designers took the Grade I listed location right back to the 19th century for the show.
The filming comes a week after cameras were spotted outside Salts Mill in Saltaire.
Set designers constructed an authentic Georgian street scene near the mill with shops such as a tailor’s and a chemist’s as well as a public house.
Location shoots for the second series of the Sally
– Ryan Dean, who plays Johnny in Ackley Bridge
Wainwright series, which is based on the diaries of 19th-century Halifax diarist Anne Lister, have been ongoing for several months now.
Other scenes have been filmed in Penistone Hill Country Park, near
Haworth, and several historic buildings in York, including Fairfax House and St William’s College.
Filming has also taken place at Shibden Hall, the Listers’ ancestral seat now owned by Calderdale Council, as the series will focus on Lister and her new wife’s domestic life on the estate and their bid to become a ‘power couple’ in Halifax.
Set in 1834, the new series is played out in the context of social unrest in a rapidly industrialising Halifax where the Lister family owned business interests such as mines and mills.
Filming is expected to wrap up soon with the series likely to hit our screens later this year.