Cast shares what it was like to film in Cornholme for new drama
A new ITV drama will showcase the Calderdale village of Cornholme to millions on Sunday nights.
Passenger aired its first episode last Sunday at 9pm on ITV1.
The series, written by debut screenwriter Andrew Buchan, who is best known for his acting roles in Broadchurch and Better, explores a close-knit community which is unwilling to face its fears of change, of outsiders and of the unknown.
Filming took place last year and used locations on Duke Street, Burnley Road and the Cornholme and Portsmouth Old Library.
Wunmi Mosaku, who plays DI Riya Ajunwa, shared what it was like filming in
Calderdale.
She said: “You really feel like you’re in Chadder. The way that the hills kind of cocoon the town, we filmed in Cornholme and it has its own weather system!
"It will be really sunny and then it’ll snow and then it'll rain and then it’ll be sunny again. That feels very individual and isolated.”
The series centres around Chadder Vale, a close-knit town where nothing seems to perforate the mundane.
DI Ajunwa is bored of solving petty crimes by day and looking after her batty mother-in-law by night.
So, when Katie Wells goes missing one night in the forest, Riya thinks this could be the case that changes everything.
The only problem is, Katie Wells shows up at home, safe and sound, 24 hours after she disappeared.
But Riya’s not convinced. Something doesn’t add up.
Rowan Robinson plays
Katie Wells. She described how the locations brought an authenticity to the drama’s story.
Rowan said: “We filmed most of it in Cornholme, this little village that had massive hills, mountains and trees surrounding it."
Barry Sloane plays Eddie Wells, a man who has just been released from prison after serving five years for assault.
He said: “I loved spending time in Cornholme. "It’s so imposing, just with that backdrop of this huge looming beast of the forest and the mountain there just overlooking it is huge and overbearing.”
Executive producer Lucy Dyke said: “Cornholme has this eerie quality to it, it’s a really sweet little village.”