... Thongs & Perfect. Snogging, Notes On A Scandal, Brighton Rock, and many
more. ... *The makers of Brighton Rock replaced all of the lighting on Eastbourne.
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Now’s your chance to discover the locations featured in your favourite productions! VisitEastbourne has created this limited edition Eastbourne TV and film map to highlight popular locations featured on the big screen so you can follow in the footsteps of stars like Dame Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Matt Lucas and David WalliamsF
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Did you feel the thrill of Harry Potter’s Quidditch match in The Goblet Of Fire? Were you on the edge of your seat during Pearl Harbour’s spectacular dogfights? Well, remember Eastbourne. It played a huge part in these and dozens of other film and television productions, etching dramatic moments in your memory and imagination forever. Fast becoming one of the most widely used film locations in the south east, Eastbourne has played a starring role in many of your favourite television shows, from Little Britain to Poirot, as well as proving a hit on the silver screen in Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging, Notes On A Scandal, Brighton Rock, and many more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
makers of Brighton Rock replaced all of the lighting on Eastbourne #The Pier as part of their transformation to make it resemble Brighton’s Palace 1
shoot day for the scene coming out of the party house in Angus, #The Thongs & Perfect Snogging when Georgia (Georgia Groome) was Pier in the 60s.
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dressed as an olive was due to be shot on the Monday of their filming week in Eastbourne but was eventually shot on the Friday.
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the mobility scooters that are shown in the scenes filmed along #Alltheofseafront, near the Carpet Gardens, were specifically put into the
Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging
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fishing boat scene from Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging #The was filmed on these beaches as Robbie (Aaron Johnson) jokes with film by the makers of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
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Georgia (Georgia Groome) about Eastbourne’s changing image, ‘I’ve heard it’s the new Brighton.’
this stretch of seafront of modern cars and street furniture #Clearing was a huge task to pull together for the filming of Made in 7
Dagenham as it took place a day after Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow, which annually welcomes over 500,000 visitors.
Gallopers Carousel at Fort Fun Family Fun Park on Eastbourne #The seafront featured in the title sequence for the whole series of 10
were filmed along Golden Jubilee Way for Notes On #Scenes A Scandal, using police cars to create a rolling road block but Little Britain.
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famous car is seen flying over Beachy Head Lighthouse #The in children’s classic, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. unfortunately, didn’t make the final edit.
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car seen going over the cliff at Beachy Head in James Bond: #The The Living Daylights, with Timothy Dalton playing 007, is 13
Bradbury (Kirsten #Lizzie Dunst) and Peter Colt
rumoured to have been made of wood.
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(Paul Bettany) take a scenic drive from London to Brighton in the box office smash hit Wimbledon, with their route including Beachy Head Road towards Eastbourne.
Lives and Loves #The of a She Devil is one of 16
Eastbourne’s early filming successes and scenes were shot at the famous Belle Tout Lighthouse, which has since been moved back from the cliff edge and today operates as a bed and breakfast.
popular ‘Ladies’ sketch in #The Little Britain with Emily 25
Howard (David Walliams) and Florence Rose (Matt Lucas) was filmed along the promenade and at Eastbourne’s 1930s Bandstand. Hundreds of the show’s fans turned up to watch the filming and shooting took longer than expected to clear the public from view.
Notes On A Scandal
the morning of filming for BBC Two’s That Mitchell and Webb #On Look Series 2, it was raining so hard that it looked like there 27
had been buckets of water thrown over the main characters. By the time they arrived to film in Eastbourne in the afternoon, it was glorious sunshine!
grade II listed Victorian theatre, The Devonshire Park, #Eastbourne’s appeared as a cinema in Miss Marple. 200 extras were used to shoot the riot scenes on Eastbourne #Over beach during one day of filming for Brighton Rock. historic 1930s Bandstand was transformed from a concert #The venue, as it is today, into a café when Foyle’s War was filmed 28
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Foyle’s War
Eastbourne has proved a hit with film makers – popular for its unspoilt seafront ready to be transformed into any era, the acres of open South Downs countryside without a pylon or vehicle in sight, and the willingness of the town to welcome film-makers and share the beauty of the location with audiences the world over. For more information on Eastbourne’s movie credentials or to plan a day out exploring location Eastbourne, go to VisitEastbourne.com. Download film-inspired itineraries, book accommodation, find out what’s on, and view travel information – it’s a one-stop-shop for starring in your own Lights, Camera, Eastbourne production! Follow us on:
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Eastbourne Pier BN21 3EL Last Orders (2001) 44 Inch Chest (2009) Made in Dagenham (2010) Perfect Life (2010) Brighton Rock (2011) Mitchell and Webb Poirot West Beach 2 Cavendish Place BN21 3EJ Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) Brighton Rock (2011) 3 Carpet Gardens BN21 3EL Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) 4 Queen’s Hotel BN21 3DY Poirot 5 Marine Parade BN22 7AY Notes on a Scandal (2006) Perfect Life (2010) 6 Splash Point Beaches BN22 7AA Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) 7 Langham Hotel BN22 7AH Made in Dagenham (2010) 8 Redoubt Fortress BN22 7AQ West Beach 9 Royal Parade BN22 7JY Notes on a Scandal (2006) 10 Fort Fun BN22 7LQ Little Britain 11 Golden Jubilee Way BN24 5 Notes on a Scandal (2006) 12 Beachy Head Lighthouse BN20 7YA Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) 13 Beachy Head BN20 7YA The Londoners (1965) Bond: The Living Daylights (1987) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Band of Brothers (2001) Pearl Harbour (2001) Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (2005) Notes on a Scandal (2006) Emma (2009) Brighton Rock (2011) Little Britain Mitchell and Webb 14 Beachy Head Road BN20 0AE Green Wing (2004) Wimbledon (2004) Children of Men (2006) Perfect Life (2010) Foyle’s War 15 Warren Hill BN20 0 Green Wing (2004) Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) 16 Belle Tout BN20 0AE The Best Man (2005) The Lives and Loves of a She Devil 1
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Inn BN20 0DA West Beach 18 Birling Gap BN20 0AB Brighton Rock (2011) 19 Cuckmere Cottage BN26 5TT The Best Man (2005) 20 Duke’s Drive BN20 7XL Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) 21 Holywell Tea Rooms BN20 7XB Christmas at the Riviera (2007) 22 Holywell BN20 7XB Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) EastEnders Miss Marple 23 Hydro Hotel BN20 7HZ Foyle’s War 24 Grand Hotel BN21 4EQ Miss Marple 25 Seafront Promenade BN21 4DN Brighton Rock (2011) Foyle’s War Little Britain Poirot 26 Carlisle Road BN21 4BT The Thick of It 27 Wish Tower BN21 4BY The Best Man (2005) Christmas at the Riviera (2007) Mitchell and Webb That Mitchell and Webb Look 2 28 Devonshire Park Theatre BN21 4BW Foyle’s War Miss Marple 29 Town Hall BN21 4UG West Beach 30 Grand Parade BN21 4DH Perfect Life (2010) The Thick of It 31 Main Resort Beaches BN21 3AD Last Orders (2001) The Best Man (2005) Brighton Rock (2011) 32 Cavendish Hotel BN21 4DH Notes on a Scandal (2006) Brighton Rock (2011) 33 Eastbourne Bandstand BN21 3AD Notes on a Scandal (2006) Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (2008) Foyle’s War Little Britain Miss Marple Poirot 34 Chatsworth Hotel BN21 3YR The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams (1986) Bramwell (1995) 35 Terminus Road BN21 3DH Perfect Life (2010)
