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As the UK broadcaster’s commercial production-distribution arm seeks to ramp up global scripted ambitions, BBC Studios has acquired Sid Gentle Films, the produc.
Filming for a new crime thriller has been taking place in south Essex this month. Crews have been spotted filming scenes for the first series of Ragdoll on both Canvey and Southend seafront. Canvey councillor Dave Blackwell says it has created a buzz in the area and is hopeful it will help to put it on the map. So here is everything we know about the new series and the scenes that have been shot in south Essex.
Where has filming taken place? Residents on Canvey were pre-warned about a day of filming in Eastern Esplanade at the start of the month.
Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Thalissa Teixeira Join Lucy Hale in AMC, Alibi Series Ragdoll
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Variety has learned.
The six-episode show, which was ordered to series back in February, is set to begin production on April 19 in London. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole.
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Assigned to a shocking new case, nicknamed The Ragdoll, are DS Rose (Lloyd-Hughes), DI Baxter (Teixeira) and DC Edmunds (Hale). The “Ragdoll Killer” taunts the police by sending them a list of his next victims, with Rose’s name at the very end. And with those victims to protect, our heroes soon come under intense public scrutiny.