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BBC One’s daytime drama Doctors returns to filming today, with production having been on pause since March due to lockdown; other than a special episode in early June, entirely self-shot by the cast at home on their mobile phones. The popular medical soap opera – launched in March 2000 – is primarily filmed in Birmingham and…
Birmingham-based drama Peaky Blinders returns with season 5 later this year, but fans got excited by sneak previews of what’s to come in new images released by show officials yesterday. The show’s official Twitter account posted a tweet stating “That’s a wrap! By order of the #PeakyBlinders”, along with a photo of the cast and crew.
Brummie rising star Antonio Aakeel – who appears in currently screening blockbuster Tomb Raider – has just wrapped up filming a gritty but light-hearted coming-of-age drama in southern Spain. After months of filming, the young West Midlands actor has completed production within the Iberian peninsula, in the UK feature Granada Nights.