True Love - Dominic Savage
The television spotlight is set to fall upon Thanet this weekend, as the BBC broadcasts this major drama that has been filmed entirely on location in the area. The drama will be broadcast on BBC One from Sunday 17 June to Wednesday 20 June.
Created and directed by Bafta winning Dominic Savage, True Love stars David Tennant, Ashley Walters, Billie Piper, Jane Horrocks and David Morrissey. BBC One’s first improvised series, it explores five powerful and overlapping love stories as the main characters grapple with the contradictions and conflicts of love.
Set in Margate, True Love was filmed from mid-August to October last year - Margate landmarks that feature in True Love include the council’s Cecil Street offices, Turner Contemporary, the town’s Hawley Square, and Margate main sands.
The filmmakers also took action shots at Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs, the Pegwell Bay Hotel, Ramsgate, and Westwood Cross shopping centre. A number of local businesses, including the contemporary furniture and homeware store Papillon Interiors, and local homes were also used for the production.
