From period dramas such as Emma and Downton Abbey to comic book adaptations Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Wonder Woman.
The list of films and programmes the team have worked on and brought to Sussex includes many favourites you will recognise, including BBC’s The Repair Shop which is filmed at the Weald and Downland museum near Chichester, The Bake Off – Crème de la Crème at Firle Place near Lewes, as well as Peter James’ Grace filmed in and around Brighton and Netflix’s The Crown which saw Helena Bonham Carter play Princess Margaret in Rye.
In 2022 you may recognise some familiar places in My Policeman starring Harry Style, Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols biopic ‘Pistols’, Netflix’s Anatomy of Scandal starring Sienna Miller, Amazon Prime’s Living starring Bill Nighy and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
5. Monuments Men in Rye, East Sussex
Monuments Men, 2014, is an American drama film co-written, produced and directed by George Clooney and starring Matt Damon, Clooney, and Cate Blanchett. Camber Sands was filmed over a week for a battle scene. Matt Damon and George Clooney were also spotted on the harbour. Photo: Scarlet Janes
6. Bridgerton, Petworth House, West Sussex
The North Gallery at Petworth House and Park, was used in the second series of the hit Netflix show. But this isn't the only Sussex location that has been used in the show, Brighton's Theatre Royal was used as a filming location for a concert scene in the first series. (L to R) Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, Ruth Gemmell as Lady Violet Bridgerton, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury in episode 207 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022. Photo: LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
7. Roadkill, St Leonards, East Sussex
Hugh Laurie caught on a car's dashcam giving the thumbs up sign, while filming Roadkill in St Leonards, in January 2020. The show sees Hugh Laurie playing corrupt Tory government minister Peter Laurence, who in the first episode is seen lying in court during a libel trial, sleeping with his mistress and burying evidence of a love child. Photo: staff
8. Empire of Light, Worthing, West Sussex
Worthing's Pavilion Theatre, on the seafront, was taken over by camera crews in March 2021. The production for Empire of Light came to the West Sussex coast on March 3 after Searchlight Pictures announced the start of 'principal photography' on Sam Mendes’ (1917, Skyfall, American Beauty) first solo screenplay feature film. With stars including Academy Award winners Olivia Colman and Colin Firth, Empire of Light is a romance film, set in and around a 'beautiful old cinema' on the south coast of England in the 1980’s. Photo: Eddie Mitchell