DR WHO – Filming in Bute Park

The familiar bright yellow signs emblazoned with the terms ‘LSW’ and ‘LOC2’ led me to Cardiff’s Bute Park. These signs pop up rather sporadically around Cardiff but signify a location shoot for Dr Who around the capital city. Broadcast vehicles, cherry pickers and marquees were all situated just infront of the Royal Welsh College of […]

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PHOTOS – The Lone Ranger film shoot at Monument Valley

It’s a long road leading to Monmument Valley in Utah and a long way to go to be so close to a film shoot at such an extreme location. Ok, it wasn’t planned but was something we just happened to discover on a month vacation across the breadth of America. The distinctive red stone shone […]

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TV – Kellys Records

Back in January 2013, ITV unveiled it’s latest identity with a batch of new idents conveying scenes of day-to-day life of the British public. The set were updated in April and now include a whole range of locations including one set in a record shop in Cardiff. Filmed in Kelly Records on the balconied first […]

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TV-Filming outside the Mill- ennium Stadium

Whilst passing the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff there seemed to be a lot of lorries and equipment all parked up near the South entrance to the stadium. There was a large crane, some Lee Lighting trucks, a Panalux truck and some other vehicles aswell. I’m sure in previous Dr Who and Torchwood location shoots I […]

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TV-Dr Who Filming in Cardiff

Filming for the latest series of the BBC sci-fi drama Dr Who has been taking place on the 7th and 8th of March in Cardiff City Centre. The numerous facility trucks were all parked up at the Millennium Stadium (DB Unit) – just about as close as they could get to the Wharton Street filming […]

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Robert DeNiro Filming in Cardiff

Well it has got Twitter all of a flutter since last Friday. It was rumoured late last week that Robert DeNiro himself was going to appear in Cardiff’s Windsor Place to film scenes for a film in production – The Killer Elite. Photo by Urban Cavalier A red London bus, a few red telephone boxes […]

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TV Filming in Sophia Gardens

Twas passing through Sophia Gardens on my way to visit Ollister, Owells and AllSaints (was pay day!) and noticed a huge array of OB trucks, caravans, buses, canteen trucks and loads of triax cable and other tv related equipment. Something big was being filmed but I couldnt spot anyone famous to decide on what the […]

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Possible Dr Who or Gavin and Stacey filming in Hailey Park?

Whilst cycling along the Taff Trail I saw a tv film crew shooting some type of drama just up by Hailey Park and wondered whether it was a Dr Who shoot? There was a chap holding a baby in a shawl and a woman (reminiscent of Ruth Jones) standing nearby. Could be some local BBC […]

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