Film crews in Salisbury's Cathedral Close for period drama
Hollywood heart-throb and Oscar winning actress involved
Film crews have been spotted in the Close surrounding Salisbury Cathedral for what is understood to be a
an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations.
The six part adaptation by the BBC and FX Productions is written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and features Olivia Colman as one of the lead characters, Miss Havisham.
The Oscar winning actress is no stranger to the city, she's also a patron of the Stars Appeal.
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy is also listed as one of the executive producers.
The area around Myles Place, a four storey home dating back to 1718, has been cordoned off.
Sophia Sample told Greatest Hits Radio Salisbury is was amazing to see the film crews
"I work at the museum, a few doors down from Myles Place, so it's been fascinating to see them transforming the normally immaculate house into the overgrown derelict Miss Havisham's house over the last week. This week we've had fake fog rolling out across the close, and horses and carriages trotting around. It gives you a real sense of what the close might have looked like in times gone by. So far I've spotted the young Pip, being filmed arriving at Miss Havisham's gates. I hear there may be fake snow being brought in over the next few weeks, so I look forward to seeing the close transformed again!"
The Vicar of the Close, Nigel Davies has had a prime view of the filming too!
The period drama has attracted fans to the Cathedral Close keen to try and get a glimse of the action.
Filming is expected to last all week and it's understood crews will be back again next month.
Great Expectations is the coming-of-age story of an orphan nicknamed Pip who suddenly comes into a large fortune from a mysterious benefactor and moves to London.