On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favourite films, television shows, and more. This time, we ask where is Secret Service filmed?
“Have you seen my phone? I literally just had it”.
The opening lines of ITV’s gripping new spy drama, Secret Service, paint a portrait of a pleasantly suburban family life. Comments are made about filling the dishwasher from a frustrated father, teenagers are having a nightmare getting ready for school and clothes that are needed are being pulled out soaking wet.
Within minutes, however, as Kate Henderson (played by Gemma Arterton) pulls out a wardrobe drawer to reveal a firearm before flicking through multiple passports – and so the adventure begins.
From West London’s suburbs to a dazzling Mediterranean island, we reveal the filming locations used for the action in Secret Service.
Chatsworth Gardens, Ealing, London
We’re placed in the suburbs of Ealing, at Kate’s house, for Secret Service‘s opening scenes. The production team highlighted how they wanted to find a West London location that offered a comfortable-feeling family home feel – “with lots of books, a garden and a big TV, a home suitable for a family with teenage children”.
Chichester Road, Brent, London
We learn more about Rev, one of the agents working alongside Kate, at his home – scenes for which were filmed among the streets of NW6.
