16 movies and TV shows that were filmed in Hampshire
By Matthew Mohan-Hickson
Published 14th Jun 2019, 14:58 GMT
HAMPSHIRE is a county with many beautiful locations.
Which means it is no surprise that it is a popular place to film major movies and TV shows from Avengers to Les Miserables have chosen to shoot across the county, including in Portsmouth and Gosport. Here are 16 that were filmed in Hampshire:
Hampshire filming locations
Based on The Who's classic 1969 Rock Opera Tommy, the film of the same name was mostly shot in Portsmouth such as at South Parade Pier, Hilsea Lido and Kings Theatre. It was filmed in 1974.
This star studded adaption of the book/ musical Les Miserables filmed scenes at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard with Hugh Jackman being one of the Hollywood stars who arrived in the city for the filming in 2012.
Scenes for the major 2018 ITV drama Vanity Fair based on William Makepeace Thackerays 19th century novel were filmed at HMS Victory. It featured in scene where British troops were preparing to sail to Belgium before Waterloo.
The first female Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker came to living 17th museum in Little Woodham in Gosport to shoot scenes for episode eight of her first season The Witchfinders episode in 2018.
Hollywood came to Gosport in 2016 with Mark Wahlberg and Sir Anthony Hopkins shooting scenes for Transformers: The Last Knight with HMS Alliance with the car that turns into Bumblebee drawing lots of attention.
Produced by legendary director, the forthcoming film Lyrebird which stars Guy Pearce and is about Dutch folk hero Han van Meegeren who sold art forgeries to the Nazis. It filmed in Portsdown Hill Road in 2018.
Highclere Castle in Highclere was used as the main filming location for the hit TV drama Downton Abbey, serving as the titular abbey. It was also used for upcoming Downton Abbey film due out this year.
