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Vigil is back on the BBC after a three-year hiatus with another complex case to crack.

BBC’s Vigil season three airs tonight but it’s going to look very different from the first two series.

Since BBC fans last saw DCI Amy Silva (played by Suranne Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie), they have built a life together, welcoming their young son but it doesn’t take long before a new case lands on their laps.

The second series saw Amy travel to the Middle East following a drone attack but this time around, it’s Kirsten who is investigating a case in far colder temperatures.

After a British officer on an undercover special forces mission is fatally shot abroad, it’s up to Kirsten, as well as Amy back home, to find out what really happened.

As the countdown begins until its debut, here’s all there is to know about the filming locations for Vigil season three.

BBC Vigil season 3 filming locations

BBC Vigil season three is primarily set in Svalbard in the Arctic Circle which is where the series was also filmed.

Svalbard is part of Norway and a remote Arctic archipelago situated between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

Its largest island Spitsbergen is the home of its largest settlement Longyearbyen which has a population of around 2,600.

Describing the experience to the BBC, actress Suranne Jones shared: “Rose [Leslie] and I felt like we were just on top of the world because we went to places that tourists don’t normally visit since we were filming in such remote locations.

“There were reindeer outside the breakfast room every morning, we got to drive the snow buggies, and we really had to layer up.”

While most of the action takes place in Svalbard, this wasn’t BBC Vigil season three’s only filming location.

When Amy and Kirsten aren’t abroad investigating murder cases, they are at home in Scotland where Vigil is also shot.

The cast and crew were also seen filming extensively in and around Glasgow in areas including the West End and West Princes Street.

Vigil season three premieres on Sunday, August 30, at 9pm, on BBC One.

Sunny Nights is the dark comedy drama that ITV fans have been impatiently waiting for.

Sunny Nights is ready to binge-watch with viewers keen to get a full breakdown of its filming locations.

Following the chaotic story of brother and sister duo Martin Marvin (played by Will Forte) and Vikki Marvin (D’Arcy Carden), Sunny Nights sees the pair leave their lives in the US behind to start over again in Australia.

As Martin also hopes to win back his estranged wife, they set up their own tanning shop but their lives are upended when they accidentally anger a ruthless syndicate crime boss.

Martin also gets himself caught up in a blackmailing plot so their once peaceful future quickly looks a lot more complicated.

As Sunny Nights dropped on ITVX today, Tuesday, August 18, here’s everything there is to know about where the series was filmed.

Where is Sunny Nights on ITV filmed?

Sunny Nights was filmed in New South Wales, Australia, with the comedy drama set in the iconic city of Sydney.

Coastal walks and the beautiful scenery in Bondi are particularly featured in the beginning, including spots like the Bondi Icebergs and the suburb of Tamarama.

Other Sunny Nights filming spots include the coastal residential suburb of Malabar, Botany Bay featuring heritage sites like Bare Island and Frenchman Bay.

The historic pools of Wylie’s Baths can also be seen along with the stunning views of the Blue Mountains.

Heading up the cast as Martin Marvin is Saturday Night Live icon and Netflix ’s The Four Seasons star Will Forte.

Opening up to Rolling Stone, Forte shared that it was a life-changing prospect working on the show.

“It was really after only two episodes were written that I had to make this decision: Am I bringing my whole family down to Australia on the chance that these other six episodes are going to be as good? With [Australian filmmaker] Trent O’Donnell, you say yes to that.

“Looking back, it is the greatest decision of my life.

“Marrying my wife, deciding to have kids, those are all other ones up there as well, obviously, but everything about this show turned out to be the best version.”

Sunny Nights is available to watch on ITVX.

People got up at 6.30am on their holidays to stand in line for a picture opportunity

The grim reality of a tourist hotspot has been exposed as ‘thousands’ of holidaymakers were filmed queueing for an Instagram picture at 6.30am. Tayyba Adeel woke up early to secure a cinematic sunrise snap on her trip abroad.

Unfortunately, it seems like every other visitor on the holiday island had the same idea. The Brit was left stunned after joining a queue of ‘thousands’ of tourists waiting to get a picture in front of the iconic blue dome.

According to Tayyba, tourists flooded the streets of Santorini, known for its whitewashed cave houses, blue-domed churches, and vibrant sunsets. Santorini sees around 3.4m visitors every year – with the huge number of travellers creating long queues for the perfect holiday photo.

Posting the clip online, the video racked up over 110,000 views. Tayyba said: “The famous Santorini blue dome photo spot at 6.30am. The whole internet got the same travel tip. Social media ruined it (Santorini). You only see people without noticing the beauty of the place.”

The footage shows Tayyba walking up the huge line, where she claimed ‘thousands’ of tourists waited. One woman in her wedding dress with her photographer was also sitting waiting for her turn to get her dream snap.

Members of the public have slammed the long queues. One viewer said: “I’d be p*ssed if this was outside my home or rental.”

Another commenter said: “What a waste of a holiday.”

One other person added: “People are so embarrassing.”

Another viewer said: “This makes me never want to go to Santorini. Why do people just ruin everything for likes on social media.”

One person commented: “Surely there’s a better way to spend your time on holiday than that?”

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Kris Marshall returns as DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise’s beloved spin-off Beyond Paradise.

Everything we know so far about Beyond Paradise season 5

1. Beyond Paradise will be returning for a fifth season with actor Kris Marshall, Sally Bretton and Zahra Ahmadi returning for the new episodes. BBC Studios announced the news with a picture of a clapperboard featuring Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman’s silhouette in front of a rural church.
2. The broadcaster promised “sunny shores, secrets to solve and scones to scoff” as they return to Devon and Cornwall. Fans were thrilled by the announcement with one writing “Oh thank goodness!”, as another said “So happy as the best cast ever and love the storylines and just everything about it.”
3. Unlike Death in Paradise, its Caribbean predecessor, Beyond Paradise is set in the fictional Devon coastal town of Shipton Abbott. Filming takes place in South East Cornwall and Devon, with Looe standing in for Shipton Abbott. The town’s Guildhall doubles as the police station while Launceston portrays the town centre.
4. Zahra Ahmadi, who plays DS Esther Williams, officially confirmed the fifth series after Kris Marshall accidentally let slip the news early. She cheekily said: “It has been said by a certain Kris Marshall but he was not allowed, and he was very undisciplined and blurted it out but you are getting the true exclusive. We have a fifth series, we are very excited.”
5. When Beyond Paradise does return, the series is expected once again to revolve around head scratching investigations such as impossible burglaries and missing families An official release date hasn’t been announced just yet but Beyond Paradise is expected to return in 2027.

READ THE FULL STORY: Beyond Paradise fans say ‘thank goodness’ as BBC issues filming update

Van Der Valk returns to our screens tonight with three more headscratching investigations on the way.

Van Der Valk fans are eager to know all there is about season four ahead of its ITV debut tonight.

Season four of the hit ITV detective drama Van Der Valk begins this evening, Sunday, August 2, at 8pm, the first of three feature-length episodes set to air every week.

As always, Piet Van Der Valk will be portrayed by Band of Brothers star Marc Warren, who will be joined by Maimie McCoy as Lucienne Hassell, Emma Fielding as Julia Dahlman and Darrell D’Silva as Hendrik Davie.

UK fans have been waiting for three years for the show’s return with season four first released in America in 2024.

But now the wait is finally over so here’s everything there is to know about Van Der Valk’s filming locations for season four.

Where is ITV Van Der Valk season 4 filmed?

As Van Der Valk is a Dutch detective drama, like previous series, season four has been filmed entirely in the Netherlands, primarily in the capital city of Amsterdam.

Some of its standout locations include The Canal Belts, also known as the Grachtengordel, the historic 14km waterways built during the 17th Century Dutch Golden Age.

Other key spots include Cafe Scheltema which is frequently featured when the detectives gather for debriefs and their breakthroughs, as well as the Amstel River.

Along with Amsterdam, some additional shots are filmed in nearby cities like Utrecht and The Hague.

Warren previously opened up about shooting a season one scene at the iconic Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam which he hailed as “amazing”.

“Being on my own, looking up at Rembrandt’s The Night Watch at midnight, I was just thinking, ‘How do these things happen?’, he told Radio Times.

“Just before we shot that, they brought a guy in on a stretcher to give him a private view of the painting. It was his dying wish.

“An hour or two later, I was standing there alone with this masterpiece.”

Van Der Valk season four premieres tonight, Sunday, August 2, at 8pm, on ITV.

Tourists say people were putting the towels on the beds first thing then not coming back until 4pm

Resort workers have been hailed heroes after being filmed removing piles of towels from unoccupied sunbeds reserved by holidaymakers. The viral clip has delighted travellers fed up with people claiming loungers for hours without using them.

It was filmed at Camping Le Marsouins in Argelès-sur-Mer, near Perpignan, France. With several holiday resorts now introducing rules to stop guests reserving sunbeds they are not using, staff at the campsite decided to take matters into their own hands.

The clip, which has racked up over three million views and 80,000 likes, showed two members of staff in yellow and red uniforms collecting towels from empty loungers. They piled the abandoned towels onto a single sunbed, freeing up the rest for guests who are actually using the pool

Vir Ginie, who filmed the video, explained why staff stepped in. She said: “The idea is to free up unoccupied sun loungers. People come and leave their towels as soon as the pool opens, then leave and come back around 4pm, for example.

“So the loungers are unavailable for people at the pool and, in high season, it causes problems and annoys the other holidaymakers.”

The clip reignited the long-running debate over holidaymakers reserving poolside loungers for hours before returning to use them.

One viewer said: “About time – all hotels should be doing this.” Another said: A big round of applause for these staff members.

“This is exactly how it should be in every hotel.” While a third said: “All hotels should do this.”

The Dark is a new ITV crime drama inspired by GR Halliday’s novel From the Shadows.

ITV’s The Dark is arriving with fans keen to discover everything about its “beautiful” setting.

Following the discovery of a young man’s body in the picturesque wilderness, it rapidly emerges that a serial killer is at large.

This marks the start of Detective Monica Kennedy’s (portrayed by Laura Donnelly) perilous cat and mouse chase as she embarks on a treacherous investigation to apprehend the murderer.

As ITV audiences prepare to immerse themselves in the chilling world inspired by GR Halliday’s novel From the Shadows, here’s all you need to know about The Dark’s filming locations.

Where was ITV’s The Dark filmed?

The Dark on ITV is situated in the remote Scottish Highlands, with production taking place across Greenock, Inverclyde, the broader Glasgow region and its surrounding countryside.

Last September, actress Donnelly and actor Mark Rowley were photographed filming The Dark alongside production crews at James Watt College’s Finnart Street campus.

The cast were also captured at Annexe Park, Fox Street, Greenock, Newton Street, Cathcart Square, plus Inverclyde Academy and St Mary’s Primary School.

Multiple sequences were additionally captured throughout greater Glasgow’s countryside, which served as a stand-in for the isolated Scottish Highlands.

Screenwriter Matt Hartley revealed to the Royal Television Society that working in Scotland proved an enormous attraction when it came to production and drawing creative inspiration.

“I grew up in the Peak District and live in Wales so the space and atmosphere in the ­Highlands and areas around where we were filming was intrinsic to me.

“There’s a line early on that says: ‘This is where people come to bury bodies, not display them.'”

“That was one of our key thoughts: this is a world of mystery, where people disappear.”

French-born director Gilles Bannier, however, had quite a different expectation of what filming in Scotland would entail.

He revealed: “It met all my expectations except one.

“I wanted these rolling clouds, amazing mist – the Scottish weather we all know.

“In fact, it was the most beautiful summer and autumn they’ve ever had in Scotland.

“So we were chasing a single cloud, a single drop of rain.”

The Dark premieres on Sunday, July 12, at 9pm, on ITV.