Leeds City Markets Double for London in ITV Time Travel Drama (03/04/2008)
Shoppers watched as Leeds City Markets were transformed into London's Hammersmith City underground station last week for the filming of Lost In Austen. The drama, which sees its heroine transported back through time to exchange places with Elizabeth Bennet, used some of the region's most stunning locations including Bramham Park, Wetherby and York to portray the contrast between the period of Pride and Prejudice and modern day city life.
The four part series for ITV is written by acclaimed television writer Guy Andrews (Chancer, Prime Suspect, Absolute Power and Lewis) and features an all-star cast including Alex Kingston (ER), Jemima Rooper and veteran actor Hugh Bonneville.
Screen Yorkshire invested in Lost in Austen through its Production Fund and secured jobs for a number of regional trainees. The production liaison team were instrumental in attracting the drama to the region and ensured filming could go ahead without a hitch by negotiating filming permissions with local authorities and police.
Lost in Austen, a Mammoth Screen production for ITV 1 and Screen Yorkshire, is will broadcast on television in May 2008.
Find out more at: http://www.itv.com/Drama/perioddrama/LostInAusten/default.html
Hugo Heppell, Head of Production at Screen Yorkshire says
