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Lights, camera, action! Harry Potter star in Bridgnorth as High Street transformed for new TV drama

Bridgnorth residents are starstruck as film crews have been spotted in the market town.

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Filming crews were spotted on Bridgnorth's Whitburn Street, on the junction with High Street, filming for a new drama by English writer and Church of England priest, Reverend Richard Coles.

Filming for Channel 5's Murder Before Evensong starring former Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis takes place in Bridgnorth. Photo: Tim Thursfield
Filming for Channel 5's Murder Before Evensong starring former Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis takes place in Bridgnorth. Photo: Tim Thursfield

'Murder Before Evensong' for Channel 5 features Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the film adaptations of Harry Potter.

Matthew Lewis. Photo: Tim Thursfield
Matthew Lewis in Bridgnorth. Photo: Tim Thursfield

Pictures from the scene show a 1982 Volvo surrounded by studio lights and actors.

Filming for Channel 5's Murder Before Evensong starring former Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis takes place in Bridgnorth. Photo: Tim Thursfield
Filming for Channel 5's Murder Before Evensong starring former Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis takes place in Bridgnorth. Photo: Tim Thursfield

Resident Caroline King said: "I just walked into the filming of Richard Coles' Murder Before Evensong!"

Letter to residents and shopkeepers

In a letter, sent to business owners and residents last Friday (January 31), The Lighthouse Ltd of Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham, said that filming is taking place around Shropshire for 'the next eight weeks' with several spots being used in Bridgnorth.