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Covid-secure filming taking pace in Suffolk - Credit: Screen Suffolk Covid-19 shut down months of filming in 2020, but remarkably Suffolk’s official film office still managed to increase the number of filming days in the county on 2019. Local democracy reporter Jason Noble caught up with Screen Suffolk to talk about an unpredictable year and big projects coming up in 2021. Bars, restaurants, retailers, gyms, theatres – scores of industries reported the overnight shock the Covid-19 pandemic-enforced lockdown back in March 2020 had on their businesses, as customers were there one day a...

It certainly captured the essence of what the filmmakers were looking for.  Director Simon Stone said: “You go to Suffolk once and visit the estuary lands and you see such a unique landscape, like a world that you just don't recognise as quintessentially English, and so I thought to myself this is a real opportunity to show a side of England that you don't usually see.  “As you see, it's constantly through the film. We keep cutting back to shots that were shot in the environment where it took place.”  The old brick structure on Boyton Marshes is used in The Dig. Picture: SCREEN SUF...

Behind the scenes of filming for The Dig in 2019. Picture: SCREEN SUFFOLK - Credit: Screen Suffolk While The Dig did not exclusively film in Suffolk, the county’s countryside does feature heavily in the film.  One of the most notable locations is Butley Ferry - “As soon as Simon [Stone, director] saw the Butley Ferry he was absolutely set that was where he had to be,” Screen Suffolk’s Rachel Aldridge said.  The old brick structure on Boyton Marshes is used in The Dig. Picture: SCREEN SUFFOLK - Credit: Screen Suffolk Elsewhere, the landscapes at RSPB’s Boyton Marshes featu...

It certainly captured the essence of what the filmmakers were looking for.  Director Simon Stone said: “You go to Suffolk once and visit the estuary lands and you see such a unique landscape, like a world that you just don't recognise as quintessentially English, and so I thought to myself this is a real opportunity to show a side of England that you don't usually see.  “As you see, it's constantly through the film. We keep cutting back to shots that were shot in the environment where it took place.”  The old brick structure on Boyton Marshes is used in The Dig. Picture: SCREEN SUF...

Where is The Dig filmed? Filming locations in Suffolk, Shackleford and Surrey Updated: 1 Feb 2021, 14:39 THE Dig reimagines the famous events of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo. The film, which is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by John Preston, is now available to stream on Netflix.   Where is The Dig filmed? Suffolk Filming took place in SuffolkCredit: Getty Images - Getty According to the East Anglian Daily Times: scenes shot for The Dig in Suffolk took place in the late autumn of 2019 and lasted one week. One of the most notable locations is Bawdsey Ferry and Screen S...