London helped Marcella out a second time
Marcella opened with a grizzly finding in Camden, but some of its most intense scenes will also take place in Lambeth, Southwark and Islington.
The body of a child called Leo has been discovered in Camden’s Mornington Crescent. It turns out he was a friend of Marcella’s son Edward, and Edward was supposed to walk home from school with Leo on the day he was abducted.
FilmFixer manages the film office service for Southwark, Lambeth, Camden and Islington where much of the series was filmed between July and October last year.
FilmFixer director Andrew Pavord says, “We’re really pleased that Southwark and Lambeth in particular are so able to help out with shows like this.
“You can see glimpses of scenes shot in Lambeth’s Evelyn Grace Academy – which plays Marcella’s son’s school – in the trailer here.
“Southwark, ever ready with a rooftop location, had a cracker available for some action sequences still to come.
“In scenes telling of our times, the Marcus Lipton Building in Lambeth plays a food bank. In some of her erratic and disturbing behaviour, Marcella leaves an Islington building on Cowper Street screaming and hitting herself. And the press is gathered outside the colourful terraced homes of Hartland Road in Camden when Marcella makes a high profile arrest.
“The production was able to find two separate flats on Lambeth housing estates to accommodate scenes in and around the home of characters Eric and Gail.
“We’ve already seen Marcella head to Leo’s home to break the terrible news about his body being found. That was in Southwark’s Collett Road in Bermondsey.
“Her son Edward’s school is the Evelyn Grace Academy in Lambeth where Edward went missing briefly. Further scenes shot there will be in next Monday’s episode (March 5th) when Marcella visits for an art event. While she’s there, Marcella tries to ask Edward more about the day his friend Leo disappeared
“Also next Monday, Marcella will get an ID on the body of Luke Howell. His foster home was filmed in Southwark on the Neckinger Estate. When Marcella and colleague LeAnn visit looking for clues, they find out from Luke’s foster mother that he was supposed to meet a friend called Andrew on the night of his disappearance.