Popular ITV drama ‘Primeval’ to move filming to Ireland
The hugely successful ITV drama Primeval has announced that the fourth and fifth series of the programme will film on location in Ireland. The hit drama has a budget of circa €15 million and will create over 70 crew jobs in the Irish film and television industry.
The cast includes Andrew-Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Jason Flemyng, Ben Miller and Ben Mansfield who are all set to come back for the next two series. Work will start on the production in January 2010 with filming beginning in March. Primeval will film in Ireland over a period of nine months to complete the 13 new episodes, which will shoot on location in Dublin and Wicklow.
The first three series of the show were filmed in Surrey, England, but the decision to move the series to Ireland was based on the fact that Ireland provided a cost-effective alternative, as well a fresh look, drawing on new film locations.
The series which follows a research team recruited by the government to investigate a series of dinosaur sightings has proved very popular with audiences. The third series concluded on June 6 with a UK audience of 4.5 million viewers and an audience share of 25%. BBC Worldwide has sold it to 45 countries worldwide with the series being more popular in South Korea than the US series Lost.
Co-financed by ITV, ProSeiben and BBC Worldwide, the series will be co-produced by leading Irish film and TV producer Treasure Entertainment (The Eclipse, Man About Dog, I Went Down)
Primeval will air on ITV1 and Watch from 2011.
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