Past Productions

McDonald & Dodds (Series 1-4) Popular crime series starring BAFTA-winner Jason Watkins alongside Tala Gouveia as an unlikely detective duo investigating mysterious murders in Bath. All four series have been based at The Bottle Yard Studios where sets have included the show’s central police station and police incident trailer interiors. The [...]

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Six-part drama based on the bestseller by Holly Jackson about a seventeen-year old girl who sets out to investigate who is really behind the five year old murder case of a schoolirl. Starring Emma Myers, Anna Maxwell Martin, Gary Beadle, Mathew Baynton and Zain Iqbal. [...]

Malory Towers (Series 5) Much-loved adaptation of the Enid Blyton’s classic starring Ella Wright, April V. Woods and friends. Filming for 20 x 25-minute episodes took place in Summer 2023. The series five shoot marked the first time the popular children’s drama had based production at a UK studio (past series [...]

The Outlaws (Series 1-3) Comedy thriller starring creator, writer and director Stephen Merchant alongside Christopher Walken, Rhianne Barreto, Gamba Cole, Darren Boyd, Clare Perkins, Eleanor Tomlinson and Jessica Gunning as seven strangers from different walks of life, forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence in Bristol. All three series have [...]

Alex Rider (Series 3) Series three of teen spy-thriller Alex Rider, based on Anthony Horowitz's bestselling novels and starring Otto Farrant, was one of the first productions to film at The Bottle Yard's TBY2 facility when it opened in late 2022. It follows a teenager who, unbeknownst to him, has been [...]

Boarders Comedy drama created by Bafta-nominated Daniel Lawrence Taylor (Timewasters) following the lives of five talented black inner-city teenagers navigating their way through an alien world – the British public school system. Production was based at The Bottle Yard where sets for key interiors were built. Bristol Film Office worked closely [...]

DarkGame Thriller following determined detective Ben Jacobs (Ed Westwick) on a race against time to stop a twisted game show on the dark web, where captives are forced to compete for their lives for the entertainment of the criminal underworld who gamble on the results. Set in Portland, Oregon, the entire [...]

The Undertaker Period crime noir thriller starring Paul McGann and Tara Fitzgerald. A mild-mannered funeral director is at a moral crossroads, caught up in a power-grab by a local gangster, pressured into burying victims off-the-record. Filmed entirely at The Bottle Yard Studios. Blending classic 1940s American film noir with the sharp [...]

The Killing Kind Six-part thriller starring Emma Appleton and Colin Morgan. A top barrister is rebuilding her life when a tragic incident occurs and a man from her past reappears with a sensational claim, threatening to unravel her life once again. Filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios and on location across [...]

Rain Dogs Eight-part series starring West Country talent Daisy May Cooper alongside Fleur Tashjian in her debut role. A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice. Made by award-winning production company Sid Gentle Films [...]