{"id":345549,"date":"2025-08-15T03:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/345549\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T03:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:40:17","slug":"new-itv-series-the-blame-could-be-filmed-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/345549\/","title":{"rendered":"New ITV Series The Blame Could Be Filmed In Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fool-Me-Once-First-Look-2-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"michelle-keegan-in-netflix-thriller-fool-me-once\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Netflix UK<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had our fair share of incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/best-films-and-tv-shows-filmed-in-manchester\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/best-films-and-tv-shows-filmed-in-manchester\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">film and TV productions<\/a> take advantage of the Greater Manchester area, and now there\u2019s a<strong> new series<\/strong> on the block. <strong>The Blame<\/strong> has been announced as a <strong>Quay Street Productions<\/strong> and<strong> ITV<\/strong> series to come, starring the likes of <strong>Michelle Keegan, Douglas Booth <\/strong>and <strong>Ceallach Spellman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The new<strong> six-part series<\/strong> is set to have us on the edge of our seats, and with Quay Street Productions at the helm, we have an inkling that the <strong>filming may take place in and around Greater Manchester<\/strong>. The production company has, in the recent past, used its home region for the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/after-the-flood-filmed-in-greater-manchester\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/after-the-flood-filmed-in-greater-manchester\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\"><strong>After<\/strong> <strong>The Flood<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/the-stolen-girl-filmed-in-manchester\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/the-stolen-girl-filmed-in-manchester\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">The Stolen Girl<\/a><\/strong>, and plenty of Harlan Coben adaptations including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/fool-me-once-filming-locations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/fool-me-once-filming-locations\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Fool Me Once<\/a><\/strong> and the upcoming <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/run-away-netflix-manchester\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretmanchester.com\/run-away-netflix-manchester\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Run Away<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNS0tmcoTje\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Instagram post via @quaystreetproductions<\/p>\n<p>Big names released so far to feature in The Blame are: Michelle Keegan, Douglas Booth, Ian Hart, Nathan Mensah, Nigel Boyle, Joe Armstrong, Matilda Freeman, Gavin Spokes, Grace Saif, Josh Bolt and Ceallach Spellman, and Aaron Anthony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Blame<\/strong> begins when the body of teenage figure skater Sophie Madsen is discovered, sending shockwaves through the town of Wakestead, setting off a series of events. As <strong>DI Crane (Keegan)<\/strong> and <strong>DI Radley (Booth)<\/strong> dig deeper, what starts as a tragic death, spirals into a <strong>tangled web of lies, institutional cover-ups, <\/strong>and<strong> moral compromise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As the clock ticks and trust fractures, Crane must navigate both a<strong> murder investigation<\/strong> and the <strong>treacherous politics<\/strong> inside her own team.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52703\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"michelle-keegan-joanna-lumley-fool-me-once-netflix-still\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fool-me-once-2-scaled.jpg\"\/>Credit: Netflix UK <\/p>\n<p>Set to conjure the sinister atmosphere of <strong>Line of Duty<\/strong>, and the cop thriller excitement of a Harlan Coben script, The Blame is so far made up of only successful parts. We\u2019ll be keeping an eye out for any <strong>filming happening in the local area<\/strong>, plus any news on a release date to come.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Netflix UK We\u2019ve had our fair share of incredible film and TV productions take advantage of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,188,6454,393,4884,2465,17245,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-345549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-drama","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-thriller","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115030709144807214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}