{"id":697040,"date":"2026-01-15T06:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/697040\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T06:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:11:24","slug":"agatha-christies-seven-dials-arrives-on-netflix-following-bristol-and-west-country-shoot-bristol-film-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/697040\/","title":{"rendered":"Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials arrives on Netflix following Bristol and West Country shoot \u2013 Bristol Film Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brand new Netflix mystery Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials<\/strong> arrives on Netflix on Thursday 15th January<\/strong>, after filming in Bristol and across the West Country with Film Office support.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

BAFTA Rising Star Mia McKenna-Bruce<\/strong> (How To Have Sex, Persuasion) leads the cast as Lady Eileen \u2018Bundle\u2019 Brent, a young, determined sleuth, joined by Helena Bonham Carter<\/strong> (One Life, Nolly) as Lady Caterham and Martin Freeman<\/strong> (The Responder and Black Panther) as Battle, in the fast-paced drama from the Queen Of Crime brought to life in a thrilling new version for Netflix. Set in 1925 England, it follows the fizzingly inquisitive \u2018Bundle\u2019 as she pieces together the clues behind a chilling conspiracy that threatens to upend her world.<\/p>\n

Filming for the three-part limited series, which was penned by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall, took place at The Bottle Yard Studios and locations across Bristol and the West Country from June to September 2024, before moving to Spain for additional shooting. Around 175 cast and crew worked on the show per day during the UK leg of filming, an estimated 75% of which were local to the West of England region. <\/p>\n

Under the oversight of Oscar-winning Production Designer Martin Childs (Shakespeare in Love, The Crown), bespoke sets were built in the Studio for key interiors including the \u2018Seven Dials\u2019 club.<\/p>\n

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Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials (photo credit: Netflix\/Simon Ridgeway)<\/p>\n

Seven Dials Producer Joanna Crow<\/strong> says: \u201cHaving worked at The Bottle Yard on various productions over the past 15 years, I\u2019m a huge fan of the services and spaces they offer, which suit the full range of productions from lower budget children\u2019s TV to high end Band 3 drama, in my own experience. For Seven Dials, the studio operation was very flexible to suit our needs in terms of space, including much breakout space to suit varying demands, and the team were always a pleasure to deal with. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBristol, Bath\u00a0and the wider region offer a rich and varied palette of landscapes and locations which Seven Dials is a great\u00a0showcase for. We were ably supported by the local Film Offices and found 1925 London with no need to time-travel or to leave the South West.\u00a0The Bottle Yard Studios\u00a0and the West of England region\u00a0is now a progressive and prestigious filming hub\u00a0offering a very attractive package all round.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Katherine Nash, The Bottle Yard\u2019s Head of Studios<\/strong> says: \u201cHosting this major Netflix drama is a ringing endorsement for The Bottle Yard Studios and the locations support delivered across our region, by Bristol Film Office and neighbouring Film Offices across the West of England. We know that productions like Seven Dials helped generate an overall production spend of over \u00a346m in Bristol last year, making them highly significant to our local production industry and the city\u2019s wider economy. As well as creating employment for regional freelancers, the Seven Dials production team also helped bring forward new local talent by engaging fully with All Set West, helping bridge that step into the industry for the crew of tomorrow, which is fantastic to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

On location in Bristol, the series filmed extensively with Film Office support, adding a 1920\u2019s period feel to a host of locations including Arnos Vale Cemetery, Queen Square, All Saints Lane and the Corn Street area surrounding St Nicholas Markets. Police station sets were created in the Corn Exchange offices located above St Nicholas Market, whilst on Bridewell Street, an \u201cOld Scotland Yard\u201d exterior was created, complete with vintage cars, extras in period costume and London street signs.<\/p>\n

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Martin Freeman as \u2018Battle\u2019 in Seven Dials (Photo credit: Simon Ridgeway\/Netflix). Filming location: Corn Exchange Offices above St Nicholas Markets, Bristol<\/p>\n

Filming also took place further afield across the West of England with support from neighbouring Film Offices. Locations included Abbey Green and Great Pulteney Street in Bath, West Somerset Railway\u2019s Blue Anchor Station and Minehead in Somerset, Badminton House Estate in South Gloucestershire and Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n

The production team was actively engaged with the BFI-funded All Set West scheme<\/strong>, offering paid work experience on set for three trainees\u00a0across the Art, Script Supervisor and Sustainability\u00a0departments. A larger group of trainees also had the chance to visit the set on location and meet with Producer Joanna Crow and other members of the crew. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Joanna adds<\/strong>: \u201cSeven Dials was part of the pilot for their wonderful All Set West scheme, a trainee programme carefully designed and managed to give opportunities to those who aren\u2019t always included. The scheme vets and trains its mentors and ensures at the start that its candidates have good representation in terms of ethnic diversity, neurodiversity, gender, disability, socio-economic background and other underrepresented areas. For many shows, including ours, it\u2019s imperative to be inclusive in representation and this scheme makes it easy to do that \u2013 but with genuine candidates and genuine progress for the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

All Set West Trainee Jon-Luke Goodman <\/strong>(age 26 from Bristol),\u00a0who undertook work experience in the Script Supervisor department, says: \u201cWorking in Film and TV felt unattainable to me before doing All Set West Training and there were so many barriers stopping me from being able to work in the industry, not even knowing where to start for one. The training gave me skills and confidence as well as contacts and now I feel really empowered to take on roles in this sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall, Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials is written and executive produced by Chibnall, alongside Suzanne Mackie (The Crown) through her company Orchid Pictures and Chris Sussman (Good Omens). It is directed by Chris Sweeney (The Tourist, Back to Life) who also acts as Executive Producer, and produced by Joanna Crow (Supacell, Chloe).<\/p>\n

A special RTS West of England preview of Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials will take place at Watershed in Bristol on 14th January 2026, sponsored by The Bottle Yard Studios and Bristol Film Office. Following a screening of the first episode, there will be a Q&A about the making of the series with Chris Chibnall (Executive Producer, Writer), Chris Sweeney (Executive Producer, Director), Suzanne Mackie (Executive Producer) and Joanna Crow (Producer). <\/p>\n

Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials begins on Netflix on 15th January 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brand new Netflix mystery Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials arrives on Netflix on Thursday 15th January, after filming in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-697040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115897636411559828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697040","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=697040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}