[TV] ‘Grace’ locations

[DavidinSouthampton]

The inside wasn't All Saints nor the outside. The road in Patcham and car access leads you to the church entrance on the
left hand side, not the right hand side as in the programme. But, hey, there were many inconsistencies in the programme,
so it didn't surprise me about this laziness on the production team's behalf.

I think laziness is a bit harsh! There were quite possibly/probably reasons why they filmed and put in what they did.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I was a choirboy there too, maybe a bit before your time though 1970-72

Thanks for the compliment, but after my time. Hard to be sure about the dates, but guessing between about 64 and 68 for me. I loved it so much, it seemed like a long time. Clifford Dann, the Estate Agent, was choir master and organist. He had a Austin Princess Van den Plas R which seemed to me to make him the height of wealth and sophistication. Ken Brookes was his deputy and drove a Triumph Herald. Less impressive. Charlie Hazelgrove was the grumpy verger with a heart of gold and mints in his pocket in case you felt a bit dicky tummy at church. Choirboy pay, especially for weddings, half a crown each wedding and up to 3 or 4 on a good Saturday, kept me in 45's, Airfix kits, Jamboree bags and fireworks. Good times.

 

[Icy Gull]

Surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this yet, though haven't watched it yet - any good?

Only got half way through so far, found it a bit disjointed tbh. Not grabbing me yet, but I guess they are scene setting. The fact that I’ve read the book makes me more critical I guess, films/series very seldom live up to the book though

Edit, reading other posts it seems it is just a one off, so bin the scene setting comment

 

[Simgull]

The suburban road right at the start is Braemore Road just off New Church Road.

 

[Dave the OAP]

All Saints, Patcham - as in the book.

Got married there, 40 years ago

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Didn’t watch but my friend rung me with excitement that she saw her beach hut on Hove promenade !

That's fantastic.
That is just the sort of thing that makes TV and films shot locally all that bit more exciting for the locals.
Great stuff.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The scene you are talking about seemed ok to me. The hen party was at Legends Hotel on the corner of Camelford Street. When the detectives were in the flat the Palace Pier was behind Branson and you could see the wall of the marina behind Grace.

The flat was in the Van Alen building.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Thought it was very good. Spent half the time trying to figure out where the various places where but that's standard for something set in Brighton. The girls flat was those monstrosities built behind the station. The Victims flat was Chichester Terrace way? Mark's flat was next to legends and the Pier was well the pier.

Made the old place look really good I thought.

Yes they did a good job of feeling like it was set in Brighton but not letting the Brighton side of things dominate too much,which can't of been easy as it's such a beautiful city.
Even the actors made it feel like a Brighton based show.
The chap who played grace was excellent,and despite being the first episode he made me quite like the character and gives a good idea of what he's all about.
But it will be interesting to see if future episodes show a bit more of the city and also show more of the "characters"of brighton,which I hope will be the case.
But so far very enjoyable.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Enjoyed it, not as good as the book but still kept me interested, when is the next episode as it's not on next week, or was this just a one off?

 

[marcos3263]

quite enjoyed it and better than Cuffs etc.

recognised a few locations e.g. Braemore road, The balcony scene was at the Van Alan Building, the office was down St John's Road, Hove. Couldn't recognise what block it was in New England Quarter that overlooked St. Bartholomew's Church though.

I'm guessing the Medium lived on the promenade in Peacehaven but cant be arsed to locate the exact house.

Quite liked the developments were all local places that we recognise but the rest of the country wouldn't have a scooby.

 

[The Clamp]

I havr to say I almost gave up on it jut now but stayed til the end. Once the novelty of location spotting wore off, it was all a bit second rate. Don't think I'll bother with the rest of them.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

I'm guessing the Medium lived on the promenade in Peacehaven but cant be arsed to locate the exact house.

Right at the very end of the cliff top gravel road...pretty much next to the steps down to the beach, and the open land where they filmed the pilot for Mr Bean (the famous blind man / getting changed into swimming trunks scene)

 

[Washboard Didgets]

Something that someone said on Twitter last night and would make sense, wouldn't the Police have used a sniffer dog to track him from the scene of the crash?

He wasn't in the van when it crashed – they left him, then drove away and crashed after.

 

[Washboard Didgets]

I think laziness is a bit harsh! There were quite possibly/probably reasons why they filmed and put in what they did.

Exactly. It is a TV drama not a Crimewatch reconstruction, they are free to choose the locations that work for filming/look good aesthetically.

 

[Lenny Rider]

All Saints, Patcham - as in the book.

Where the legendary Paul Whelch had his funeral service

 

[essbee1]

Exactly. It is a TV drama not a Crimewatch reconstruction, they are free to choose the locations that work for filming/look good aesthetically.

My point was more that it was symptomatic of a lazy production all round. I mean
- the ending was an utter joke.

 

[Brownstuff]

The flat was in the Van Alen building.

Baby Spice used to own one of the penthouses in that building
I don't think she was there long though
Always used to look out for her whilst passing on my jog but never saw her twitch her curtains

 

[albionalbino]

It's the same when they shoot on location in any city. New York..... LA..... the worst one was the Batman movies, Gotham was nothing like it is in real life.

 

[Garage_Doors]

Are they individual episodes, or are there several episode for one story?

 

[Whitechapel]

Well I thoroughly enjoyed it and, as pointed out earlier, not too many continuity errors, which I normally find can really grate if you know the areas

Oh god. This x1000


Was watching something on Netflix a few weeks ago, towards the end of the last episode there was a scene where two characters are in a seaside cafe discussing how it had originally been a meeting point for a ferry ride out of the country.


It was the cafe on Worthing Pier