Gurjeet Singh filming scenes for The Northumbria Mysteries(Image: ChronicleLive)

Filming on BBC's The Northumbria Mysteries moves to new location as all star cast confirmed

by · ChronicleLive

Its cast and crew have already been spotted filming all over the region so far and on Tuesday, as the sun beat down on Northumbria, production on The Northumbria Mysteries switched to a different location.

It's been a few months since the BBC announced that plans were very much afoot for a new TV detective drama set in the North East, the first since much loved ITV smash Vera wrapped in the summer of 2024, before its final two episodes aired to millions in early 2025.

At the forefront action in The Northumbria Mysteries is Soldier, Solider, Wire in the Blood and Grantchester star Robson Green, playing Joe Ridley, an ex-convict and gambler with links to the criminal world, who team up with Oxford-educated DI Rose O'Connell to solve crimes.

Robson was all smiles when he was seen on set at various different places in and around Morpeth, having previously called into a café by the sea in Seahouses, after cameras had also rolled there. The lead actor was nowhere to be seen on Tuesday, but there was still plenty of activity in Rothbury, the very town that was catapulted to big screen fame not so long ago, after filming on zombie thriller 28 Years Later took place there.

Having been up the coast on capture pictures of people enjoying themselves on beaches in the warm sun, we caught some of The Northumbria Mysteries filming too. It has now been confirmed that Robson has been joined in the cast by acting great Simon Callow, Kevin Whateley, Chris Gascoyne - the man who played infamous bigamist Peter Barlow in Coronation Street - and Liz White, who played Annie Cartwright in the BBC One drama series Life on Mars and Emma Keane in the Channel 4 school-based drama series Ackley Bridge. She is taking on the role of Robson's unlikely on screen sidekick Rosie.

And it was another ex Ackley Bridge star who was seen stepping in front of camera on Tuesday, as Gurjeet Singh, who has also appeared in Three Girls and Hotel Portofino shot some scenes.

Take a look at our on set shots in the pictures below, while we all wait to find out just when we'll be able to watch it on the BBC.

Gurjeet Singh filming scenes for The Northumbria Mysteries(Image: ChronicleLive)
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New BBC drama series 'The Northumbria Mysteries being filmed in in Rothbury, Northumberland.(Image: ChronicleLive)
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Filming on The Northumbria Mysteries is continuing(Image: ChronicleLive)
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The crew of new BBC drama The Northumbria Mysteries(Image: ChronicleLive)
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