{"id":777376,"date":"2026-09-21T02:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777376\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T02:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:16:18","slug":"the-blame-on-itv-location-guide-where-was-the-crime-drama-filmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777376\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blame on ITV location guide | Where was the crime drama filmed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Blame is one of ITV’s most anticipated crime dramas for 2026, pairing Brassic star Michelle Keegan<\/a> with Douglas Booth as two detectives drawn into a murder investigation that exposes lies, cover-ups and corruption.<\/p>\n

The six-part thriller opens with the discovery of the body of 16-year-old figure skater Sophie Madsen, setting DI Emma Crane and DI Tom Radley on a case that tests loyalties inside and outside the police force.<\/p>\n

Made by Quay Street Productions, the series was filmed in and around London, with production spotted across several locations.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

You can read more about where the cast and crew were based below.<\/p>\n

Where was The Blame filmed?<\/p>\n

The Blame was shot in and around London.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Palace\"A<\/p>\n

Joe Armstrong as Kyle Frasier in The Blame.\u00a0ITV\/DAVID HINDLEY<\/p>\n

The ice-skating rink and exterior of Alexandra Palace feature prominently throughout the series.<\/p>\n

East Finchley<\/p>\n

“You had to find a police station that was visually interesting because a good chunk of the drama takes place there,” said producer Matt Strevens.<\/p>\n

“We eventually found [Pentland Centre], this empty lakeside business park in East Finchley that felt like a campus with lots of different styles of building. The one that became our police station was just perfect.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “It had this 1970\u2019s design and was completely believable as somewhere that had been built just on the outskirts of town.<\/p>\n

“The place was also surrounded by trees and fields, which allowed for a very easy link to the location work we were going to do.”<\/p>\n

Hertford<\/p>\n

Pubs The Salisbury Arms and The Old Barge feature in the series, while Emma’s house was also located in Hertford.<\/p>\n

“One of my loveliest memories was going to Michelle’s character\u2019s home \u2013 we put her in a picturesque cottage by a river,” said Strevens. “While filming there, all the crew camped out in an old coaching hotel called the Salisbury Arms.”<\/p>\n

The scene when Emma and Tom kiss for the first time was also filmed in Hertford.<\/p>\n

Other key locations include:<\/p>\n

Parts of Epping Forest.Walthamstow – Tom’s apartment.The community policing event scenes \u2013 where Sophie was last spotted \u2013 were filmed across Hertford, Walthamstow and Epping.Where is The Blame set?<\/p>\n

The story unfolds in the fictional town of Wakestead, but was actually primarily filmed in London.<\/p>\n

“We knew finding somewhere that could be our Wakestead \u2013 this upwardly mobile, bucolic, aspirational Middle England market town would be a challenge,” said Strevens.<\/p>\n

“It had to be the sort of place where people would turn to and respect the local police force.”<\/p>\n

The Blame airs on ITV and ITVX on Sunday 20 September. <\/p>\n

Add The Blame to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blame is one of ITV’s most anticipated crime dramas for 2026, pairing Brassic star Michelle Keegan with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}