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![]() Image: ITVĪn establishing shot of the area shows the estate's central tower blocks looming large, the Immaculate Church of Mary building at the bottom of the shot, and - big clue - the Trellick Tower in the distance off to the south-west (far right of shot). The South Kilburn Estate, in a screenshot from episode 1 - note the Trellick Tower to the right. Despite the initial suggestions of heading east, this was filmed at the South Kilburn Estate, the area between Paddington Recreation Ground and Kilburn Park School. Image: ITVīeyond this, the first episode is based entirely on the fictional Westhaven housing estate as Met Police bomb disposal experts attempt to diffuse potential explosive devices, first in the bathroom of a home in a block of flats, and later out in the parking area on the same estate. We love a good establishing shot of the capital. Then it's out into east London, past the unmistakable yellow pointy roof of Billingsgate Market until the Charrington Tower and its neighbours loom large behind them, followed by an aerial shot of the nearby flyover, with the DLR track running parallel, and a skyline shot of London for good measure (note the Canary Wharf Crossrail building in the bottom left). The first episode of Trigger Point kicks off with a high-speed police drive through a tunnel - initially we assumed the Blackwall Tunnel, but a closer look at the shape of the underpass and the direction they travel in once they emerge suggests the Limehouse Link Tunnel instead. Trigger Point episode 1 filming locations in London The Limehouse Link Tunnel in Trigger Point. It wasn't all shot in London - other locations including marshes in Kent and a church in Essex (see episode two, below) also feature - but here's where we've spotted the capital on screen. ![]() Naturally, being set in London, parts of it were filmed here in the capital, an experience which Mercurio and Lester have spoken about. The ITV drama, with Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, Bodyguard) as Executive Producer and starring Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester, is about fictional Met Police bomb disposal experts. ![]()
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