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mediafour keep the Home Fires burning in Cheshire

Macclesfield-based production company mediafour have produced a short film about the ITV block-buster drama series, Home Fires, which has been filmed on location in Cheshire.

Working alongside Creative England and Cheshire East Council, mediafour have produced the film to encourage tourism and business into the region and promote the advantages of the area for further film and television productions.

The ITV Home Fires six-part drama series follows a group of inspirational women in a rural shire community with World War II casting a dark shadow over their lives. The isolated village – the community of Bunbury close to Tarporley was used for much of the filming – couldn’t feel further away from the impending bloodshed and battlefields but it is not immune from the effects of war.

As conflict takes hold, and separates the women from their menfolk, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. The cast includes Francesca Annis and Samantha Bond.

Rick Lord, Director at mediafour, is particularly pleased that his company was chosen for such a prestigious and inspiring assignment. “Home Fires itself is an extraordinary and evocative drama series, so it was great to get the call from Creative England to help promote the area as a rich source of natural locations for further television and film sets – and, of course, for tourism and inward business investment.”

“We have a reputation for working with some of the best known and best respected names in British industry and television, so working alongside both Creative England and Cheshire East on a project so close to our hearts was a real pleasure.”

For further information about Mediafour visit the website at www.mediafour.co.uk.

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