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Netflix show Black Mirror season six to air in June after filming in Swale, Chilham and Dungeness

By: Max Chesson mchesson@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 05:00, 15 June 2023

Updated: 11:56, 15 June 2023

The latest series of a top Netflix show filmed in Kent is released today, starring the likes of Aaron Paul and Salma Hayek.

First airing on Channel 4 in 2011 before Netflix picked it up in 2016, Black Mirror gives audience a glimpse into a dystopian future.

Kent is set to star alongside Aaron Paul in Black Mirror. Picture: Netflix

For the latest season, which hits screens today, eagle-eyed viewers will be able to spot familiar landscapes after parts of Swale, Dungeness and Chilham were used in filming.

All five episodes of the sixth installmant of the award-winning anthology series, which also stars Josh Hartnett, Rob Delaney and Michael Cera, are available to watch on Netflix now.

It comes less than a year after Emmy-award winning Aaron Paul was seen spending a few weeks in Whitstable, much to the delight of locals.

The Breaking Bad star spent more than a fortnight exploring the county last July, with his wife Lauren documenting their time in Kent on Instagram.

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The A-list actor’s trip to an off-licence in search of his own Mexican-style mezcal was described as “utterly random” by shop owner Ross Bell, who said Paul told him he was in the UK filming.

It’s not the first time crews of the popular show have used Kent in production, with two previous episodes making use of the county.

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Aaron was seen in Whitstable last summer filming. Picture: Ross Bell
Filming for Black Mirror also took place in 2018 here in Kent

Episode five of the fourth series, 'MetalHead', directed by David Slade, was partly filmed at a private property in Harrietsham, near Maidstone, in April 2017.

Although viewers were led to believe the characters were in an empty post-apocalyptic world in the Scottish Moors, on occasion they were in the Kentish village.

Fairbourne Reservoir East featured as the empty house Bella, played by Maxine Peake, sought refuge in. In 2018, crews were also spotted shooting scenes for their fifth series in Jeskyns, Henhurst Road, Cobham.

Swale, Dungeness and Chilham are set to feature in the sixth season of Black Mirror. Picture: Netflix

The much-loved show, devised by Charlie Brooker, is just one of the latest big budget productions to be filmed in the county in recent times.

Earlier this year, Netflix crews were seen in Rochester alongside actor Dominic West as they transformed the Medway town to look like mid-noughties Windsor for hit series The Crown.

Dominic, who is also known for starring in The Wire and The Affair, plays King Charles III in the show.

Dominic West who plays Prince Charles in The Crown spotted in Rochester High Street

Elsewhere, in Margate, singer-turned-actress Lily Allen was one of the big stars of a Sky show Dreamland, which was set and filmed in the seaside town.

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The cast spent last summer enjoying the sunshine in Thanet, with Lily’s husband, Stranger Things actor David Harbour, also seen pottering around the area.

A special screening of Empire of Light took place earlier this year

Also in Thanet, Olivia Colman starred in the Sam Mendes-directed blockbuster Empire of Light, which saw Margate taken back in time to the 1980s.

Also featuring Colin Firth and Micheal Ward, the cast spent three months in the town, with the film even receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

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