Kent has played a small but significant part in the latest series of hit TV show Downton Abbey.

For, look closely during the shows, and you may see a hidden 'star' - the Historic Dockyard Chatham.

Filming for the ITV series, which starts tonight, included a shoot on location at the Medway tourist attraction.

The cast and crew came to the dockyard in February this year, and filmed the cobbled streets and the Tarred Yarn Store.

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But it's not the first time film crews have used the historic setting as a backdrop.

Films including Les Miserables, The Muppets... Again, Sherlock Holmes and Call the Midwife were all shot on location at the site.

The fourth series of Downton Abbey - written by Julian Fellowes - sees Lady Mary giving birth, the family struggling to deal with tragedy and the Roaring Twenties.

The new series airs on ITV tonight at 9pm.