Hatton Garden finally premieres on ITV tonight (Monday, May 20) after an almost two-year delay from its original scheduled release. The four-part series follows the true story of a multi-million-pound heist in London’s diamond district over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend of 2015. With a number of recognisable shots and actual locations used in the ITV series, Express.co.uk spoke to series creator Jeff Pope and director Paul Whittington to find out where Hatton Garden is filmed.
Where is Hatton Garden on ITV filmed?
Hatton Garden is filmed in a number of different locations around London, UK.
The ITV series uses a number of shots from the real-life locations where the robbery took place.
As well as Hatton Garden and other areas in London’s diamond district, some shots were filmed in Lower Marsh, Waterloo.
Series director Whittington spoke to Express.co.uk and other media at an exclusive screening to discuss the filming locations for Hatton Garden.
Whittington said: “All the exteriors are all the real places, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, then we recreated an entire basement floor of that building where the vault was on a brilliant set.”
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The Hatton Garden director continued: “(We) pretty much recreated it to scale and it was important to do that in a way that enabled us to execute the robbery in the right way.
“It was very interesting looking at the way they actually went in and how rudimentary and industrial it was – they smashed their way into that place!
“We created a set that we were able to smash our way into and to make it as authentic as possible so the actors could physically get their hands dirty.
“A real drill drilled through a real concrete wall, it was all designed in a linear way so we could work out way through that vault and break into it.
“It was important to everybody, particularly the cast actually, to have that detail right to fell the physicality of it.
“The hole is the exact size of the hole, we didn’t want to create a hole that accommodated our actors, we wanted the right sized hole and see if those guys could go through it.”
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Hatton Garden creator Pope added: “It’s our proud claim that that is the exact hole!”
While the locations of Hatton Garden are bound to wow fans, the star-studded cast will also leave viewers in awe with their performances.
Former Harry Potter star and BAFTA-nominee Timothy Spall plays one of the gang’s leaders, Terry Perkins.
Kenneth Cranham takes on the role of Perkins’ accomplice and fellow heist boss Brian Reader.
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The two actors responsible for fitting through the actual-sized hole from the Hatton Garden robbery are David Hayman as Danny Jones and Brian F O’Byrne as Basil/Michael Seed.
The rest of the Hatton Garden gang are played by Geoff Bell as Carl Wood and Alex Norton as Kenny Collins.
ITV viewers will also see Homeland star Nasser Memarzia play Hamid and Amira Ghazalla as Armita on-screen.
Hatton Garden on ITV takes place over the next four nights, concluding on Thursday, May 23.
Fans will be able to stream or watch online on-demand via the ITV Hub.
Hatton Garden premieres tonight at 9pm on ITV.