Southcliffe
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| Written by | Tony Grisoni |
| Directed by | Sean Durkin |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Peter Carlton Sophie Gardiner |
| Producer(s) | Derrin Schlesinger |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warp Films |
| Distributor | Channel 4 (UK) |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 4 August – 18 August 2013 |
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Southcliffe is a British drama series airing on Channel 4. Set in a fictional town on the North Kent Marshes, it employs a nonlinear narrative structure to tell the story of a series of shootings by a local man portrayed by Sean Harris, the cause of these shootings, and the effects on the town and residents. The series explores tragedy, grief, responsibility, and redemption, as seen through the eyes of a journalist returning to the small town of his childhood to cover the story of the tragedy, and those closest to the victims of the tragedy.
The series was filmed in Faversham in North Kent and was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
In August 2012, Channel 4 announced that they had ordered a four-part drama series titled Southcliffe. The drama was written by Tony Grisoni and produced by Warp Films, with Peter Carlton and Sophie Gardiner serving as executive producers, and Sean Durkin as director.
The story is of a fictional English market town devastated by a spate of shootings which take place over a single day, 2 November 2011. According to its writer Grisoni, "Southcliffe is a fictional market town inhabited by fictional characters, but with similarities to many actual people and places in Britain today; invisible people, anonymous places." He added that "Southcliffe is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness." However, he denied that Southcliffe's central conceit is exploitative. "It's not really a story of a spree shooting. It's a story of people who are suddenly robbed of someone very close to them." He insisted that it is vitally important not to portray the shooter as a cartoon monster, but that he is a human being and should be treated as one.
Filming began in October 2012 in Faversham, on an eight-week shooting schedule, and took place at various locations in and around Faversham, including local homes, town centre streets, the Faversham Creek, Hollowshore pub, The Shipwright's Arms, Faversham Recreation Ground, The Market Inn, Oare Marshes, Uplees Cottage, as well as other locations in Kent such as Whitstable, East Kent Railway, Grain Power Station, Teynham Court Farm, Canterbury Hospital, Sittingbourne Police Station, Sittingbourne Community College, and others. Faversham Enterprise Partnership estimated that the filming generated £500,000 for the local economy. However, some residents expressed concerns about its effect on the town after it became apparent that the story is of a Hungerford-type shooting.
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