Lanarkshire street chosen as location for filming of TV drama

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Filming for a new ITV drama will take place in Lanarkshire later this month. Kippen Street in Airdrie will be used for filming scenes of four-part crime thriller The Elect, which is set primarily in Glasgow and follows police detective Chris O’Neill and his former undercover officer wife Michelle when their teenage daughter goes missing.

The programme will star Grey’s Anatomy and Trainspotting actor Kevin McKidd, Vinette Robinson – whose credits include Doctor Who, Sherlock and Waterloo Road – along with James Cosmo and Alex Ferns.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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North Lanarkshire Council publicised the road closure for the reason of “film production”, and told Lanarkshire Live: “House Productions are filming scenes for a new four-part ITV drama titled The Elect, which is an adaptation based on the Japanese crime novel Six Four.” Scenes for the drama were also shot at locations in Glasgow city centre last month.House Productions last month confirmed its commission from ITV for the four-part drama in a website statement, which is to “premiere on new free streaming service ITVX in 2023, before transferring