There's been a lot of excitement about Bulletproof Season Two, currently showing on Sky. Billed as Bad Boys meets The Sweeney, it stars Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters as the leads.
I love The Sweeney, one of my favourite TV shows, gritty, lots of realism, the cops don't always win, and filmed in locations all over west and south west London (there's a website dedicated just to the locations).
Many people will already know Ashley Walters as Dushane from Top Boy. He's also a songwriter and rapper, part of So Solid Crew. His parents were from Jamaica and he grew up in south east London. I first saw him as Michael in the adaptation of Small Island by Andrea Levy.
Noel Clarke, screenwriter, actor and director, from south west London, became a household name as Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersen, Pet, and wrote and starred in Kidulthood, and its sequels Adulthood and Brotherhood. He also directed the latter two. Noel's family is from Trinidad and Grenada.
Source Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters in Bulletproof.
Season One was filmed in Liverpool, I had great fun spotting some of the locations. This one was easy, Water Street at the west end of Dale Street. I've walked down that road myself!
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Source I think this one is in Regent Road, running beside the docks, a road I used to drive along everyday on my way to work. Ideal location for a car chase! There's a cornflake factory here and the air was always sickly sweet.
Season Two is filmed in London, in Thamesmead and Epping Forest, and Amsterdam and Cyprus - lots of location spotting for me!
Bulletproof trailer - Lindsay Coulson as their boss is great!
As you might imagine, there's been lots of publicity. Here's Noel and Ashley on the Steve Wright in the Afternoon Podcast (interview starts at about 7'15").
I don't have Sky, but I've treated myself to Season One - available on Google Play and I'll be looking out for Season Two. Enjoy!