Adur Civic Centre’s starring role

Adur Civic Centre has been transformed into the sets and production offices for a major new BBC One drama series, ‘Cuffs’ which focuses on South Sussex Police.   Shoreham-by-Sea will sit centre stage over the coming months.  The drama is being produced by London-based production company, Tiger Aspect (Credits include: Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street, Benidorm, Mr Bean, Bad Education, Restoration Man).        

Much of the location filming will be taking place in and around Brighton and Shoreham.

The majority of interiors are being filmed in Shoreham’s currently partially vacant Civic Centre, which is being transformed into the Police Station and sits at the very heart of the drama.  The production team will also operate from its base, also established in the Civic Centre.

Series Producer, Trevor Hopkins, says:

“The production team is delighted to be working in Shoreham.  The town will be put firmly on the map during production and especially during the period immediately prior to and during transmission later this year when much of the publicity will focus on promoting the town and the great experience the cast and crew have experienced whilst working there.”

Scott Marshall, Director for the Economy at Adur and Worthing Councils, adds:

“This is an incredibly exciting way to use the Civic Centre, the upper floors of which have been unused for some time.  Our part of the Sussex coast is a great place to film in, we have some stunning locations and the scenery is second to none.  I can’t wait for the series to start to see Shoreham, once the home of the English Film Industry, shown off to the world!”

The filming is expected to last into the Summer and the series will air in the autumn.