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Succession
SUCCESSION
Season 4 – HBO I Max
From the bustling streets of Manhattan, to the
sun-drenched landscapes of California, to a
stunning retreat in Norway, entitled siblings
fiercely battle for control of the family empire as
the operatic storyline crescendos to conclusion.
It's a grand tour of opulent settings where
obscenity-laced backstabbing is commonplace.
They breeze in and out of architectural
compounds in California, inhabit posh residential
towers in Manhattan and jet off to Barbados
at a minute's notice. An actual newsroom
was used for behind-the-scenes coverage on
election night. Whether it's a maritime wedding
or a grandiose funeral to lay a patriarch to rest,
locations support an unflinching portrayal of
power struggles, wealth and familial discord up
to the final frame.
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
The Diplomat
THE DIPLOMAT
Netflix
A new US Ambassador arrives in London and has to
balance the demands of the job and her meddling
husband, a former ambassador. Access to areas of
the US Embassy and the actual Foreign Office, along
with sites in and around London, around Westminster,
and at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich all
combine to give legitimacy and color to events which
evolve at breakneck speed and threaten the stability
of the free world. The sparring couple resides in a
private stately home just outside London playing for
the actual US Ambassador's residence at Winfield
House in London. From the halls of power to the
Louvre, the political and marital stakes are high as
the drama unfolds!
JACK RYAN
Season 3 – Prime Video
Wrongly implicated in a botched retrieval
mission, Tom Clancy's golden boy absconds
through Rome, Athens, Vienna, Budapest and
Moscow evading both Russian and US forces.
The line between location and plot evaporates
in a high-octane pursuit in and around the
ancient city of Athens. The chase begins on a
remote Mediterranean beach and careens into
the surrounding hills through hairpin turns on
clifftop roads as Jack races against the clock
to prevent nuclear warfare and the end of the
world!
Jack Ryan
