Beyond Paradise at Buckfastleigh Station

[John Luxton]

It appears that Series 2 of the police melodrama Beyond Paradise will feature Buckfastleigh Station at Shipton Abbot.
In the previous series Looe was "Shipton Abbott" but they have obviously decided to use Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway rather than Looe Station.

The South Devon and in its previous guise as the Dart Valley has appeared in quite a few drama series over the years including a version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "Stocker's Copper", "Horseman Riding By", "To Serve them All My Days" and "The Stick UP"

Railway undergoes dramatic transformation for BBC drama

BBC’s crime drama Beyond Paradise is set in the fictional Devon town, Shipton Abbott

www.devonlive.com

"Buckfastleigh railway has been transformed into a new stop for Shipton Abbott station. The fictional town of Shipton Abbott features in BBC’s crime drama Beyond Paradise, which wowed fans when it was released last year.

On Thursday, pictures were taken at the heritage railway in South Devon, which shows a brand new sign identifying the railway as Shipton Abbott for Abbott Leigh."

 

[Ashley Hill]

We (at the SDR) all had emails saying this was top secret and yet it’s now appeared on Devon Live!

 

[John Luxton]

We (at the SDR) all had emails saying this was top secret and yet it’s now appeared on Devon Live!

Are not visitors to the railway going to see the sign anyway and put two and two together which is probably what has happened and DL has picked up on it?