The Ridge filming places: Where was BBC thriller | UK News
The Ridge is the latest drama to grace BBC screens. The psychological thriller trails Scottish anaesthetist Mia Beaton, portrayed by Outlander’s Lauren Lyle, as she travels to New Zealand for her sister Cassy’s marriage ceremony, only to uncover that Cassy has tragically handed away.
The Ridge was shot on location in both New Zealand and Scotland, with backing from New Zealand On Air, the NZ Screen Production Rebate and Screen Scotland.
The majority of the filming in New Zealand came about in and around the higher Auckland space. Coatsville, a semi-rural area north of Auckland, and rugged West Auckland, particularly Bethells Beach, have been utilised by the crew for capturing scenes.
In Scotland, filming occurred in and around Glasgow, stories the Daily Record. Speaking about her expertise filming in New Zealand, Lauren, who spent roughly 5 years dwelling there during her teenage years, expressed: “It’s the most amazing lifestyle and the people really are some of the coolest.
“The New Zealand crew are also some of the best I’ve ever labored with – such constructive, humorous, proficient people who actually made me as the outsider most welcome. We’d sit and have beers at the set’s unit base on all the digicam/costume vans on Fridays after work and it was one of the best traditions I’ve ever been a half of.”
She further added: “There is one thing to be said for working in the sunshine, in insane landscapes to help a day’s work really feel good. I had the best commutes to work being pushed up a mountain through the bush hanging out a pickup truck at 7am – episode 4 provides you a glimpse into that.”
The Ridge centres on Mia, who is escaping addiction and abandoning a shattered professional career in Scotland. She accepts a wedding invitation from her estranged sister in New Zealand – only to discover the bride-to-be dead when she arrives.
Engulfed in grief and drawn by a dark attraction to her late sister’s fiancé Ewan, portrayed by New Zealand star Jay Ryan, known for Territory, Top of the Lake and It Chapter 2, Mia quickly discovers that familiarity within a small community breeds secrets and tensions, threatening the fragile fabric of the town itself.
However, whilst Lauren had the opportunity to film in New Zealand, Jay regrettably didn’t get to experience shooting in Scotland.
She said: “I truly thought I’d get to movie in Scotland also! But not this time. I like Scotland. I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside some of your best actors… James Mcavoy, Peter Mullan and now Lauren Lyle!
“My maternal side of the family is Scots. I grew up in my grandmother’s home in NZ, full of Scottish trinkets, stories and treasures from the ‘old country’. Scotland has always been present in my past. I was lucky enough to perform my one man show many moons ago during a Summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – I remember turning up one day to the Castle’s ancestry library, hoping to find some kind of family genealogy or connection and the lady at the office just laughed at me as if to say ‘good luck finding anything amongst the thousands of dusty old files!’
“The Ridge gave me an excuse to look back into my Scottish roots. They are in there someplace.”
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