Original Coverage & Source Attribution: www.theboltonnews.co.uk
Writer Danny Brocklehurst’s ‘grown-up drama about family and love and marriage and people of a certain age’ centres on Tom and Beth (Dominic Cooper and Romola Garai).
They are both married to other people, including Neil, played by Matthew, but embark upon a passionate and intense affair.
And to complicate matters further, their teenage children Ollie (Johnny Sanpher) and Jess (Leila Khan) also happen to be dating.
Adultery was filmed in Lancashire and Bolton (Image: Poison Pen Studios/ITV)
In Sunday night’s opener, a chance encounter lights a spark between Beth and Tom, but as their connection grows, so does that of their kids. In tonight’s second episode, Tom and Beth are forced together to help Ollie and Jess. Meanwhile, Tom’s wife Hannah (Shelley Conn) demands consequences for the teenagers’ betrayal, but will that threaten her marriage?
Filming took place in and around Bolton, including one of the most picturesque places in the town at the end of last year, Firwood Fold.
(Image: Leah Collins)
A resident said that crews filmed in a pattern of two weeks on, two weeks off for two months, in the house next door to the one in which the creator of the spinning mule, Samuel Crompton, was born.
The resident said that the crews “took over the whole of Firwood Fold”.
Firwood Fold. Picture by Keith Rylance
She added that production crews had said the programme would reflect on how beautiful the area is.
Filming also took place in Manchester City Centre, Blackpool and in Darwen and Hoddlesden as well as other areas across the North West.
Buildings in Firwood Fold date back to the 16th century with number 15 is even reputed to be the oldest inhabited building in Bolton as one of the cottages build Medieval style using the cruck construction method. The walls were originally made from wattle and daub, then later clad in stone.
Episode two of Adultery will air at 9pm on ITV.
