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Part of Regent Street in the town centre was a hive of activity today while a crew filmed a scene from the forthcoming ITVX crime drama Joan.

Part of Regent Street in Leamington town centre has been a hive of activity today while filming of a TV show starring Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner took place.

The road, from its junctions with The Parade to Kenilworth Street, was closed for traffic as the TV crew created a 1980s London street scene with the use of cars from the time and an iconic red bus.

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The filming of ITVX crime drama Joan in Regent Street, Leamington. Picture by Oliver Williams.

Sophie, a former pupil of King’s High School in Warwick , was on set filming a short scene with a co-star.

Joan Hannington, whom Sophie plays in the six-part show which will be screened on the streaming channel ITVX, was a real-life housewife and mother who became one of London’s most powerful diamond thieves in the 1980s.

Leamington road is closed for filming of TV show starring Games of Thrones actress Sophie Turner