Film crews in village for new TV series

Bishops Lydeard Station in Somerset has been turned into a film set

Film crews descended on a railway station this week to shoot scenes for an upcoming TV series.

Bishops Lydeard station in Somerset was turned into a film set compete with special effects and prop weapons.

Production company 60Forty Films is keeping details of the project under wraps, but the filming it is reported to be for new Apple TV thriller Down Cemetery Road. The series will star Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson.

Local brewery owner Cheryl Ford said the filming is "good for Somerset" and keeps the area "alive".

The station was transformed into the fictional "Loch Forden" with modern signs, digital destination boards, and a diesel locomotive with carriages.

Ms Ford, who owns Quantock Brewery, said filming had mostly taken place in the evenings, with road closures put in place for scenes involving a bus crossing a nearby bridge.

Brewery owner Cheryl Ford said the production is "good for Somerset"

"[The filming] is really important," Ms Ford said.

"It is good for Somerset, good for Bishops Lydeard, it's good for the villages."

Filming for Down Cemetery Road is also reported to have taken place in Street and Bristol in recent weeks.

Filming in Bishops Lydeard began on Tuesday

The production firm is expected to leave Bishops Lydeard on Saturday.

The BBC has contacted Apple TV and West Somerset Railway for comment.