BBC California Avenue finishes filming at Watford charity shop

Filming has been taking place at New Hope this week. <i>(Image: Stephen Danzig.)</i>
Filming has been taking place at New Hope this week. (Image: Stephen Danzig.)
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Filming has wrapped up at a Watford charity shop, as scenes were shot for an upcoming BBC drama.

Homelessness charity New Hope's Queen's Road store has played host to stars including Helena Bonham Carter this week as filming took place for California Avenue, an upcoming 1970s period drama.

Pictures shared via the Watford Observer Camera Club earlier this week showed the inside of the store transformed into a shop, with a price list outside reflecting the style and prices of the 1970s, the period in which California Avenue is set.

Fresh pictures have now shown the shop at the end of filming, with signs in the windows confirming that the shop will be used for scenes in a Tesco supermarket.

Filming has been taking place at New Hope this week(Image: Stephen Danzig.)

To give the show an authentic feel, the old Tesco logo is used, as is the Daily Mirror newspaper's previous branding.

In a social media post last night, New Hope revealed that some of its staff had the opportunity to meet Harry Potter and The King's Speech star Bonham Carter during a break in filming.

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The show will follow a woman on the run with her 11-year-old son who ends up seeking refuge at a caravan park.

(Image: Stephen Danzig)

While filming has now concluded, New Hope's store will remain closed until Saturday (October 18).

All funds raised from the filming will go directly to its work with people experiencing homelessness in the area.

(Image: Stephen Danzig)

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