After far too long away, Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar is back in action as consulting detective Alex Ridley, as the second season of the ITV drama Ridley dropped last night. But where is the new series filmed?
The second season of the four part drama picks back up with Ridley as continues on assisting in cases, while also spending a lot of time singing in his jazz bar, as you do. The first case, which featured in last night's episode saw Ridley and the team investigate the death of a young man who is murdered after he is released from the police station for his involvement in a robbery.
The show features a variety of interesting landscapes from what appears to be a remote countryside dwelling for Ridley to the inner city where much of the police action takes place. So where is the show actually meant to be set and where is it filmed? Here's what to know.
Where is Ridley season 2 set?
Ok, so the main bulk of the action throughout both seasons of Ridley is meant to be set in the fictional town of Framley. We see Chloe Harris as Tash Walker towards the end of episode one heading off on a train away from the town after everything goes down. However, there is no such place called Framley in real life.
Where is Ridley season 2 filmed?
The fictional town of Framley is actually filmed in the north of England on the outskirts of Greater Manchester in a real town called Mossley. But as for specific locations? Well, here's what to know.
Ridley's home
Ridley's home always looks a bit out of the way of the rest of the town and that's because it was filmed in a different location.
His home is filmed on location at Watergrove Reservoir, just outside the village of Wardle in Rochdale. The reservoir is open to the public to visit.
The police station
Another permanent fixture in the series is the police station Ridley heads into now and again. It was filmed on location at Le Mans Crescent in Bolton. It actually did used to be a working police station, complete with cells. It's also recently fixtured in Netflix's Toxic Town series.
The jazz bar
Would it be an episode of Ridley without Alex Ridley knocking out a tune or two? And it turns out the jazz bar is also filmed at the Le Mans Crescent in Bolton.
The jewellery store
In episode one the series opens with a heist taking place in a jewellery story. This was actually filmed on location in Ashton-under-Lyne, with the team using a real jewellery store run by a local family to make the scenes.
Ridley season two is available to watch on ITVX now
