Where is Annika filmed?<\/h2>\n
Annika roams a far number of places, as Nicola Walker\u2019s crime-solving detective DI Annika Strandhed and her team solve murders washed up in Scotland\u2019s waterways. Filming on series one principally took place on the Clyde in Glasgow, as well as Loch Lomond, Greenock, Dumbarton and Loch Katrine. Series two is yet to air, but is set to showcase some other magnificent locations, including Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock<\/h3>\n ![\"Michael]( "\\"430499,Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Michael (Jamie Sives), Blair (Katie Leung) and Annika (Nicola Walker) discuss a case at the MHU headquarters, overlooking the waters of the Clyde. \/Credit: UK TV, Graeme Hunter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nAnnika and her team of detectives form the newly formed \u2013 and surely niche \u2013 Maritime Homicide Unit. The MHU headquarters are based in a gleaming waterside office that in real life operates as a riverside arts centre. The Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock has two performance spaces, a bar and rehearsal rooms. Which is probably more relaxing for all involved. A former fishing community which became a major port in the 18th century, Greenock lies on the south bank of the Clyde and is famous as the birthplace of engineer James Watt, who was also skilled at solving conundrums.<\/p>\n
![\"Nicola]( "\\"Nicola")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Nicola Walker as DI Annika Strandhed on the Beacon Arts Centre.\/Credit: UKTV, Graeme Hunter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nAs Walker plays her, Annika is both sharp and scatty, regularly talking to the camera to deplore her own parenting fails, make bad jokes or draw the audience\u2019s awareness of the parallels of the case at hand to a Norwegian legend or work of classic literature, such as Moby Dick<\/em> and Twelfth Night<\/em>.<\/p>\nLoch Lomond<\/h3>\n ![\"Police]( "\\"Annika")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Annika\u2019s police boat on Loch Lomond.\/Credit: UKTV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nLoch Lomond stars as the home of our heroine, who has moved there with her resentful and wayward 15-year-old daughter, Morgan. From her Loch Lomond base, Annika has to navigate both Scotland\u2019s murky waterways and the trials of solo mothering (not to mention a strong attraction to her daughter\u2019s therapist Jake, played by Paul McGann). Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area \u2013 note we don\u2019t say in the UK, for which Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland holds the title. Records aside, Loch Lomond is a spectacular freshwater loch dotted with islands and surrounded by hills, and viewed as one of the natural wonders of Britain. It lies at the heart of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n ![\"Paul]( "\\"Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Paul McGann as Jake Strathearn and Nicola Walker in Loch Lomond in Annika<\/em> series 2<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nRhu Marina, Helensburgh<\/h3>\n ![\"Nicola]( "\\"Nicola")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Nicola Walker as Annika at Rhu Marina, Helensburgh.\/ Credit: UKTV, Graeme Hunter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nIn episode one, Annika has to solve the murder of the owner of a whale-spotting boat, who has been found with a harpoon through the head. Cue the Moby Dick<\/em> chat to camera, and a piercing pun, as well as some interviews in the marina (played by Helensburgh\u2019s Rhu Marina) as Annika tries to unravel the case.<\/p>\nDumbarton Castle, Dumbartonshire<\/h3>\n ![\"Climbers]( "\\"Dumbarton")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Imogen Mackie Walker as Sigi Gunderson and Christopher Dane as Per Gunderson, climbing Dumbarton Rock in Annika.\/Credit: BBC Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nEarly in episode two, we watch a father and daughter due tackle a steep rockface. Any longstanding viewer of detective dramas can\u2019t help but have a strong suspicion of how this risky climbing expedition is going to end. The climb in question was filmed at Dumbarton Rock, a jutting volcanic plug of basalt towering to 73 metres high, at the top of which sits the medieval stronghold of Dumbarton Castle. This stronghold is so dramatic that it made our list of Britain\u2019s most impressive castles<\/a>.<\/p>\n ![\"Annika]( "\\"430503,Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Annika comforts her daughter Morgan in episode two, filmed at Dumbarton Castle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nClyde Clipper from Greenock to Bute<\/h3>\n ![\"Nicola]( "\\"Annika")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Nicola Walker and Ukweli Roach as Tyrone on the Clyde Clipper.\/Credit: UKTV, Graeme Hunter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nAnnika\u2019s serially unimpressed colleague Tyrone is determined to prove himself a top-tier detective, while Annika takes a somewhat eclectic approach to detection, which leads to an entertaining tension between the two. In episode two, the pair must unravel the mystery of a man\u2019s body found drifting on a boat, with Norse-rune-inscribed stones scattered around his body. There\u2019s nothing for it but to head to the Isle of Bute on the Clyde Clipper catamaran.<\/p>\n
Firth of Clyde<\/h3>\n ![\"Police]( "\\"Annika")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> A police boat goes out to sea in series one, episode five of Annika.\/Credit: BBC Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nThe series is enhanced by some beautiful shots of boats moving across great swathes of water, particularly the Firth of Clyde. Just look at that view. The Firth of Clyde \u2013 where the River Firth opens to the sea, on the west coast of Scotland \u2013 has the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles. The Isles of Arran and Bute lie within the Firth of Clyde, while the Kintyre peninsula provides a buffer between the Firth and the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n
![\"Annika]( "\\"430507,Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Nicola Walker and Jamie Sives swashbuckle across the Firth of Clyde.\/Credit: UKTV, Graeme Hunter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nLoch Katrine<\/h3>\n ![\"Loch]( "\\"Loch")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The brooding hills and deep dark waters of Loch Katrine appear in Annika<\/em>, series one, episode 3<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nIn series one, episode three, the body of a scientist is found in Loch Katrine, and the detectives must investigate the strange shenanigans of a company called Natural Water. A 13km-long freshwater loch in the Trossachs, Loch Katrine was the inspiration for Sir Walter Raleigh\u2019s The Lady of the Lake<\/em> \u2013 but literary work that the murder brings to Annika\u2019s mind is Ibsen\u2019s The Enemy of the People<\/em>.<\/p>\nTo put this brutal slaying behind you, why not enjoy a tranquil adventure along the eastern shoreline of Loch Katrine on this relaxed five-mile walk<\/a>?<\/p>\n
![\"Michael](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/430499-6f0c073-e1689691748850.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C386\" "\\"430499,Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Annika and her team of detectives form the newly formed \u2013 and surely niche \u2013 Maritime Homicide Unit. The MHU headquarters are based in a gleaming waterside office that in real life operates as a riverside arts centre. The Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock has two performance spaces, a bar and rehearsal rooms. Which is probably more relaxing for all involved. A former fishing community which became a major port in the 18th century, Greenock lies on the south bank of the Clyde and is famous as the birthplace of engineer James Watt, who was also skilled at solving conundrums.<\/p>\n
![\"Nicola](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/430366-8db28df.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C394\" "\\"Nicola")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>As Walker plays her, Annika is both sharp and scatty, regularly talking to the camera to deplore her own parenting fails, make bad jokes or draw the audience\u2019s awareness of the parallels of the case at hand to a Norwegian legend or work of classic literature, such as Moby Dick<\/em> and Twelfth Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n Loch Lomond stars as the home of our heroine, who has moved there with her resentful and wayward 15-year-old daughter, Morgan. From her Loch Lomond base, Annika has to navigate both Scotland\u2019s murky waterways and the trials of solo mothering (not to mention a strong attraction to her daughter\u2019s therapist Jake, played by Paul McGann). Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area \u2013 note we don\u2019t say in the UK, for which Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland holds the title. Records aside, Loch Lomond is a spectacular freshwater loch dotted with islands and surrounded by hills, and viewed as one of the natural wonders of Britain. It lies at the heart of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n In episode one, Annika has to solve the murder of the owner of a whale-spotting boat, who has been found with a harpoon through the head. Cue the Moby Dick<\/em> chat to camera, and a piercing pun, as well as some interviews in the marina (played by Helensburgh\u2019s Rhu Marina) as Annika tries to unravel the case.<\/p>\n Early in episode two, we watch a father and daughter due tackle a steep rockface. Any longstanding viewer of detective dramas can\u2019t help but have a strong suspicion of how this risky climbing expedition is going to end. The climb in question was filmed at Dumbarton Rock, a jutting volcanic plug of basalt towering to 73 metres high, at the top of which sits the medieval stronghold of Dumbarton Castle. This stronghold is so dramatic that it made our list of Britain\u2019s most impressive castles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Annika\u2019s serially unimpressed colleague Tyrone is determined to prove himself a top-tier detective, while Annika takes a somewhat eclectic approach to detection, which leads to an entertaining tension between the two. In episode two, the pair must unravel the mystery of a man\u2019s body found drifting on a boat, with Norse-rune-inscribed stones scattered around his body. There\u2019s nothing for it but to head to the Isle of Bute on the Clyde Clipper catamaran.<\/p>\n The series is enhanced by some beautiful shots of boats moving across great swathes of water, particularly the Firth of Clyde. Just look at that view. The Firth of Clyde \u2013 where the River Firth opens to the sea, on the west coast of Scotland \u2013 has the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles. The Isles of Arran and Bute lie within the Firth of Clyde, while the Kintyre peninsula provides a buffer between the Firth and the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n In series one, episode three, the body of a scientist is found in Loch Katrine, and the detectives must investigate the strange shenanigans of a company called Natural Water. A 13km-long freshwater loch in the Trossachs, Loch Katrine was the inspiration for Sir Walter Raleigh\u2019s The Lady of the Lake<\/em> \u2013 but literary work that the murder brings to Annika\u2019s mind is Ibsen\u2019s The Enemy of the People<\/em>.<\/p>\n To put this brutal slaying behind you, why not enjoy a tranquil adventure along the eastern shoreline of Loch Katrine on this relaxed five-mile walk<\/a>?<\/p>\nLoch Lomond<\/h3>\n
![\"Police](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/uktv67892333753-3411681.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Annika")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/uktv77518953950-0c3865d.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Rhu Marina, Helensburgh<\/h3>\n
![\"Nicola](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/430489-2362080.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C405\" "\\"Nicola")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Dumbarton Castle, Dumbartonshire<\/h3>\n
![\"Climbers](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/uktv67904701415-95fc28b.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Dumbarton")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>![\"Annika](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/430503-b3dd497-e1690379232991.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C411\" "\\"430503,Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Clyde Clipper from Greenock to Bute<\/h3>\n
![\"Nicola](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/430501-ef7d056-e1689694712440.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C409\" "\\"Annika")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Firth of Clyde<\/h3>\n
![\"Police](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/uktv68011043818-4e19d01.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Annika")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>![\"Annika](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/430507-1123173.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C391\" "\\"430507,Annika\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Loch Katrine<\/h3>\n
![\"Loch](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/uktv67909899606-73fa00a.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Loch")
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