{"id":30312,"date":"2023-02-21T15:12:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1789352"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:49:42","slug":"desperate-measures-filming-location-where-was-channel-5-thriller-filmed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/desperate-measures-filming-location-where-was-channel-5-thriller-filmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Measures filming location: Where was Channel 5 thriller filmed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It shares “a lot of tonal similarities with the UK”. <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Channel 5 thriller Desperate Measures<\/a> stars Sherlock\u2019s Amanda Abbington as a woman on the edge.<\/p>\n

Rowan Taylor is a cashier at a bank and a single mum to a teenage boy. She\u2019s experienced hardship in her life, with her dad abandoning her to clear up his sizeable debts, but that pales in comparison to her current predicament.<\/p>\n

After a lapse in judgment, her son winds up owing a local gangster a significant sum of money, which prompts Rowan to resort to desperate measures: rob the bank to save her child.<\/p>\n

You might have assumed that the series was filmed in the UK, where it\u2019s set, but the cast and crew travelled to a popular European destination to shoot the Channel 5 thriller.<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>

Desperate Measures: Where was the Channel 5 thriller filmed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWe were in Budapest,\u201d Sunetra Sarker (Varisha) told RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cBudapest is a beautiful part of Hungary that I\u2019d never been to. It\u2019s full of history that I knew very little about. We went to so many locations and in every place there\u2019s a plaque and some information and I\u2019d think, \u2018Wow.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarker went on to say that it shares \u201ca lot of tonal similarities with the UK\u201d, adding: \u201cThere are a lot of shows that are being shot there that remind people of the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Channel 5 dramas Deadline<\/a> and The Teacher<\/a> were also filmed in Budapest.<\/p>\n

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Sunetra Sarker as Varisha in Desperate Measures.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Sarker added: \u201cThe reason we shot it in Budapest is that this story isn\u2019t city specific. It could happen in London, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Scotland, Cardiff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a story about people who are getting on with their lives and then something really dramatic happens, quite far-fetched, and then push comes to shove in terms of what do you do? Do you help your friend rob a bank to save her son, or don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>