The drama follows Jo Harding (Nielsen in the Close to Me cast<\/a>), a Danish translator and mother-of-two who suffers a brain trauma, and loses all memory of the past year. As she struggles to remember everything that happened to her, she must contend with the fact that those around her are keeping secrets.<\/p>\n Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Nielsen described Close to Me as a \u201ccoming of age\u201d story for older female viewers<\/a>.\u00a0She said: \u201cIt\u2019s my hope that when people \u2013 when women especially are watching this, they experience a sensation of being seen.\u201d<\/p>\n The drama unfolds against a picturesque backdrop, with green countryside landscapes and glimpses of the coast and seaside. The drama, which will be box-setted after episode one airs, was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about the filming locations used for Close to Me.<\/p> Channel 4 thriller Close to Me was filmed predominantly in Hastings, a town in South East England, and along the south coast. However, other specific locations were used, including Eastbourne.<\/p>\n Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Nielsen said: \u201cWe were kind of all over the place. Some things were filmed out by Windsor, some down in Hastings and Eastbourne. They were in all different places, but they had to come together as a lived-in landscape as well as reality, and then you could put [them] together, and so I think that was really well done.\u201d<\/p>\n Eccleston (who plays Jo\u2019s husband, Rob) joked that he took his \u201cbucket and spade\u201d for days out filming on the coast. \u201cWe were filming flashbacks from high summer, in autumn, but we had these freak weather days which helped us,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe\u2019d all been locked away since March, so we had cabin fever and were just delighted to be working, earning, being creative.\u201d<\/p>\n On the show\u2019s appeal, Eccleston said the drama is a\u00a0\u201clovely reversal\u201d<\/a> of the on-screen gender dynamics usually portrayed in TV dramas.<\/p>\n \u201cThis show had a lovely reversal of the usual, far too familiar, sensitive, caring female taking a supportive role to a male as they wrestle with existential dilemmas. This was very refreshing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Nielsen said of the south coast: \u201cIt was lovely, the cliffs were beautiful. I was amazed by the countryside and the physical beauty of the nature; it was just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cThe COVID protocols were absolutely exhausting, but the fact that we really adhered to them is the reason why we never had a positive case on our 80-member crew\u2026 The worst part for me was that as I was travelling back and forth between London and Copenhagen with my children in school, then the borders closed because Denmark had the mink variant, so that was very hard. But the crew were so resilient and worked so hard.\u201d<\/p>\n Find out what else to watch with our TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our Drama<\/a> hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Flora Carr Published: Wednesday, 03 November 2021 at 12:00 am Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston headline Channel 4\u2019s new domestic thriller Close to Me, based on the novel of the same name. 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