A new ITV crime show – described by the channel’s head of drama as ‘the talking point of the autumn’ – was filmed in London locations, including around Kingston and Crystal Palace.

Six part series The Unforgotten stars Nicola Walker, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sir Tom Courtney and Trevor Eve and hits TV screens in October.

A “cold” murder case is re-opened after 39 years, when a young man’s skeleton is found in the cellar of a London house. Suspense is woven between the parallel pasts of four suspects. Difficult questions are asked about our changing society, about how well families ever really know one another, and whether justice can ever be too cold to serve.

Viewers in Kingston might recognise the Cambridge Road Estate scenes where a priest visits a parish volunteer teaching English in a community hall, or the scenes filmed in a home on Springfield Road. Characters also walk through Fairfield Park.

The shoot was also accommodated in Bromley’s Crystal Palace Park for three days, as well as Bermondsey Town Hall.

FilmFixer, which manages the film offices of several councils, helped the crew arrange the shoot.

The Unforgotten’s location manager Rupert Bray said: “I’m really grateful for FilmFixer’s support, particularly with the scenes we filmed in Kingston’s Cambridge Road Estate, where two of our main characters live. We had to work sympathetically to manage this difficult filming.

“In all, we covered a lot of ground with this shoot, and the negotiations with residents and councils were quite complex at times.”