Viewers might spot other locations, including Leamington Spa, Offchurch and Welford-on-Avon in Warwickshire; Dudmaston Hall, Shropshire; Chillington Hall in Staffordshire; Claverley in Shropshire; and the former Express and Star headquarters in Wolverhampton.
But the village of Champton and the church at the heart of the story was largely filmed in the village of Worfield, not far from Bridgnorth.
Reverend Jeannetta Stokes, who has been the real-life vicar at St Peter’s in Worfield for 15 years, said villagers were apprehensive at first.
She said that during filming there had been an agreement the church could still be used for Sunday worship, but “the rest of the time there were security guards on the door”.
Even on Sundays, there was no access to the back rooms or side aisles, to keep the filming a secret.
But she said the location crew had been “very good” and it had been “exciting times for the village”.
