We know what you’re thinking: what’s remotely surprising about filming a show set in Edinburgh in Edinburgh? Except, it’s so rarely done as to make Netflix’s new crime thriller a genuine standout. Most shows and films from to have used Glasgow as a stand in for the capital.

The handiwork of creator Scott Frank ( Logan , showcases the Scottish capital is all its Georgian elegance and urban grittiness – as well as taking a tour of the countryside outside the city and further flung corners of the country. ‘We filmed in something like 13 of the city’s 17 council wards,’ says supervising location manager . ‘There’s such a variance in the architecture in Edinburgh: you’ve got the New Town, the medieval parts, the narrow closes, the wide streets, and the high-rise flats of pa

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