BBC One’s legal drama The Split blends courtroom intrigue with family conflict, offering a gripping look at the complexities of modern relationships. Popular amongst critics and audiences alike, the series became a standout success for British drama in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
Where in London was BBC One’s drama series The Split filmed?
BBC1’s new legal drama The Split is, as you may have already figured out, mostly filmed and set in London, but let’s take a more specific look at the locations we see featured on screen.
Many of the scenes are set inside the shiny, modern offices of legal firm Noble & Hale, which had been home to the real-world international law firm Olswang. The building is situated on the Central London street of High Holborn.
Meanwhile, away from the big city, Davey and Goldie’s home is one of the many luxury mansions located on the exclusive Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey.
Created by Abi Morgan, The Split follows the Defoe family, a dynasty of London divorce lawyers, with Unforgotten actress Nicola Walker starring as Hannah Sterne. Across three seasons, the show built its reputation on a mix of tense legal battles and intimate personal storytelling, exploring themes of love, betrayal, and loyalty. Its strong ensemble cast — including Stephen Mangan, Deborah Findlay, and Annabel Scholey — helped elevate the drama, while Morgan’s writing delivered both sharp dialogue and emotional nuance. The final season in 2022 was widely praised for providing a powerful and poignant conclusion.
Episode 1 of the series was broadcast at 9:00pm on Tuesday, 24 April on BBC One and is currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer. The Split is a six-part drama, with there currently being no news on whether or not there’ll be a second season commissioned. If you missed the series during its original broadcast run, it would be well worth checking out for a streaming binge while there’s nothing new that takes your fancy.
What’s the theme tune to Capital on BBC One?
Capital BBC Theme Music – All the singer and song information for BBC One’s drama
The track you hear playing during the opening credits of Capital is called ‘Losing You’ and is performed by the legendary English singer Dusty Springfield. You can download the full-length version of the song from iTunes and Amazon.
Losing You was released as a single in 1964, when it reached number 9 in the UK charts. The track then appeared the following year on the artists ‘Ooooooweeee!!!’ album.
Born in North London in 1939, Dusty Springfield went on to enjoy a highly successful career in pop music, achieving hits with such songs as ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me’, ‘I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself’, ‘Son of a Preacher Man’, ‘I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten’ and ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’
Episode 1 of Capital first aired on Tuesday the 24th of November, 2015 and is now available to watch online with BBC iPlayer.
For any fans of BBC Four’s comedy-drama Detectorists who tuned in partway through Capital, you could be forgiven for thinking you were on the wrong channel. This is due to actors Toby Jones and Rachael Stirling currently featured in the cast list of both shows.
Earlier Series News
To be adapted by screenwriter Peter Bowker from John Lanchester’s best-selling novel of the same name, BBC drama Capital will be taking a witty and observant look at modern-day Britain.
Airing on BBC One over three-60 minute episodes, this series is being billed as a sharp and vivid drama about a London street that has been transformed by soaring property prices and inhabited by characters diverse in nationality, race, wealth and experience.
Speaking to the BBC about the announcement, Peter Bowker said: “Capital is a novel that is about the way we live in modern cities, where poverty lives cheek by jowl with dazzling affluence and where tradition and modernity clash and coexist. It is both a mystery and a love story. The challenge has been to retain all those elements along with the spirit of the original – a kind of comic outrage – while using John’s cast of fascinating, funny and disparate characters, to explore our relationship with money.”
Commenting on having his novel adapted into a television series, John Lanchester said: “I’m thrilled that Derek Wax and Peter Bowker are making Capital for the BBC. It’s going to be very exciting and very strange to have something on the telly, rather than sitting on the sofa watching it.”
With the announcement of Capital’s commissioning having only just been made, cast list and air date details are naturally some way off. However, we’ll bring you more news on the series as it’s released.