American actor Rob Lowe stars in the TV comedy crime drama Wild Bill, where he plays a high-flying US cop who gets appointed as a Chief Constable here in the UK. Here we have the trailer, cast, title music, and filming location details for the new ITV series.
Where is Wild Bill filmed for ITV?
Beginning last November, filming locations used for the Wild Bill television series included areas of the eastern England county of Lincolnshire, most notably the small port town of Boston, where the programme is mostly set. Filming for some scenes also took place around London.
The promising comedy-dramas cast is headed by actor Rob Lowe, who also acts as Executive Producer and has previously starred in such television series as Brothers & Sisters, Parks and Recreation, Code Black, and Sky One’s 2015 British-American miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse.
In Wild Bill, Rob plays the title character Bill Hixon, who moves from the US to Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey, played by actress Aloreia Spencer, as the pair attempts to flee their painful recent past. Other regular cast members include Bronwyn James, Divian Ladwa, Anthony Flanagan, Anjli Mohindra, and Aleksandar Jovanovic.
What’s the name of the theme tune to the ITV show Wild Bill, and who sings it?
The music playing during the opening credits of episode 1 of Wild Bill is the original version of the song ‘Spirit in the Sky‘, which was written and recorded back in 1969 by American singer-songwriter and musician Norman Greenbaum.
You can download or stream this full piece of theme music now from Amazon UK.
Spirit in the Sky is a psychedelic rock track by Norman Greenbaum, who was born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1942 and first played in folk and jug bands before striking out solo.
Although he was Jewish, he wrote Spirit in the Sky after being inspired by gospel music and the idea of writing a song with universal spiritual appeal, with the track now being instantly recognisable for its fuzzy guitar riff and handclap-driven rhythm.
Upon release, the song became Greenbaum’s only major hit, reaching No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and holding the top spot in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. Its success made it one of the defining rock anthems of the era, and it has remained a staple of classic rock playlists and soundtracks ever since.