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The End of the F***ing World is happening in the Forest of Dean ..... but there’s no need to worry.

It is actually the title of a critically acclaimed, Netflix/Channel 4 drama about a pair of teenage runaways which is being filmed in the Forest.

Camera crews filming the second series of the dark-comedy drama, which has been compared in style to Twin Peaks and Fargo, have been spotted at various locations across the Forest of Dean.

Last week they were filming on the roads around the Dean Heritage Centre near Soudley, revealing a vital piece of the storyline.

In the first series actor Alex Lawther played a 17-year-old James who sets out to to kill rebellious classmate Alyssa, played by Jessica Barden, but questions if he really is a psychopath when he starts to fall in love.

The last episode sees the pair on the run from armed police and finishes with the sound of a gun being fired as a cliffhanger.

However it seems as if there will be a happy ending because the road between Littledean and Cannop was closed for a chase scene and Jessica Barden was spotted in a white wedding dress.

(Image: Dean Heritage Centre)

The previous week the camera crews were spotted filming in the woods near the hamlet of Edge End outside Coleford.

While they were there residents took to social media to report hearing a large bang that sounded like an explosion during the night.

Large filming vans have also been spotted at Taurus Crafts near Lydney in recent weeks but the crews appear to have to have now moved to Swansea.

Jo Clarke of the DHC said they made a donation to the centre in return for using the car park of the museum and cafe during two days of filming.

And rising star Alex, also known for his role as the young Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and Kenny in an episode of Black Mirror, caused a stir when he decided to eat his lunch on the benches outside.

“I must say I hadn’t realised how big it was until I saw the size of the entourage,” she said.

“But they were a lovely bunch and the cafe was very busy. The centre stayed open and visitors had a brilliant view of the stars from our balcony.

“Cars picked them up from the car park and they just seemed to be filming a loop past the ponds so you might get to see the centre in the background as they go past.

“I gather in the last episode you didn’t know if they get married or not, but I’m guessing by the wedding dress that they did.

“It seems like Netflix has just discovered what a great place the forest is to film which is good for tourism.”

(Image: Channel 4)

The show is based on Forsman's mini-comics of the same name and the first series was shown in the UK in 2017, but started to gather a global audience when it was released worldwide in January 2018.

The first series of the BAFTA nominated programme was filmed largely in suburban locations in the south east but director Jonathan Entwistle said they would be looking forward to expanding the world for the second series.”

Now it seems that includes the unique locations offered by the Forest of Dean which was recently put on the Netflix global map when Sex Education starring Gillian Anderson was filmed in the Wye Valley.

A spokesman for Forestry England said: “The Forest of Dean is a very popular location for filming and we have worked with several big productions in recent months.

“We are currently working closely with the producers of hit Channel 4 and Netflix series The End Of The F***ing World. Viewers may recognise some areas they are using when the series airs on Channel 4.”

Last weekend thousands of Game of Thrones fans travelled from as far away as India after HBO hid an Iron Throne at Puzzlewood, which has also been used as a location for Star Wars, Doctor Who, Merlin and many other TV series.