Torridon providing the backdrop for a new crime series as the village of Diabaig is 'transformed' into the fictional Hebridean Island by Outlander director Richard Clark featuring My Name is Joe actor David Hayman
Ugly crimes have descended on one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland as Torridon hosts the crew filming a new six-part murder-mystery series.
Torridon and Kinlochewe Community News and Views revealed the reason why the area has been much busier than normal on its social media page.
According to the post, Diabaig has been turned into a fictional Hebridean island for the adaptation of Simon Beckett's thriller crime called Written in Bone.
Among the names involved are director Richard Clark who has shot episodes of Outlander, Life on Mars, Silent Witness and Whitechapel.
Playing one of the roles is actor David Hayman who is well known after appearances in Taboo, Ordinary Decent Criminal, My Name Is Joe and Braveheart.
Torridon and Kinlochewe Community News and Views wrote: “Over the last couple of weeks Torridon has been busier than usual as filming of a six part series based on Simon Beckett's thriller Written in Bone takes place.
“The village of Diabaig has been transformed into the fictional lonely Isle of Juna, complete with the crew bringing wind and rain machines with them. Director is Richard Clark (Outlander) and the cast includes David Hayman.
“Lots of vehicles to and fro, bringing back memories of Loch Ness being filmed in Diabaig in the mid 1990s with Ted Danson and Joely Richardson when the old Torridon Hall was used as base.”
Now, instead of Nessie, Torridon is the fictional scene for a series of murders.
According to the publisher the book is about forensic anthropologist David Hunter who is asked to examine a fire-death on the remote Hebridean island of Runa.
He is shown human remains that have been burnt to the bone, except for both feet and a single hand that have somehow survived unscathed.
As Hunter decides that there is a murderer on the island an Atlantic storm descends cutting the residents off from the mainland and the killing begins in earnest.
And it seems producers decided the best place to film the action was Torridon with numerous lorries pictured parked in the area, apparently for cast and crew.
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