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Is Much Deeping in The Pale Horse a real place?
THE Pale Horse has captivated fans with its mysterious storyline and pagan village traditions.
But can fans go and visit the spooky village of Much Deeping for themselves?
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Is Much Deeping in The Pale Horse a real place?
No doubt fans of Agatha Christie will have been charmed by the quintessential beauty of the village of Much Deeping but unfortunately it's not a real place - just a fictional hamlet.
In the The Pale Horse two-parter, viewers may have spotted the sign that says Much Deeping is in Surrey, but in reality the scenes in the village were mostly shot near Stroud in Gloucestershire.
Despite the show being set in London, parts were filmed in Bristol and at the famous Bottle Yard Studios.
Locations in Bristol include the Arnos Vale Cemetery, Clifton Village and St Nicholas Market.
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Where is the pub that is featured in The Pale Horse?
Much Deeping is home to the fictional quaint village tavern, The Pale Horse.
All of the pub scenes were actually shot in The Bear Inn, a traditional pub and four star hotel in Bisley, just four miles from Stroud.
In the show, The Pale Horse pub is inhabited by three modern witches, Thyrza Grey, Sybil Stamfordis, and Bella Webb, played by actresses, Sheila Atim, Kathy Kiera Clarke and Rita Tushingham.
The village may look picturesque but is full of mysterious dark secrets, suspicious deaths and spooky occult rituals.
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What is The Pale Horse storyline?
This new Agatha Christie adaptation of the 1961 novel The Pale Horse has been written by Sarah Phelps.
The storyline follows the discovery of a list of names, found in the shoe of a dead woman called Jessie Davies.
One of those names is of grief stricken antiques dealer Mark Easterbrook - played by Rufus Sewell - who then begins to investigate how his name came to be there.
He is led to the village of Much Deeping and The Pale Horse Pub after learning his late wife visited there before dying in mysterious circumstances.
Upon discovering a trio of witches at The Pale Horse who are rumoured to murder wealthy relatives with their sorcery he enlists the help from Detective inspector Lejeune played by British actor Sean Pertwee to investigate the spate of recent murders.
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