An upcoming series about the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege is being filmed in the city.
Palmeira Square in Hove is closed to traffic for the filming of The Siege, an upcoming six-part Channel 4 drama about the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London.
The production is using the square's historic, terraced 19th century architecture as a stand-in for the Iranian Embassy in Kensington.
Filming began on Sunday (May 17) and will continue until this Friday (May 22).
Adapted by Slow Horses writer Will Smith from Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book, the series details the tense six-day standoff and the dramatic SAS raid which ended it.
Residents were initially confused to see an old-fashioned fire engine and an array of classic cars in the square filming in front of the Victorian Italianate-style properties.
On April 30, 1980, six gunmen took over the Iranian embassy in Kensington, holding 26 people hostage.
The gunmen belonged to a dissident Iranian group opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini, the religious leader who came to power in Iran in 1979.
In the series, Danny Dyer plays Trevor Lock, the heroic police officer who was guarding the embassy when it was stormed.
He helped relay messages from the gunmen to police negotiators via an open window and telephone.
During the raid, PC Lock tackled the leader of the gunmen - known as Salim - and saved the life of an SAS soldier.
Alongside Dyer, the cast features David Morrissey as Scotland Yard's Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Dellow, and Motaz Malhees as one of the gunmen.
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