It’s set beside the sea in Kent, but eagle-eyed fans of ITV’s thrilling drama Liar were quick to spot a blunder that revealed filming has taken place in another location entirely.
Filming is known to have taken place in seaside areas including Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown in Kent in order to portray leading lady Laura’s mythical home town.
But one slip-up has lead eagle-eyed fans to also identify another location – and it’s a long way from the beach.
During a scene in episode three of the programme, which features Joanne Froggatt as teacher Laura and Ioan Gruffudd as her rapist, Andrew, a postcode was visible in the background.
In it a pupil of Laura’s gazed out of her bedroom window and across the street where viewers spied SE4 painted on a wall, and quickly identified it as street art that’s outside Brockley train station in South East London – 50 miles away from the coastal town where Liar is supposedly based.
The SE4 postcode was spotted through the window of one character’s bedroom during one particular scene
An image from Google Street View indicates this is outside Brockley Station in South East London on Coulgate Street
Another scene also betrayed the filming location as one character went for lunch at the Noak Cafe, which another fan identified
Evil rapist Andrew was spotted in a cosy pub drinking as part of a scene featuring Peter Davison
This scene was shot in The Waverley Arms Pub in Brockley, above, the interior plays the backdrop for Liar
It wasn’t long before viewers then identified The Waverley Arms Pub on Ivydale Road and the Noak Cafe on Mantle Road – both also in leafy Brockley – in two separate scenes.
‘ITV #Liar long way to go for a drink with her ex at Waverley Arms, Brockley, South East London,’ said one viewer.
‘Spotting Noak Cafe used as a location spot for Liar on ITV brings back great memories,’ added another.
In one scene Laura’s sister’s husband took their two children out for a spot of lunch at Noak, while Andrew was in the pub with another character played by Peter Davison.
A Brockley resident tweeted early last year what appeared to be a night-time shoot for the programme underway. The snap shows the house used as lead character Andrew’s in the series.
Residents of Brockley spotted the familiar locations in ITV’s drama Liar. One had already tweeted a night-time shoot from when filming began early last February
Siblings Harry and Jack Williams, who are the brains behind Liar, were also behind another hit drama Broadchurch which featured a fictional coastal town.
As the series grew in popularity so did the Dorset filming locations of West Bay that provided the stunning clifftop backdrop to the show.
Many fans made the pilgrimage to the southern landmark with the Visit Dorset tourism board promoting the key filming locations.
Peter Davison’s character was seen inside Andrew’s house which was filmed on Wickham Road in Brockley
Jack Williams told the Express.co.uk that executive producer Jack Strong wanted to use a number of coastal towns to create the coastal backdrop in Liar.
‘It has to feel specific, but not so specific that it doesn’t feel like it could happen in the world today.
‘It has to feel like a very present thing that can happen anywhere and to anyone.’
The final episode of Liar airs next Tuesday on ITV at 9pm