Ralph Fiennes: Harry Potter and James Bond star spotted filming BBC show in West Yorkshire

Harry Potter and James Bond star Ralph Fiennes has been pictured filming a new BBC show on the streets of West Yorkshire.

The actor, 61, was seen filming The Choral, a film set during the First World War which tells the story of a community that recruits teenage boys to start a choir.

It is currently being filmed in Saltaire, near Bradford, but the production is expected to be set in a fictional town called Ramsden, in 1916.

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Ralph Fiennes pictured filming in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, for The Choral. | Lee McLean/SWNS

Images snapped on Tuesday show Fiennes, who will play a character called Dr Guthrie, walking around the film set in a brown suit.

Another photograph shows an old-fashioned horse and carriage on the set, while a group of extras can be seen lined up outside a post office in a different picture.

Ipswich-born Fiennes has starred in several box office movies, including James Bond's No Time to Die, Skyfall and Spectre, as well as the Harry Potter saga.

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The Choral, which has been directed by Nicholas Hytner, also features BAFTA award winning actor Sir Simon Russell Beale and Paddington star Jim Broadbent.

Saltaire, a Unesco World Heritage Site, has been transformed for the filming - and pictures show how some shops have been given vintage facades.

The village has also been used as a filming location for other productions in the past, including Netflix drama The English Game and Agatha Christie adaptation The ABC Murders.

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