<P> According to the BBC, the series is not based on, or inspired by, MR Hall's best - selling books including The Coroner . Hall stated he was "unhappy" about the "enormous similarities", but the BBC say any resemblance with his books--also about an unusually pro-active, Land Rover driving, forty - something female solicitor who after a failed relationship returns to the West Country to take up the post of coroner--are purely coincidental . </P> <P> The production office was located at Dartington where some interior scenes were filmed . Filming began in mid-April 2015 for 15 weeks . The episodes were divided into blocks of two with the same director, assistant director, and director of photography . </P> <P> Locations included Dartmouth, Torquay, and Broadsands Beach, Paignton . The Mansion, now a community building, in Totnes was used as the Coroners Court . A brass plate was attached to the brickwork . The exterior and interior of Oldway Mansion is used as Lighthaven's town hall . The Old Customs House in Bayard's Cove, Dartmouth is the location of the Coroners office . </P> <P> The set for The Black Dog Inn is the derelict Crooked Spaniards Inn, Cargreen, Cornwall . The tower at Gribben Head, Cornwall featured in the first episode . </P>

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