FILMING for TV series Gentleman Jack is taking place at historic Oakwell Hall in Birstall this week.

TV crews have taken over the hall, which is currently closed to the public due to Covid, to film scenes for series two of the period drama.

Oakwell was used as a location in November and December for the show, and the production is expected to return again later in the summer.

Eric Brown at Oakwell Hall said: "The filming is all taking place in the Hall, with various rooms in our building featuring as a number of locations and settings in the drama."

The park remains open to visitors but the main car park is closed until the end of Thursday.

It follows a number of days of filming for the series in Saltaire recently.

Work was carried out in advance of the filming to turn part of Salts Mill into an old street scene, including a pub, tailors and a chemist.

The award-winning drama, created by Sally Wainwright, which follows the life of 19th century landowner Anne Lister, has also been filming in Halifax and York.

Suranne Jones returns as Anne Lister in the BBC series, co-produced with HBO. Bradford-born actor Timothy West is also among the cast for the series.

Filming for the show also took place at Haworth Moor's Penistone Country Park in February.