RYEDALE will be under the spotlight this weekend as part of the BBC’s new adaptation of J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.

David Thewlis, Ken Stott and Miranda Richardson are among the actors in the production, which was also filmed at Scampston Hall.

Earlier in the year film crews spent a couple of days at Norton Primary School, before moving to the former Green Man hotel and York House in Malton.

Scampston Hall was used for the main house with the primary school a 1912 infirmary and the Green Man became a department store, Milwards, along with a theatre bar.

The cast is led by David Thewlis who plays The Inspector: a mysterious character who interrogates the wealthy Birling family and their dinner guests following the suicide of a young woman. He is joined by Ken Stott and Miranda Richardson who will play Arthur and Sybil Birling.

Chris Legard, the owner of Scampston Hall, said: “We were delighted to accommodate the crew at Scampston Hall and to offer the house as a setting for such a classic tale, alive with intrigue.

"It was very exciting for my family, and the team at Scampston, to welcome the actors and production team on-site for over a month earlier this year.”

“We hope it will be equally fascinating for locals and regular visitors to the Hall and garden to see the house on the TV, bringing the area into the spotlight. Local viewers may recognise Scampston’s dining room and Palladian Bridge, which were both used as filming locations.”

The adaptation will air on Sunday, September 13, at 8.30pm, on BBC One.