Kiss Me First (TV series)

Production

In January 2016, Netflix and E4 agreed to co-produce a series based on the Lottie Moggach novel of the same title, consisting of six hour-long episodes. Netflix held the international broadcast rights and E4 the ones for the United Kingdom. The series mixes live-action performances with computer-generated scenes.

Principal photography began in December 2016 in London locations including Hanwell and West Ealing and Croatia, and was expected to end in mid-2017. In February 2018, it was announced the series would air on Channel 4 and the first image was released. Krka National Park in Croatia provided the scenic green pools and cascading waterfalls for real-life scenes in the last two episodes and the basis of the virtual world scenes in earlier episodes. The Shellness Road Car Park was used for a sequence in which a character uses an improvised explosive device to blow up his abusive carer.

A scene filmed on Leysdown Promenade shows the arrival of one of the leads on a bus. Leysdown on Sea is a coastal town on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Filming locations also included West London Film Studios.