<p>Filming of a new adaptation of 'Great Expectations' produced by Tom Hardy has been spotted taking place at a hotel.<br></p><p>Victorian ships, ponies with carts and wooden barns were set up to film scenes from the BBC and FX six-part series in Bucklers Hard, Brockenhurst.</p><p>Actor Tom Hardy is the executive producer alongside Ridley Scott and and 'Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight.</p><p>Oscar winner Olivia Colman has been cast as Miss Havisham and Fionn Whitebread as Pip.</p><p>Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle and Matt Berry are also due to feature.</p><p>The scenes were spotted by a chef working at nearby hotel The Master Builder's, who filmed them through the window of his accommodation.</p><p>Extras were seen walking about in traditional rural Victorian dress, with real horses used to pull wooden traps.</p><p>Straw-roofed barns were built, and wicker baskets and fishing nets were strewn on the ground to create the feel of a 19th century dockland.</p><p>Large wooden ships can be seen moored on the Beaulieu River that runs through the 18th century shipbuilding hamlet of Bucklers Herd.</p><p>Great Expectations is the story of an orphan nicknamed Pip as he goes through education, set in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century. </p><p>Dickens first released it in a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860 before it was published as a novel.</p><p>Videos were taken between March 8 and 10 2022.<br></p>
