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The BBC has shared a longer launch trailer for Banished on the official website, and You Tube which includes a glimpse of Joseph as Major Ross. The same trailer has been broadcast on the BBC channels. Sarah-Jane Potts has continued to share behind the scenes photos of Joseph from filming Banished, on Twitter. 

Details about filming Banished in Australia last year have been shared on The Location Guide. Read it in full on the website. This behind the scenes photo was shared by Joseph on Instagram. 

“Banished is fictional and doesn’t depict actual events,” explains Simon Hailey, a co-producer on the shoot with RSJ Films. “However, historically, the First Fleet settled in Sydney Cove, which is now Circular Quay, so Sydney always seemed to be the natural spiritual home for the location shoot. Plus our co-production partners, See-Saw Films, are based in Sydney and the local crew is fantastically talented and professional.”

The BBC Media Centre has confirmed details of the broadcast time for Banished.

Confirmed for BBC Two on 5 March at 9pm to 10pm

New South Wales, 1788. Dawn is breaking over a ramshackle camp where the British convicts transported on the First Fleet are waking up to another sweltering hot day alongside their Royal Navy marine guards and their masters. In this fledgling penal colony anything can happen - and death stalks everybody.

Convict Elizabeth Quinn awakes screaming from a nightmare. She must get out of her beloved Tommy Barrett's bunk and the convict men's dorm fast, both are prohibited and punishable.

The BBC has shared a new teaser trailer for Banished, though unfortunately there is no sign of Joseph in it. There is also a new website for the show - keep an eye out for updates.

The Radio Times has shared photos of some of the main cast, sadly not including Joseph, and also some begind the scenes photos, which do include Joseph! The BBC media pack has more information about creating 1788 Australia for the small screen.

The task of bringing Australia, 1788, to life fell to directors Daniel Percival and Jeffrey Walker and their crews. The first decision that was made was that the production would be split - all of the exteriors would be shot on location, in Sydney, Australia, and thereafter the production would return to Manchester to film the interiors.