FILMING of the Amazon Prime thriller The Power has been causing excitement in and around Fairford and Lechlade all week, writes Chris Roberts.

Film crews have been seen near the Thornhill garage and at the Lakes by yoo.

There is an all-star cast with Rob Delaney (Catastrophe), Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) and Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, This is 40), who was seen on the set locally this week.

The Power is set in a dystopian future where all teenage girls have developed the ability to electrocute people using just their hands.

When the teenagers find they are able to awaken this power in older women as well, women across the world begin to seize power, becoming the dominant gender and, in some cases, killing the men that get in their way.

The 10-part series, which is based on Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same name, will hit the screens later this year.

Naomi said: “The story is a global one about the lives of women and men everywhere in the world. We’re going to make something revolutionary and, dare I say it, electrifying!”