The two stars are working independently on new dramas for ITV.

Bean is starring in Red Riding for Channel Four, while Suranne is shooting a three-parter for ITV called Unforgiven.

Yorkshire-born Bean has been seen filming at Arden Road Social Club, Halifax, along with 2008 Bafta-winning actor Andrew Garfield.

Red Riding has been adapted from three of the four books in David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet, set in Yorkshire in the 1970s and early 80s at the time of the Ripper murders.

As well as Halifax, scenes are being shot in Bradford and Harrogate.

It is not the first time Bean has filmed in our area. A few years ago he appeared in Sharpe, some of which was shot at Hardcastle Crags.

Meanwhile the actors and crew of Unforgiven have been spotted off Ripponden Old Lane, Soyland. 

The action appears to centre around Whitegate Head Farm, where an L-reg police car could be seen outside the farmhouse. It is believed some scenes have also been shot inside.

The film crew set up base with their Land-Rovers and trailers at nearby Stones Cricket Club.

Other readers have spotted activity around Gibbet Street, Halifax, and an ITV spokesman confirmed the majority of filming will be in and around Halifax and Huddersfield.

The new show for ITV1, penned by At Home With the Braithwaites writer Sally Wainwright, charts the release of Ruth Slater, played by Suranne, after serving 15 years for the murder of two policemen.

Will Mellor, of Hollyoaks and Casualty fame, stars as her boyfriend. Also in the cast are ex-Dr Who Peter Davison and Jemma Redgrave.

Both productions are backed by Screen Yorkshire, which supports the development of a long-term screen industry in the county.