 Pursuant to the merger of GFM and Seven Arts, plans were announced to beginning shooting "The Winter Queen" in August 2011.Filming locations are London, Saint Petersburg, and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.Between October 13, 2003, and October 24, 2003, an abridged version was broadcast as the "Book at Bedtime" on BBC Radio 4, in 10, 15-minute parts.