Hit American drama, 24 is due to begin filming scenes outside California for the first time in the show’s history.

The team are being moved to Washington to shoot eight episodes from the seventh series of the show, they even hope to get one or two cameo appearances from some top US politicians.

The show’s executive producer Howard Gordon stated, “The idea is to sell Washington in the first batch of episodes and, hopefully, people will have bought into the setting later on.”

Line Producer Michael Klick stated, “We’re being forced to go to places we’ve never gone before, like downtown L.A., and we’ve been looking at older architecture. There have been some exciting visual opportunities.”