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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Scenes in Juliet Bravo were filmed where I live. Your favourite police dramas and have any tv dramas or film scenes been filmed near to where you live
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I know, a serious reduction in standards 
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Walking past Dewsbury Town Hall today there were camera crews and a very large lighting rig set up. Apparently a BBC Christmas film is being recorded in there this week.
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
Vaguely near where I used to live....Low Force on the River Tees (I'm from Darlington). Visited in 2023 with an old friend and on our way to the river, we noted film trucks in the field. We asked a bloke in hi-viz what they were for and apparently they were setting up a stunt for a movie called The Gorge with Sigourney Weaver. We were there on Monday, the stunt was supposed to be shot on the Wednesday. Its coming out on one of the streaming services so if you see anyone in it end up in the beer-coloured drink, its the Tees
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Further upstream, Brian Cox once used High Force as an analogy for a black hole. Filmed in winter....Upper Teesdale...must have been brassic!!.
.Further upstream, Brian Cox once used High Force as an analogy for a black hole. Filmed in winter....Upper Teesdale...must have been brassic!!.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Doctors used to be filmed around my local area. Any time you saw a camera crew, you could be fairly certain that they were filming Doctors.
However in my local park (Cannon Hill Park) I saw a much more sophisticated operation with a large number of support vehicles, etc, labelled as "Bristol Film Crew". No indication of why, but was surprised when watching "Joan" to see the family enjoying a picnic in a park that looked very familiar, despite the drama series being very much in London.
Additionally "I Bought a Vampire Motorbike" (staring Michael Elpick and Neil Morrisey) was largely filmed at my local pub. Prize for anyone who has actually watched this film.
However in my local park (Cannon Hill Park) I saw a much more sophisticated operation with a large number of support vehicles, etc, labelled as "Bristol Film Crew". No indication of why, but was surprised when watching "Joan" to see the family enjoying a picnic in a park that looked very familiar, despite the drama series being very much in London.
Additionally "I Bought a Vampire Motorbike" (staring Michael Elpick and Neil Morrisey) was largely filmed at my local pub. Prize for anyone who has actually watched this film.
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Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Ok, here goes. For many, many years we lived in Thame, Oxfordshire, adjacent to the Bucks boundary. Lots and lots of episodes off Midsomer Murders were filmed around the area, including Thame itself on occasion. (I think one of the writers/producers was local). So we often had film crews in town.
So, one summer we decide on a holiday in Sweden, a chalet in the woods near Tyreso, south east of Stockholm. Not long after we arrive, exploring the house, as you do, thought we'd educate ourselves with a bit of Swedish television. Flicked through the channels.
Swedish News, Swedish weather, Swedish soap, then, Er, that looks like Midsomer Murders. Blimey, it IS Midsomer Murders! And it's in English with Swedish subtitles! Wowsa!
"How weird is that" says one of the children, "Yeah, and that's The Birdcage". (Pub in town, one of their haunts)
Then an extra walks through the scene and my wife exclaims, "Hey, that's one of my patients, Mary Bucket*!"
*not her real name
So, one summer we decide on a holiday in Sweden, a chalet in the woods near Tyreso, south east of Stockholm. Not long after we arrive, exploring the house, as you do, thought we'd educate ourselves with a bit of Swedish television. Flicked through the channels.
Swedish News, Swedish weather, Swedish soap, then, Er, that looks like Midsomer Murders. Blimey, it IS Midsomer Murders! And it's in English with Swedish subtitles! Wowsa!
"How weird is that" says one of the children, "Yeah, and that's The Birdcage". (Pub in town, one of their haunts)
Then an extra walks through the scene and my wife exclaims, "Hey, that's one of my patients, Mary Bucket*!"
*not her real name
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
The underwhelming crime drama The Bay was filmed in and around Morecambe and Morecambe Bay.
There was also a scene shot in Dalton Square (just over there), for a kids fantasy film called Robin and the Hoods.
Here's a snapshot from the trailer:
There was also a scene shot in Dalton Square (just over there), for a kids fantasy film called Robin and the Hoods.
Here's a snapshot from the trailer:
T4tomo
Legendary Member
I was watching the first two episodes of the new series of Silent Witness and suddenly realised the old house that features a lot in it was just up the road in our village! It was only when the turned the camera and filmed away from the house and the pub sign came into view that it clicked!
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
When Casualty was filmed in Bristol years ago, you could play 'spot the location'. I often saw the crews out shooting in public, so would walk past with my bike a few times in a vain attempt to get in shot. I did have a mate who actually was an extra many times in it and you'd see half an ambulance on the back of a trailer being driven down roads. The interiors were done here, near the Bristol end of the Railway Path (where the blue car is turning). Its now 'Bakehouse':
Used to emerge from the path at 8am on my way to work to see people dressed as doctors/surgeons/nurses outside drinking coffee & smoking fags with an ambulance in the yard with 'Holby ' on it. Its shot in Cardiff now, they apparently have to be careful with bi-lingual signs (serves them right for leaving Bristol!!).
. I did have a mate who actually was an extra many times in it and you'd see half an ambulance on the back of a trailer being driven down roads. The interiors were done here, near the Bristol end of the Railway Path (where the blue car is turning). Its now 'Bakehouse':Used to emerge from the path at 8am on my way to work to see people dressed as doctors/surgeons/nurses outside drinking coffee & smoking fags with an ambulance in the yard with 'Holby ' on it. Its shot in Cardiff now, they apparently have to be careful with bi-lingual signs (serves them right for leaving Bristol!!).
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Ely Cathedral's been used a fair bit for filming over the years. "The Other Boleyn Girl" is the one that sticks in mind.
A place that I visit often (Alresford in Hampshire) has also been used a fair bit thanks to its Georgian buildings and heritage railway. It's been on Antiques Road Trip, one of the Mary Berry cooking shows and the BBC's "Wartime Farm" amongst others. The car park of the station is used at the beginning of the film "Children of Men."
A place that I visit often (Alresford in Hampshire) has also been used a fair bit thanks to its Georgian buildings and heritage railway. It's been on Antiques Road Trip, one of the Mary Berry cooking shows and the BBC's "Wartime Farm" amongst others. The car park of the station is used at the beginning of the film "Children of Men."
VinSumRox
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Leaderfoot Viaduct near us has been used in a few films, most recently a couple of the Marvel ones and a Raideds of the Lost Ark one.
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
A friend of mine nipped along in the 80's to a local quarry near Chichester to watch the filming of the 007 story A View to A Kill.
Its the scene near the end where Grace Jones character meets her demise and Bond grabs the rope for a ride on the airship. And Swindons Motorola factory once doubled for Baku in The World is Not Enough:
https://www.swindonweb.com/?m=8&s=115&ss=462&c=1175
Its the scene near the end where Grace Jones character meets her demise and Bond grabs the rope for a ride on the airship. And Swindons Motorola factory once doubled for Baku in The World is Not Enough:
https://www.swindonweb.com/?m=8&s=115&ss=462&c=1175
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Homers Double
Active Member
Waterloo Road was filmed in a school a few miles from me, BBC's "The Jetty" was filmed around Hollingworth Lake which is my regular run route.
Taking down an OCG was made in Rochdale which is the town closest to me and The Betrayed Girls doc was also based in Rochdale.
Supprisingly enought I don't say that I'm from Rochdale.
Taking down an OCG was made in Rochdale which is the town closest to me and The Betrayed Girls doc was also based in Rochdale.
Supprisingly enought I don't say that I'm from Rochdale.
When my dad was alive and had a farm, a bit of Blake's 7 was filmed off one of his shed roofs 
They were filming the local gas compressor station, which I guess looked kind of futuristic when lit up at night from a distance (around 1980)
He was a bit of an old fashioned Alf Garnet type of character and I remember him commenting on the film crew "luvvies"
Around the same time I went to Aston University and they used one of the raised walkways there between buildings for another shot
They were filming the local gas compressor station, which I guess looked kind of futuristic when lit up at night from a distance (around 1980)
He was a bit of an old fashioned Alf Garnet type of character and I remember him commenting on the film crew "luvvies"
Around the same time I went to Aston University and they used one of the raised walkways there between buildings for another shot
dicko
Guru
- Location
- Derbyshire
One Foot in the Grave was filmed in Iford. On my way to work one morning I passed a house with “the man who lives here is a W@nk@r” painted on a wall in large capital letters, it was the Meldrews old house. Then one day returning home from work there was a convertible car filled with skip rubbish. Happy days.
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