What are the most popular filming destinations for movies and TV shows?
Nov 21, 2019Most people get a buzz when they see a location they know and love pop up in a TV show or movie. The thought that one of your favourite actors has been in your neck of the woods (maybe at your local coffee shop!) gives a warm, fuzzy six degrees of separation feeling. Even more of a thrill can be seeing familiar surroundings dressed up to look like a different time period or even other city. Much to the delight of Mancunians, one of Manchester’s oldest library buildings stood in for a 1920s Westminster in series five of Peaky Blinders and the city’s Northern Quarter was recently transformed into New York City to film the Marvel movie ‘Morbius’ which is due out in 2020. Research shows us that lots of the UK’s cities, towns and their buildings often act as movie sets, but what places have pulled in the most production crews?