Leeds on screen

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Mon 10 Dec, 2007 8:14 pm

The small hotel / B&B that Frost stayed in whilst his house was being rebuilt after the fire was the rather modest Broomfield Hotel on the corner of Broomfield Crescent and Chapel Lane in Headingley.The episode in which a scrote on a motor scooter had kidnapped a female shop assistant was set in Allders (as was, BHS now) on Bridge Road Kirkstall.I always thought that the police station at Horsforth near the roundabout was the setting of the nick in "Frost", but somebody earlier in the thread has already put me right. It makes sense really, a '60s public service building with rubbish architecture is easy enough to replicate, and you can't clutter up a working nick with lighting vehicles, make up caravans etc etc, and keep on coming back to do it as the series progresses. What if they had an emergency ?Morley Town Hall has stood in for Leeds Town Hall in at least one episode of Emmerdale.A glass fronted coffee bar in the modern shop units opposite Bretts fish and chip restaurant in Headingley has been used in EmmerdaleThe houses on Beckett's Park Drive in the estate behind Salvo's restaurant on Otley Road, (mostly large imposing semis) are frequently used for filming.Errm, that's it.It's a pity that the city's industrial architecture hasn't figured more significantly on TV.

carlos · Post by **carlos** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 2:21 am

wiggy wrote: ackers72 wrote: Frost used Hawksworth Primary, shops on parade at Iveson Approach, the Police station in the first series was actually on Burley Road in one of the old Supermarket in Meanwood as it was then for the episode where a Supermarket Boss was held to ransom.The Beiderbecke Trilogy used allsorts including 39 Abbeydale Oval in Kirkstall, which was Jills house in first series, they used the playing fields across from Abbey Grange School for the football match in the first series too and a few children from Hawksworth Primary and Vesper Gate Schools were used in it!!!, the Woodhouse Lane multi storey was used also and Yeadon Town Hall.Those are just a few off the top of my head!!! and foxwood school in every episode,plus,believe it or not....halton moor The Haddon Hal, Burleyl was used as the "Limping Whippet" in the final series, and as a different pub (the name escapes me) in the second series.

carlos · Post by **carlos** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 2:26 am

Circles of Decete (1993) - with Dennis Waterman, locations include The Cardigan Arms, Kirkstall Road and Leeds University, EC Stoner Building (shame they didn't warn people who had keys, else I might not have walked in to the words of "CUT!")Filming was taking place in the Cardigan Arms last week, I believe forHeartbeat.

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 6:16 pm

carlos wrote: Circles of Decete (1993) - with Dennis Waterman, locations include The Cardigan Arms, Kirkstall Road and Leeds University, EC Stoner Building (shame they didn't warn people who had keys, else I might not have walked in to the words of "CUT!")Filming was taking place in the Cardigan Arms last week, I believe forHeartbeat. They also filmed at the old school,now social service building,on the corner of Hunslet Hall Road and Disraeli terrace in Beeston.They blacked out all the windows of the corner building,closest to the Junction Pub,and i believe filmed all the dark briefing room scenes.Have you noticed that apart from Queenies Castle that just about any tv series or movie filmed in Leeds (with the exception of a few small one off programs)does not have the plot of the program based in Leeds or mentions the fact that the charcaters are in Leeds,unlike the many programs in Manchester-Cracker,Cold Feet,Life on Mars,Apocalypse Now (Hee Hee)Liverpool-Bread, Boys from the Blackstuff,Liverpool one,Letter to Breznev,Chinese Detective,51st stateNewcastle- Spender,Crocodile (F***ing)shoes,our friends in the north,Get Carter.Leeds only seems to get a mention,and thats on Emmerdale,usually when Marlon was going to take Trisha out to a club or something.Can anyone thinkof owt based in Leeds apart from the little one of tv programs?

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 6:36 pm

has anyone managed to track down a copy of queenies castle on dvd/vhs yet???

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 10:52 pm

When anyone in Emmerdale is up in court they use the now disused magistrate's court in Morley Town Hall.I seem to remember a series about an undercover cop in Belfast called "Harry's Game" and Leeds doubled for Belfast - presumably because it looks like Belfast and at the time Belfast was too dangerous.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 11:10 pm

I think Harry's Game was mentioned earlier in the thread. While I am sure security considerations had something to do with the "location" filming I would think budgetary considerations probably swung it as unless I am very much mistaken harry's game was a YTV production

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 11:14 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: I think Harry's Game was mentioned earlier in the thread. While I am sure security considerations had something to do with the "location" filming I would think budgetary considerations probably swung it as unless I am very much mistaken harry's game was a YTV production Tyke bhoy, go to census look up thread,i found your Harts in 1891 census.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 11:17 pm

thanks cnosni but it was hats off looking for the harts

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 11:53 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: thanks cnosni but it was hats off looking for the harts What am i thinking of??