List of television programmes set, produced or filmed in Manchester

The City of Manchester and its surrounding area has a strong heritage for television broadcasting. The city is home to the oldest television studios in the UK and the most successful ITV franchisee, Granada Television. Manchester's most famous television exports include Coronation Street, Seven Up!, Songs of Praise, University Challenge, A Question of Sport and Mastermind - all of which are still broadcasting to large audiences today. Granada's productions gradually waned in the 2000s, but it is hoped the BBC move to Salford Quays in 2011 will spawn a new era of television broadcasting in the area. Manchester also has a high correlation of successful television drama series,[1] with many being produced and filmed in Manchester and the surrounding areas.[2]

Granada Studios, former home to Granada Television - the most successful ITV franchise and one of the most successful British television production companies

New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road, former home of BBC Manchester, now demolished

Television broadcasting in Manchester is currently undergoing a major transition with the famous Granada Studios and New Broadcasting House being demolished by 2013 to be replaced by MediaCityUK and The Sharp Project. Both the BBC and ITV have promised to invest more in the North and Manchester will be the base for these operations. MediaCityUK, located two miles from Manchester City Centre, will act as a new second home for the BBC and ITV away from London.

This is a list of television programmes that are/were either set, produced or filmed in Manchester.[3][4] The Media in Manchester page provides a more in depth look at the history of broadcasting and media in Manchester.

Background

The city has had a long heritage of producing programmes at various studios, most notably at ITV's Granada Studios and the BBC's New Broadcasting House. Dock10 studios is located in MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, a couple of miles (about three kilometres) outside Manchester city centre. The Studios at Dock10 is now home to BBC North and ITV Granada since 2013, along with other departments transferred north.

Most television programmes produced in Manchester have been done so by Granada Television, the most successful ITV franchisee who are based at Granada Studios in Manchester. The BBC through BBC North also have a key influence in Manchester and the corporation sees Manchester along with Bristol and London as its main broadcasting centres.

Productions in Manchester

Fiction produced and/or set in Manchester

Manchester has two main production units in Granada Television at The Manchester Studios and BBC North at New Broadcasting House and both share a joint venture in 3SixtyMedia. Smaller Manchester based production companies such as Red Production Company and more recently RSJ Films led by writer Jimmy McGovern have consistently used Manchester and north as a background for drama.

Manchester has been used as a setting for many TV programmes with its industrial past, quirky cultural modern atmosphere or working roots. Some programmes are set in Manchester but weren't filmed or produced there, as in the case of Father & Son, a 2010 drama which was broadcast on ITV.

Programme	Year	Production	Broadcaster	Notes
The Army Game	1957–1961	Granada Television	ITV
Biggles	1960	Granada Television	ITV	Produced at Granada Studios
Coronation Street Coronation Street: Episode 1 Coronation Street Live (2000) Coronation Street Live (2010)	1960-present	Granada Television	ITV	Filmed in at MediaCityUK in Salford. Longest running serial TV soap drama in the world
All Our Yesterdays	1960–1973 1987–1989	Granada Television	ITV
The Odd Man	1962–1967	Granada Television	ITV
Pardon the Expression	1965–1967	Granada Television	ITV	Spin-off of Coronation Street
The Corridor People	1966	Granada Television	ITV
Turn Out the Lights	1967	Granada Television	ITV
The Caesars	1968	Granada Television	ITV
Spindoe	1968	Granada Television	ITV
Nearest and Dearest	1968–1973	Granada Television	ITV
The Dustbinmen	1969–1970	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada[5]
The Lovers	1970–1971	Granada Television	ITV
A Family at War	1970–1972	Granada Television	ITV
Play for Today Comedians	1970–1984	BBC	BBC
Crown Court	1972–1984	Granada Television	ITV
Sam	1973–1975	Granada Television	ITV
The Nearly Man	1974	Granada Television	ITV
The Cuckoo Waltz	1975–1977, 1980	Granada Television	ITV
Arrows	1976–77	Granada Television	ITV
Strangers	1978–1982	Granada Television	ITV
Brideshead Revisited	1981	Granada Television	ITV
Wood and Walters	1981–1982	Granada Television	ITV
Travelling Man	1984	Granada Television	ITV	Set and filmed in Manchester[6]
The Jewel in the Crown	1984	Granada Television	ITV
Sherlock Holmes	1984–1994	Granada Television	ITV
Albion Market	1985–1986	Granada Television	ITV	A planned companion soap for Coronation Street but was met with indifference and cancelled after a year
The Practice	1985–1986	Granada Television	ITV	Produced, filmed and set in Manchester.
Lost Empires	1986	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada in Manchester.[7]
Watching	1987–1993	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada in Manchester.
Red Dwarf	1988–1999 2012–present	BBC Manchester	BBC	Produced by BBC Manchester and BBC North at New Broadcasting House
Surgical Spirit	1989–1995	Granada Television	ITV	Produced at Granada in Manchester. The programme was set at an anonymous location.
Making Out	1989–1991	BBC Manchester	BBC One
Jeeves and Wooster	1990–1993	Granada Television	ITV
Prime Suspect	1991–2006	Granada Television	ITV	Series was produced by Granada Television in Manchester and set in London with the exception of series 5 which was set in Manchester
Cracker	1993–1996, 2006	Granada Television	ITV
Common As Muck	1994–1997	BBC	BBC One	Filmed in parts of Manchester
The Perfect Match	1995	Granada Television	ITV	Written by Mike Bullen who later wrote Cold Feet[8]
Children's Ward	1989–2000	Granada Television	CITV	Location filming at Bolton Royal Hospital with indoor scenes recorded at Granada Studios
Band of Gold	1995–1997	Granada Television	ITV
Hillsborough	1996	Granada Television	ITV	Docu-drama produced by Granada in Manchester. Voted #54 in BFI 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in 2000.
Reckless	1997	Granada Television	ITV	Set in Manchester and London
Cold Feet	1998–2003	Granada Television	ITV	Filmed and set in Manchester. Won over 20 major awards in its 5 series
The Royle Family	Main: 1998–2000 Christmas: 1999–	Granada Television	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Stockport at Vector Television, although later series were filmed at Ealing Studios and more recent episodes have been filmed at The Pie Factory, in MediaCityUK.
Dinnerladies	1998–2000	BBC Television Centre	BBC	Set in Manchester but produced and filmed elsewhere
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll	1999	BBC Drama		Set and filmed in various places around Greater Manchester including the City of Manchester
The Last Train	1999	Granada Television	ITV	Produced in Manchester by Granada
Queer as Folk	1999–2000	Red Production Company
Clocking Off	2000–2003	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Bob & Rose	2001	Red Production Company	ITV	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Linda Green	2001–2002	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester[9]
Having It Off	2002	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced and set in Manchester
Doctor Zhivago	2002	Granada Television	ITV	Produced in Manchester at Granada Studios
The Stretford Wives	2002	BBC	BBC One	Set in Stretford, Greater Manchester
The Second Coming	2003	Red Production Company	BBC One	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Burn It	2003	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
The Deal	2003	Granada Television	Channel 4	Produced by Granada at Granada Studios
Early Doors	2003–2004	Ovation Entertainment	BBC	Set in Manchester, but produced and filmed elsewhere
Blue Murder	2003–2009	Granada Television/ITV Studios	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Conviction	2004	Red Production Company	ITV	Produced in Manchester with some filming in Manchester but primirily filmed in nearby Lancashire
Sex Traffic	2004	Granada Television co-production	Channel 4	Joint commissioning with Big Motion Pictures, produced from Granada Studios.
Dirty Filthy Love	2004	Granada Television	ITV	Produced at Granada Studios
Life Begins	2004–2006	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television[10]
Shameless	2004–2013	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Casanova	2005	Granada Television	BBC Three	Jointly produced by Red Production Company and Granada Television, both are based in Manchester
Pierrepoint	2005	Granada Television	ITV	Drama film produced by Granada Television[11]
Vincent	2005–2006	Granada Television	ITV	Set in Manchester[12]
City Lights	2007–2008	Granada Television	ITV
Northern Lights	2004–2008	Granada Television	ITV
Christmas Lights	2004	Granada Television	ITV
Cutting It	2002–2005	BBC North	BBC One
Colditz	2005	Granada Television[13]	ITV
Funland	2005	BBC Comedy North	BBC Three	Location filming in Blackpool with interiors shot at New Broadcasting House in Manchester
Ideal	2005–2011	BBC Comedy North, Baby Cow Productions	BBC Three	Interiors shot at New Broadcasting House in Manchester
Grownups	2006	BBC North	BBC Three
Dracula	2006	Granada Television	BBC
I'm with Stupid	2006	BBC North	BBC Three
See No Evil: The Moors Murders	2006	Granada Television	ITV	Docu-drama based on the Moors murders
Eleventh Hour	2006	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Sinchronicity	2006	Shine Productions	BBC Three	Set and filmed in Manchester, but not produced there[14]
Sorted	2006	BBC	BBC One	Set in Manchester, filmed in Stockport
Lewis	2006–2015	Granada Television co-production[15]	ITV	Filmed on location in and around Oxford
New Street Law	2006–2007	Red Production Company	BBC One	Produced by Red Production Company based at The Manchester Studios with some filming done in Manchester
The Innocence Project	2006–2007	Tightrope Pictures	BBC One	Set and filmed in Manchester[16] and Salford but commissioned through BBC Northern Ireland.
Drop Dead Gorgeous	2006–2007	Hat Trick North Productions
Life on Mars	2006–2007	BBC North (amongst others)	BBC	A collaboration between many production companies such as Kudos and Red Planet Pictures. Manchester based companies BBC North and 3SixtyMedia were also involved and the programme was set and filmed in Manchester
The Street	2006–2009	Granada/ITV Studios	BBC One	Set in an unnamed street in Manchester, it was produced and filmed in the city and at The Manchester Studios.
Waterloo Road	2006–2015	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One	Filmed and set in Rochdale until 2012.
Boy A	2007	Film4	Channel 4	Not set but mostly filmed in Manchester with final scenes filmed in Blackpool
True Dare Kiss	2007	BBC Productions	BBC	Set and filmed in Manchester
Mobile	2007	ITV Studios	ITV	Set and filmed and Manchester[17] along with Liverpool. BBC/ITV venture 3SixtyMedia were also involved in production
Cold Blood	2007–2008	ITV Studios	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Poppy Shakespeare	2008	Cowboy Films	Channel 4	Filmed in Manchester
Spooks: Code 9	2008	BBC	BBC Three	Set in Manchester
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen	2008	BBC	BBC Four	Set in Manchester at the time of the 1918 flu pandemic
Survivors	2008	BBC	BBC One	First series filmed in Manchester[18]
Wired	2008	Granada Television[19]	ITV
Britannia High	2008	ITV Studios	ITV
Massive	2008	BBC Comedy North	BBC Three
Sunshine	2008	BBC	BBC One
Paradox	2009	BBC	BBC One	Filmed and set in Manchester
Father & Son	2010	Left Bank	ITV	Set in Manchester, but mainly filmed in Dublin, which was criticised
The Road to Coronation Street	2010	BBC Drama	BBC Four	Granada Studios used and programme set and filmed in Manchester
Accused	2010–present	RSJ Films	BBC	Produced and filmed in Manchester[20]
United	2011	World Productions in conjunction with BBC North	BBC	Docu-drama based on the struggles Manchester United faced after the Munich Air Disaster in 1958
Scott & Bailey	2011–2016	Red Production Company	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Exile	2011	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced in Manchester with some parts filmed in Manchester[21]
Bedlam	2011–2012
White Van Man	2011–2012	ITV Studios	BBC Three	Filmed in Manchester and Greater Manchester
In with the Flynns	2011–2012	BBC	BBC One	Produced and filmed at Teddington Studios but set in Manchester
Appropriate Adult	2011	ITV Studios	ITV	Filmed in Manchester[22]
Mount Pleasant	2011–present	Tiger Aspect Productions	Sky1	Filmed at The Sharp Project and set in Manchester
The Body Farm	2011	BBC	BBC One	Filmed in Manchester[23] and Macclesfield
Fresh Meat	2011–2016	Lime Pictures	Channel 4	Filmed at The Sharp Project[24] and also set in Manchester.[25]
Blackout	2012	Red Production Company	BBC
The Fuse	2012	Red Production Company	BBC One	Produced (by Red Production Company) and filmed in Manchester[26]
Skins	2013	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Although the series is set and filmed in Bristol, some scenes in the final series were filmed in Manchester
No Offence	2015	AbbottVision	Channel 4

Non-Fiction programmes produced or filmed in Manchester

Programme	Year	Genre	Production	Broadcaster	Notes
What the Papers Say	1956–2008	Newspaper	Granada Television	ITV (1956–83) Channel 4 (1983–89) BBC Two (1989-2008)	Produced at The Manchester Studios. Became the first programme made by an ITV company for the BBC (Continues as a Radio Broadcast on BBC Radio 4).
Criss Cross Quiz	1957–1967	Quiz show	Granada Television	ITV
Songs of Praise	1961–present	Religion	BBC Religion and Ethics (BBC Manchester)	BBC	Produced at New Broadcasting House at BBC Manchester
University Challenge	1962–1987 1994–	Quizshow	Granada Television	ITV BBC Two	Broadcast from Granada Studios
World in Action	1963–1998	Current affairs	Granada Television	ITV	Hard-hitting and controversial programme on current affairs. Often featured investigative journalism. Produced at Granada Studios
Up series Seven Up! Seven Plus 7 21 Up 28 Up 35 Up 42 Up 49 Up 56 Up 63 Up	1964–present 1964 1970 1977 1984 1991 1998 2005 2012 2019	Documentary, social experiment	Granada	ITV (1964–91) BBC One (1998) ITV (2005–19)	Longest running documentary series in the world, listed as one of the Greatest British documentaries in 2005 poll by Channel 4, listed as one of the great movies by critic Roger Ebert
Top of the Pops	1964–2006	Music show	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One	First three series (1964–67) filmed at disused church in Rusholme, Manchester before being considered a "hit", after which it moved to the BBC Television Centre
It's a Knockout	1966–1988 1990 1991–1994 1999–2001	Game show	BBC North (BBC Manchester) for 1972–1988 series	BBC ITV S4C Channel 5	Came to prominence under BBC Manchester's lead and Stuart Hall's presenting and in 1972. Viewing figures soon reached over 15 million compared to the lowly 100,000 the show got pre-1972
The Comedians	1971–1993	Comedy	Granada Television	ITV
A Question of Sport	1972–present	Sport quiz show	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One	Originally produced at New Broadcasting House, but transferred to The Manchester Studios in 2000 and split production between Manchester and BBC Television Centre. Transferred again to Dock10, MediaCityUK in late 2012.
Mastermind	1972–present	Quiz show	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One Discovery Channel BBC Two	Includes spin-offs such as Celebrity Mastermind, International Mastermind, Junior Mastermind and Sport Mastermind. Originally recorded on location at a different venue each week. The Discovery Channel version was recorded at New Broadcasting House and the revived BBC series was recorded at The Manchester Studios, before transferring to Dock10, MediaCityUK.
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club	1974–1977	Variety show	Granada Television	ITV
So It Goes	1976–1977	Music show	Granada Television	ITV
The Krypton Factor	1977–1995 2009–2010	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and recorded at the Granada Studios for both original and revived series in 2009. The final 2010 series was recorded at The London Studios.
Oxford Road Show	1981–1985	Music show	BBC	BBC One
Countdown	1982–present	Game show	Yorkshire Television/ITV Studios	Channel 4	Originally produced and recorded at The Leeds Studios, before transferring to Granada Studios in 2009[27] and transferring again to Dock10, MediaCityUK in 2012.
Connections	1985–1990	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed at Granada Studios[28]
Busman's Holiday	1985–1993	Game show	Granada Television	ITV
Open Air	1986–1990	Current affairs	BBC North	BBC One	Filmed at New Broadcasting House
Runway	1987–1993	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed at Granada Studios
Going for Gold	1987–1996	Game show	Reg Grundy Productions	BBC One	Recorded at New Broadcasting House before moving to the BBC's studios in Elstree.
The Hit Man and Her	1988–1992	Music show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television[29]
Cluedo	1990–1993	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television[30]
Stars in Their Eyes	1990–2006	Talent show	Granada Television	ITV	Recorded at Granada Studios
You've Been Framed	1990–present	Comedy	Granada Television/ITV Studios	ITV
The Mrs Merton Show	1994–1998	Comedy talk show	Granada Television	BBC One	Recorded at The Manchester Studios
The Heaven and Earth Show'	1998–2007	Religion/spirituality	BBC One	BBC Religion and Ethics (based at BBC Manchester)	Broadcast from both New Broadcasting House and later from Granada Studios
Tonight	1999–present	Current affairs	Granada Television/ITV Studios	ITV
Loose Women	1999–present	Talk show	Granada Television (from 1999–2002)	ITV	Originally broadcast from Granada Studios but moved to Anglia Television and later The London Studios.
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	2002–present	Reality game show	Formerly Granada TV co-production with LWT. Now ITV Studios.	ITV	Created by Granada and produced by its subsidiary LWT
Living with Michael Jackson	2003	Documentary	Granada Television	ITV	Documentary in which Martin Bashir interview American pop star Michael Jackson over a period of eight months. The UK airing had 15 million viewers, while 38 million watched the two-hour special on ABC.
Real Story	2003–2006	Current affairs	BBC North	BBC One	Produced at New Broadcasting House
Hell's Kitchen	2004–2009	Reality	Granada Television	ITV	Devised and produced by Granada Television[31]
Honey, We're Killing the Kids	2005	Documentary	BBC North	BBC Three
Come Dine With Me	2005–present	Cookery	LWT/Granada/ITV Studios	Channel 4
Dragons' Den	2005–present	Business	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC Two	Features Murrays Mills in Ancoats, Manchester for opening sequence. Dragons "lair" is in Dock10, MediaCityUK and the show is produced by BBC North in association with Sony Pictures Television.
The Jeremy Kyle Show	2005–2019	Talk show	ITV Granada/ITV Studios	ITV	Originally recorded at The Manchester Studios but now transferred to Dock10, MediaCityUK.
Soapstar Superstar	2006–2007	Reality	ITV Studios	ITV	Recorded at The Manchester Studios
Dancing on Ice	2006–present	Game show	ITV Granada/ITV Studios	ITV	Filmed at Elstree Studios
Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor...	2008	Comedy	Ovation Entertainment	Channel 4	Filmed at The Manchester Studios[32]
Headcases	2008	Comedy	Red Vision	ITV	Created by Manchester-based Red Vision
Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster	2009	Documentary	BBC	BBC Four	Produced by Bigger Pictures based on Princess Street
Divided	2009	Game show	Endemol	ITV	Filmed in Studio 8 at Granada Studios
Take Me Out	2010–present	Game show	Talkback Thames	ITV	First series filmed in Manchester at Granada Studios before moving to The Maidstone Studios.
John Bishop's Britain	2010–present	Comedy	Objective Productions North	BBC One	Filmed in Manchester at Granada Studios (series 1) and Dock10, MediaCityUK (series 2)[33]
The First Election Debate	2010	Political debate	ITV Studios	ITV	The first-ever televised debate between the leaders of the three major political parties ahead of the 2010 General Election. Broadcast Studio 12 at the Granada Studios. The debate gained over 10 million viewers.[34]
Blue Peter		Children show	BBC Children's	CBBC, BBC One	Filmed at Dock10, MediaCityUK from 2011
High Stakes		Gameshow	ITV Granada	ITV	Filmed in Studio 12 at the Granada Studios
Newsround		News	BBC Children's	CBBC, BBC One
Match of the Day		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One
Match of the Day 2		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One
Football Focus		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One
Final Score		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One
Inside Sport		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One
Grand Prix: The Killer Years	2011	Documentary	BBC	BBC Four	Produced by Bigger Pictures
BBC Breakfast		News	BBC	BBC One

Children's programming

Programme	Year	Genre	Production	Broadcaster	Notes
Sooty and Co.	1993-1998	Comedy	Granada Television	ITV
Clapperboard	1972–1982	Cinema	Granada Television	ITV
My Life as a Teenage Robot	2003–2007	Animation	Granada Television	ITV
Shang-a-Lang	1975	Music	Granada Television	ITV
Chorlton and the Wheelies	1976–1979	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films	ITV	Produced by Chorlton-based Cosgrove Hall Films, hence the name
Danger Mouse	1981–1992	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films/Thames Television	ITV
Count Duckula	1988–1993	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films/Thames Television	ITV
8:15 from Manchester	1990–91	Magazine	BBC	BBC	Broadcast from New Broadcasting House
Blue Peter	1961–present	Variety	BBC Children's	BBC	Broadcast from Dock10, MediaCityUK from September 2011
Roary the Racing Car	2007–2009	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films	Various including Channel 5 and Nick Jr.

Awards given to Manchester produced or filmed programmes

BAFTAs

Since the introduction of the best drama series at the BAFTAs in 1992, Mancunian produced or filmed drama has won the award on 9 occasions out of the 19 awarded (up to 2011) - more than any other city. Cracker (Granada Television) won twice in 1995 and 1996, The Cops (filmed in Manchester) won twice in 1999 and 2000, Clocking Off (Red Production Company, Manchester production company based at Granada) in 2001, Cold Feet (Granada Television) in 2002, Shameless (filmed in Manchester) in 2005 and The Street (Granada Television) in 2007 and 2008.

Peggy Ashcroft won a BAFTA TV award for best actress in 1985 in her performance in The Jewel In The Crown and later Helen Mirren won best actress three consecutive times, a record, for her performance in the Granada-produced Prime Suspect series.

See also

• List of films set in Manchester
• List of national radio programmes made in Manchester

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