List of locations of British situation comedies

List of locations of British situation comedies

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page.
Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion.

Steps to list an article for deletion: 1. {{subst:afd}} 2. {{subst:afd2|pg=List of locations of British situation comedies|cat=|text=}} ~~~~ (categories) 3. {{subst:afd3|pg=List of locations of British situation comedies}} (add to top of list) 4. Please consider notifying the author(s) by placing {{subst:adw|List of locations of British situation comedies}} ~~~~ on their talk page(s).

The following is a list of locations of British situation comedies.

[edit] 1 Real locations

In some cases, the filming of the programme takes place in a different location than actually stated in the script.

* Birds of a Feather – Chigwell, Essex.
* Black Books – Bloomsbury, London.
* Citizen Smith – Tooting, London.
* Desmonds – Peckham, London.
* Fawlty Towers – Torquay, Devon.
* The Good Life – Surbiton (though filming was studio-based and the house was in Northwood, Middlesex [1]).
* The Goodies - Cricklewood, London.
* Keeping Up Appearances – Binley Woods, Coventry.
* May to December – Pinner, Middlesex.
* The New Statesman - Westminster, London.
* Only Fools and Horses - Peckham, London.
* Phoenix Nights – Bolton, Lancashire.
* Red Dwarf – Outer Space.
* Rentaghost – South Ealing, London.
* Terry and June – Purley, London.
* Up Pompeii! – Pompeii, Italy.
* Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister - Downing Street, Westminster, London

[edit] 2 Fictional locations

Some locations are fictional roads or towns but in real cities or counties.

* 'Allo 'Allo! – Nouvion, France.
* Bless This House - Birch Avenue, Putney, London.
* Dad's Army - Walmington-on-Sea
* Drop the Dead Donkey - Globe Link News, London.
* The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - Climthorpe, London suburb (the train station scenes were filmed in Norbiton).
* Father Ted – Craggy Island, off the West coast of Eire.
* Green Wing - East Hampton Hospital Trust, London.
* Hancock – Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, London.
* The IT Crowd - Reynholm Industries, London.
* The League of Gentlemen - Royston Vasey, Northern England (Filmed in Hatfield, Derbyshire).
* The Office - Wernham-Hogg Paper Merchants, Slough
* Porridge – Slade Prison, Cumbria.
* Spaced – Meteor Street, Islington, London.
* Steptoe and Son – Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London.
* Sykes – Sebastopol Terrace, Acton, London.
* To The Manor Born – Marlbury, Somerset.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_locations_of_British_situation_comedies"

This page was last modified 16:48:32, 2007-10-14. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.)
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity.

Edit this page | Watch this page | Discuss this page | Page history | What links here | Related changes
| Move this page

Main Page | About Wikipedia |
Find:

This page was last modified 16:48:32, 2007-10-14. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.)
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity