"Playing the Field Playing the Field is a BBC television drama series following the lives of the Castlefield Blues, a fictitious female football team from South Yorkshire. Inspired by Pete Davies’s novel ""I Lost My Heart To The Belles"" — which was written about a real-life club, the Doncaster Belles — ""Playing the Field"" ran for five series, from 1998–2002, with scripts by, amongst others, Kay Mellor, Sally Wainwright and Gaynor Faye. Despite being set in South Yorkshire, much of the location filming took place in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, although the fifth (and final) series was filmed around Leeds; whilst the"
"not received a VHS release, nor has it been released on DVD. Playing the Field Playing the Field is a BBC television drama series following the lives of the Castlefield Blues, a fictitious female football team from South Yorkshire. Inspired by Pete Davies’s novel ""I Lost My Heart To The Belles"" — which was written about a real-life club, the Doncaster Belles — ""Playing the Field"" ran for five series, from 1998–2002, with scripts by, amongst others, Kay Mellor, Sally Wainwright and Gaynor Faye. Despite being set in South Yorkshire, much of the location filming took place in Ilkeston, Derbyshire,"
"Russell Osman, Robin Turner, Laurie Sivell, and Kevin O'Callaghan. Other Ipswich Town players stood in for actors in the football scenes—Kevin Beattie for Michael Caine, and Paul Cooper for Sylvester Stallone. A ladies team affiliated with the club, Ipswich Town L.F.C., currently compete in the FA Women's Premier League South East Division 1, the fourth tier of Women's football in the country. They play their home games at The Goldstar Ground, home of Felixstowe & Walton United. Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football"
"Alison Newman Alison Newman (born 25 January 1968) is a British actress, best known for her role in the hit ITV1 television series ""Footballers' Wives"" as Hazel Bailey, and as DI Samantha Keeble in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Alison Newman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) to David and Jenny Newman. She has one sister called Sarah. Both her parents were school teachers who encouraged her to take up acting as a hobby, but discouraged her from attending stage school when she was younger, a decision she subsequently agreed was probably sensible. Instead she joined the National Youth"
"Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Wirksworth, Derbyshire was used to film the second series, entitled 'Five Days II', and starring Suranne Jones, Anne Reid, Bernard Hill, Matthew McNulty, Ashley Walters, David Morrissey, Chris Fountain, Nina Sosanya and Derek Riddell amongst others. The station at Wirksworth was turned into the fictional station of Castlebury in Yorkshire. Many locations within West Yorkshire and some in North Yorkshire were used for filming: Many scenes were filmed at Wakefield Kirkgate railway station with the main road approaching the station being closed for a period of time whilst a chase was filmed. A now demolished signal"
"artwork. Acorn also released a ""Complete Collection"" box set featuring all five series, and both series of ""Footballers' Wives Extra Time"". Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives (stylised as footballers wive$) is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, but from the third series onward it revolves around a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner (Zöe Lucker), Amber Gates (Laila Rouass), and Conrad Gates (Ben Price)."
"ITV for a 20th series, consisting of six episodes, with Annette Badland as new pathologist Dr Fleur Perkins. Midsomer is an English fictional county. The county town is Causton, a middle-sized town where Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby lives with his wife, and where the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is located. Much of the popularity of the series arises from the incongruity of sudden violence in a picturesque and peaceful rural setting. Individual episodes focus on institutions, rituals, and customs popularly seen as characteristic of rural English counties. Various clues in several episodes hint that Midsomer might actually cover the areas"
"The Real Housewives of Cheshire The Real Housewives of Cheshire (abbreviated RHOCheshire) is a British reality television series broadcast on ITVBe. The show premiered on 12 January 2015 and is based on ""The Real Housewives"" franchise. It is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal International Networks, and Monkey Kingdom, an NBC Universal owned British production company. ""The Real Housewives of Cheshire"" chronicles the lives of several affluent housewives who reside in Cheshire, England. The series originally focused on Ampika Pickston, Dawn Ward, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown, Magali Gorré and Tanya Bardsley. Of the original housewives, Gorré left after the second series,"
"Alison is married to Hugh Williams, a graphic designer. They live in Hackney, East London. Alison Newman Alison Newman (born 25 January 1968) is a British actress, best known for her role in the hit ITV1 television series ""Footballers' Wives"" as Hazel Bailey, and as DI Samantha Keeble in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Alison Newman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) to David and Jenny Newman. She has one sister called Sarah. Both her parents were school teachers who encouraged her to take up acting as a hobby, but discouraged her from attending stage school when she was"
"Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives (stylised as footballers wive$) is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, but from the third series onward it revolves around a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner (Zöe Lucker), Amber Gates (Laila Rouass), and Conrad Gates (Ben Price). The show is centred on the fictional Earls Park Football Club (nicknamed ""Sparks""). The series, based on the book, ""Footballers' Wives"
"Girls in Love (TV series) Girls in Love is a British teen drama television series produced by Granada Television which aired on CITV. It is based on the novel of the same name, both created by English author Jacqueline Wilson. The show ran for two series from 1 April 2003 to 20 May 2005. It was filmed in Manchester. Three teenage girls—Ellie (Hallinan), Magda (Abrahams) and Nadine (Kwolek)—are best friends that go through the somewhat weird and wonderful world of boys together. The show is narrated by Ellie, and usually portrays her life events in her sketchbook, which blends the"
"has also taken place at Ashdown WW2 Camp, Evesham, Worcestershire where the TV series the ""Land Girls"" was also filmed. Laid out as a WW2 camp, Ashdown Camp is made up of 11 nissen huts, air raid shelters, and outbuildings. Also used were the 1930s portion of Shire Hall, Warwick, headquarters of Warwickshire County Council, Bloxham School in Oxfordshire and Worcester Guildhall. The former hospital at Moreton-in-Marsh was used for the new police station and for Father Brown’s kitchen, study and presbytery. Series four filming commenced at Gloucester Cathedral in June 2015. The first episode of the fifth series also"
"rollercoaster of emotions including love, hurt, hate, betrayal, good and poor fortune but are bound together by a shared humanity and group experiences. The Real Housewives of Cheshire (series 1) The first season of ""The Real Housewives of Cheshire"", a British reality television series, was broadcast on ITVBe. It aired from 12 January 2015 until 16 March 2015, and was primarily filmed in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. Its executive producers are Daran Little, Sean Murphy, Sarah Dillistone and David Granger. ""The Real Housewives of Cheshire"" focuses on the lives of Ampika Pickston, Dawn Ward, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown, Magali"
"was filmed during August 2010. It was announced on 22 January 2011 that the show would not be returning for a fifth series. The final series concluded on 13 February 2011. The series is set in the small Oxfordshire hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town of Candleford towards the end of the 19th century. The series chronicles the daily lives of farm workers, craftsmen, and gentry, observing the characters in loving, boisterous, and competing communities of families, rivals, friends, and neighbours. The story is seen through the eyes of a teenage girl, Laura Timmins (Olivia Hallinan),"
"and Ben Rhydding. The town was also one of the locations used for the 2003 British comedy film ""Calendar Girls"". The BBC programme Psychoville is set, in part, in Ilkley. The ""Ilkley Gazette"" is the town's weekly newspaper. A complementary medicine festival has been held in Ilkley since 1988 and is currently held twice a year, attracting 2,000 visitors. Since 1969 Ilkley has been twinned with Coutances in France. A free school was first established in Ilkley by a Mr Marshall who in 1608 bequeathed £100 for its endowment. Current schools include four primary schools, All Saints' C of E"
"Where the Heart Is (UK TV series) Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone and focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town. The original leads were Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris, who played sisters-in-law and colleagues at the Skelthwaite Health Centre. Both actresses had left the series by 2000, but the format of at least two female leads continued with various actresses until the show's end. A"
"Eventually, in 1973, the two went to live in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but Elsie returned alone in 1976 as she and Alan had separated and later got divorced. Elsie was also involved with bookie Dave Smith (Reginald Marsh) in the early 1970s, owner of local football team Weatherfield County FC. After her third failed marriage, Elsie surrounded herself with youngsters and acted as mother figure to Suzie Birchall (Cheryl Murray) and Gail Potter (Helen Worth), who lodged with her during the late 1970s. Elsie saw a lot of herself in young Suzie, who was somewhat gregarious and enjoyed the company of men,"
"moved from Congerstone in 1919, when the family sold the Gopsall Estate. The Cottage Bookshop in Penn was one of the locations for ""A Tale of Two Hamlets"", an episode of the ITV television programme, ""Midsomer Murders"". In addition, it was used to film an episode called """" in the children's television show ChuckleVision. The three-acre set for ""Nanny McPhee"" was also constructed there. Penn has a non-League football club, Penn & Tylers Green F.C., which plays at Elm Road. The novelist Elizabeth Taylor died in Penn in 1975. Medical pioneers Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson and Dr Flora Murray and"
"takes place annually in October showcasing a selection of new feature and short films by filmmakers from around the world. The town's link with football had begun with the amateur club Colchester Town, formed in 1867 and dissolved in 1937. They were succeeded by professional club Colchester United, who compete in Football League Two (as at Season 2016-17) and play home games at Colchester Community Stadium. Founded in 1937, the club entered the Football League in 1950. Colchester United Ladies play in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division. Other sports teams based in the town include Colchester School of"
"have been repeated over the years, most recently on ITV Encore in 2015, shortly after the broadcast of the new BBC adaptation ""Mapp and Lucia"" and the death of Geraldine McEwan. Filming took place in Rye and Winchelsea as well as Kent – Chilham features in episodes 1, 2 and 10, doubling as Risholme and Hever Castle features as the residence of Poppy, Duchess of Sheffield. Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series) Mapp and Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling-on-Sea and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson. It"
"Dream Team (TV series) Dream Team was a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky One from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club. The club is based in the fictional town of Harchester (which is said to be close to Tamworth) in the West Midlands. The show began in 1997 and centered on the Harchester United youth team. The next series, series 2 transmitted in 1998 concluding in 1999 focused on the first team for the first time and on Ian Coates, the manager, Jerry"
"consistently successful dramas during its eight series run. In 2000, following the success of ""Bad Girls"", Shed won a major new commission for primetime ITV, ""Footballers' Wives"". During the five series it was on air, ""Footballers’ Wives"" became probably the most talked-about UK drama of recent times and spawned the popular ITV2 spin-off """", and factual entertainment series ""Footballers' Wives TV"" which aired on ITV2 in 2005. 2005 also saw Shed’s first foray into the realms of children’s television when seven-part drama ""The Fugitives"" was commissioned by CITV. Starring Maureen Lipman, Jack Ellis and Melanie Hill, the show centred on"
"Mary Of Bethlehem hospital, the Windermere B&B, and the local Job Centre. Royston Vasey Royston Vasey is a fictional town in the BBC television comedy series ""The League of Gentlemen"". It was filmed in Hadfield, Derbyshire in England and is based on Alston, Cumbria. The preceding radio series ""On the Town with the League of Gentlemen"" was set in the equally fictional and almost identical town of Spent. Royston Vasey draws on the upbringing of all the League's members - Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson - all of whom were raised in the north of England."
"has since been recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, Kent, as it offered increased space and capacity for audience members. In 2012, the show introduced a spin-off show entitled ""Take Me Out: The Gossip"", which aired on ITV2 and was co-hosted by Zoe Hardman and Mark Wright in 2012 and 2013. It did not air in 2014, but returned in 2015 with Wright joined by new co-host Laura Jackson. The objective of the show is for a single man to obtain a date with one of thirty single women. The women stand on stage underneath thirty white lights, each"
"Second City Firsts Second City Firsts is a BBC drama anthology series of single plays, all lasting thirty minutes. Recorded at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham, or sometimes filmed on location, the series was broadcast between 1973 and 1978. The series title referred both to Pebble Mill's location in England's so-called Second City, and the fact that the series commissioned an unprecedented amount of first-time writers. The 1974 episode ""Girl"", about a homosexual relationship between two officers in the Women's Royal Army Corps, featured the first lesbian (and same-sex) kiss on British television, between Alison Steadman (as Jackie) and Myra"
"in the ITV1 programme ""Essex Wives"", a documentary series about the lives of some of the nouveau riche who have resided in the Essex satellite towns of London since the 1980s. The series propelled Jodie Marsh, one of its featured characters to fame. Journalists' use of the term ""golden triangle"" to describe the towns of Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell for their propensity to attract wealthy footballers, soap-opera actors and TV celebrities as residents derives from this. The town has been used as a backdrop in other television series, notably ""The Only Way is Essex"", and two shops in the"
"works, including ""The Hammer of God"", ""The Wrong Shape"", and ""The Eye of Apollo"". Filming takes place in the Gloucestershire village of Blockley using the church of Saints Peter and Paul (Church of England) as the St Mary Roman Catholic church of the series and the vicarage transformed into presbytery for Father Brown's residence. Other villages used are Winchcombe, Upper Slaughter, Kemerton and Guiting Power. Filming also took place at Winchcombe railway station and Toddington railway station on the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. Sudeley Castle was the main location for ""The Eye of Apollo"". Princethorpe College, once a Catholic convent,"
"for filming, a notable example of Brutalist architecture. Other places which play a role in ""The Game"" include Birmingham Moor Street railway station, Warstone Lane Cemetery, Cannon Hill Park, the Old Rep, Grand Hotel, Moseley Road Baths, Methodist Central Hall, Merevale Hall, Lickey Hills, the canals in Smethwick, Newhall Street, and the Birmingham old Central Fire Station. The interior railway scenes were shot on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire. The series consists of six episodes, with each episode lasting for sixty minutes. The executive producers for the series were Faith Penhale, head of drama at BBC Cymru Wales; Hilary"
"skirt to form the local rock formation The Skirtful of Stones. In July 2006 a major fire on the moor left between a quarter and half of it destroyed. The BBC Television series ""Gunpowder"" (2017) used Ilkley Moor as a location. Located on the Woodhouse Crag, on the Northern edge of Ilkley Moor there is a swastika-shaped pattern engraved in a stone, known as the Swastika Stone, also referred to as a Fylfot. The image at the bottom-right of the picture is a 20th-century replica; the original carving can be seen at the bottom-left. This stone is just one of"
"(replaced by ""thou shalt not listen to the Beastie Boys"" and ""thou shalt not support Arsenal""). A description of the cover (which Ron attempts to pass off as a depiction of Mary Magdalene, but is actually a reproduction or re-creation of the famous Tennis Girl poster) was deleted completely. To make up the lost time the preceding article was lengthened with a few extra lines. The show transferred to TV as ""KYTV"", which produced 20 episodes (a pilot, three series and one Children in Need special) between 1989 and 1993. The TV show was written and produced by largely the"
"the rich communities of Cheshire and Greater Manchester. ITV had planned to profile the glamorous denizens of London's Knightsbridge in the series, but ITV bosses said ""their homes weren’t quite big enough.."", and so Cheshire was chosen. After the success of the first series, with the premiere becoming ITVBe's second highest rating ever programme behind The Only Way is Essex, on 27 April 2015 it was announced that a second series had been commissioned, with filming to begin in May 2015. The second series aired from 7 September 2015 to 9 November 2015, with the cast from the first series"
"episode became available on iPlayer on 23 September and was broadcast on BBC Three on 30 September, with the rest of the series following that trend. BBC Three announced in March 2014 that the show had been recommissioned for a third and final series, which aired in November and December 2014. ""Some Girls"" focuses on four 16-year-old schoolgirls – their lives, loves, and mundane teenager preoccupations, including: school, boyfriends, careers and sex. They live within the same housing estate in South London, and attend the same local school, where they all play for the demoralised football team. The chief protagonist,"
"changes to the plot and characters) for the BBC, filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with mainly local actors. The five-part series was titled ""Nick Nickleby"". In this version, the title character is played by Andrew Simpson, with Linda Bassett as Mrs Smike, Adrian Dunbar as Ralph Nickleby, Jonathan Harden as Newman Noggs (also narrating the series), Bronagh Gallagher as Mrs Nickleby and Jayne Wisener (Kat Nickleby) also starring. It was aired on BBC One from 5–9 November at 2:15pm. Each episode was 45 minutes long and produced by Kindle Entertainment Ltd and distributed by Indigo Film and Television. ""Nicholas Nickleby"""