27 movies and shows you may not realise were filmed in Blackpool
By Claire Lark
Published 25th Jan 2023, 12:48 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2023, 14:04 BST
From the Illuminations to the famous Tower, the beaches and piers, our town has drawn more than just tourists over the years.
The bright lights of Blackpool has also attracted movie story writers who have used the Hollywood of the north to set their blockbusting tales. And TV dramas too, so many of them going right back to the 1990s where some of our best-loved actors have descended on Blackpool to do what they do best. You’ll definitely remember some of them but others might be a surprise…
Sky UK brought their production team to the Fylde to film an explosive episode of Cobra, starring Robert Carlyle and Victoria Hamilton (pictured). Fleetwood seafront became a fictional Kent coastline for the episode which saw a sunken World War II ammunition ship devastate the area Photo: Sky UK