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…
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19. Roy Cropper's car
Coronation Street's Roy Cropper filming in his famous Morris Minor Traveller on the promenade Photo: n/a
20. Eaten By Lions
Eaten By Lions was filmed in Blackpool in 2018. Half-brothers Omar and Pete were played by Antonio Aakeel and Jack Carroll and are pictured on Blackpool Pier. The storyline was about trying to find Omar's estranged father in Blackpool Photo: Submit
21. Christmas Lights
Robson Green filming TV drama Christmas Lights at Weeton Army Barracks. It was one of the biggest TV hits of 2004 Photo: Martin Bostock
22. Phantom Theatre
Kals Kats on stage at Blackpool Tower Ballroom, 2018, in a scene from Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day-Lewis Photo: National World
24. Frost
David Jason filming an episode of Frost on North Pier Blackpool in 2000 Photo: submit