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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25. Harry Hill Movie
Harry Hill and Julie Walters filming 'The Harry Hill Movie' on Blackpool Beach in 2013 Photo: Martin Bostock
26. HIM
This was the filming of a three part supernatural ITV drama Him outside the Grand Theatre in 2016 Photo: submit
27. Cobra
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