The Wirral is fast becoming an up and coming area for film and T.V set locations. Found below is a list of advertisements, films and T.V shows which have been filmed around the Wirral Peninsular.
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ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH FEATURED THE WIRRAL
Vauxhall Cars - Quick
clip of West Kirby seafront – Aired in
2011.
Walker's Sunbites – Featured X
Factor winner Rebecca Ferguson and was shot in Wallasey. Aired in 2011.
Cathedral City Cheese
- Quick clip of New Brighton - Aired in 2012.
John Lewis Department Store - The John Lewis Christmas ad for 2014 displays a number 45 bus with the destinations Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. This is down to it's director Doug Wilson who was born in Heswall. - Aired between October & December 2014.
John Lewis Department Store - The John Lewis Christmas ad for 2014 displays a number 45 bus with the destinations Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. This is down to it's director Doug Wilson who was born in Heswall. - Aired between October & December 2014.
FILMS WHICH FEATURED THE WIRRAL
The Magnet - 1950 – An Ealing
Comedy starring James Fox. Partly filmed in Birkenhead and New Brighton.
Chariots of Fire - 1981
– Feel good film starring Nigel Havers about two British runners competing in
the 1924 Paris Olympics. Partly filmed in Birkenhead and Bebington.
Let Him Have It - 1991
– The true story starring Christopher Eccelstone about the controversial hanging of Derek Bentley. Filmed partly in New Brighton, where it doubled as
Croyden.
51st State - 2001 – Crime
thriller starring Samuel.L.Jackson and partly filmed around Birkenhead Docks.
Away Days - 2009 – Period
film starring Stephen Graham about a group of teenage football hooligans who
lived on the Wirral during the time of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 2010–
Small clips of the Queensway Tunnel.
Blood - 2012 – Thriller
starring Paul Bethany and Stephen Graham
- Partly filmed in several Wirral locations including Hilbre Island,
West Kirby and Seacombe.
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit - 2014
– Small clips of the Queensway Tunnel.
Breaking Free - 2014 - Filmed in and around Birkenhead.
T.V SERIES WHICH VISITED THE WIRRAL
Antiques Road Show – This popular iconic BBC series visited
Port Sunlight in 2012
Antiques Road Trip – Visited
Hoylake and Wallasey in 2011 and again in 2013.
Cilla - This three part ITV drama about Liverpudlian entertainer Cilla Black visited New Brighton seafront and Wallasey Town Hall in 2014.
Cilla - This three part ITV drama about Liverpudlian entertainer Cilla Black visited New Brighton seafront and Wallasey Town Hall in 2014.
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces
– Architect George Clarke featured an art studio located on Caldy Beach in 2013.
Great Railway Journeys
– Train enthusiast Michael Portillo visited Port Sunlight and Birkenhead in 2014.
Hollyoaks - This popular teen soap has used various
Wirral locations throughout it's long history.
Location, Location, Location
– Popular estate agents Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsop featured a couple from the Wirral on episode 2 of Series 11.
Peaky Blinders - This 1920's gangster series filmed part of it's first episode of series two at Port Sunlight in 2014.
Peaky Blinders - This 1920's gangster series filmed part of it's first episode of series two at Port Sunlight in 2014.
TELEVISED SPORTING EVENTS HELD ON THE WIRRAL
British Open Golf Championship
– Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake -
2006 & 2014
T.V ONE OFFS BASED ON THE WIRRAL
When Michael Portillo Became A Single Mum
- Current affairs programe aired in 2003.
Mary Queen of Shops - Featured
an ailing Hoylake greengrocer in 2010.
What's The Right Diet For You? - A BBC Horizon special aired during January, 2015.
Who Do You Think You Are? - Featured celebrity chef Paul Hollywood driving through New Brighton and was aired in August 2015.
Channel 4 idents, small films shown between ad breaks and the start of programes, which feature a metal block giant running alongside several wheelchair racers along New Brighton promenade. These idents can be seen on Channel 4 at various times throughout the day.
What's The Right Diet For You? - A BBC Horizon special aired during January, 2015.
Who Do You Think You Are? - Featured celebrity chef Paul Hollywood driving through New Brighton and was aired in August 2015.
Channel 4 idents, small films shown between ad breaks and the start of programes, which feature a metal block giant running alongside several wheelchair racers along New Brighton promenade. These idents can be seen on Channel 4 at various times throughout the day.
WHOLE T.V SERIES BASED ON THE WIRRAL
Watching - Situation
comedy about a bird watcher from Meols – Televised between 1987 and 1993
Mike Bassett Manager - Comedy
series about the manager of the spoof Wirral County F.C aired in 2005.
Candy Cabs - Comedy
drama about an all female taxi company aired in 2011.
Puppy Love - Romantic
comedy series filmed in West Kirby, Heswall and Meols in 2014.
WIRRAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE FEATURED ON T.V
Come Dine With Me – Featured
a lady from West Kirby in 2009.
Master Chef – Wirral chef
Claire Lara won the series in 2010.
Lapland – Featured
a Wirral family visiting Lapland at Christmas - 2011.
Gogglebox - Featured
a Wirral family in 2014.
There have also been several Wirral people who have
competed in the long running, popular, BBC quizzes Pointless and Egg
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| 2010 Master Chef Winner Claire Lara |
