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Peter Robinson was the creator of the immensely popular Inspector Alan Banks crime series, set in Yorkshire – the books sold almost 9m copies in 19 languages and spawned a successful television series (DCI Banks, 2010-16) starring Stephen Tompkinson as Banks.

Robinson, who has died aged 72 after a brief illness, first introduced Banks and the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale to the crime-reading world in 1987 with Gallows View. The gruff Yorkshire cop, complex as the best crime cops are expected to be, but with a belief in fairness and justice, was an immediate success, with Gallows View shortlisted for the best first novel award in Canada and for the UK Crimewriters’ Association’s John Creasey award.

Although he had not necessarily intended to write a series, Robinson went on to produce a Banks novel a year – as well as award-winning short stories. He was regularly nominated for and frequently won awards in Canada, the US, France, the UK and Sweden.

A native of Yorkshire, Robinson lived for most of his life in Toronto. He once said he started the Inspector Banks series because he was homesick in his early days in Canada.

He was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, to Clifford Robinson, a rent collector, and Miriam (nee Jarvis), a cleaner, and grew up in Armley, a working-class suburb of Leeds (also home to fellow writers Alan Bennett and Barbara Taylor Bradford). It is not too much of a stretch to assume that aspects of Inspector Banks’s adolescence in the 1960s, as described in Close to Home (2003), the 14th novel in the series, mirrored Robinson’s own.

He described in one interview how he spent the lively summer of 1965 “with his ear glued to his transistor radio and his eyes on the passing girls”. He went to Leeds University to study English literature. While there he wrote poetry and gave public readings around Yorkshire.

In 1974 he moved to Canada, to take an MA in English and creative writing at the University of Windsor, Ontario. One of his tutors was the prolific and highly esteemed American author Joyce Carol Oates, who taught him, among other things, to take his writing seriously.

He then moved to Toronto, to York University, to take a PhD in English. There he organised various poetry events and helped set up a small press with friends, whose publications included a volume of his own poems. He settled in the city after meeting his future wife, Sheila Halladay, a lawyer, there.

Although he continued to write poetry occasionally throughout his life (some of which he placed in one or two of his novels, attributed to various characters) he once explained that things he would previously have put in his poems he now put in his prose.

In each Banks novel Robinson explored the character of the policeman a little more, but always keeping him grounded in his sense of decency and justice. Robinson was teaching at different colleges from time to time during this period – including a year as writer in residence at his old university, Windsor.

In 1990 he published a stand-alone novel, Caedmon’s Song, a psychological thriller in which two young women in different parts of England find their paths crossing in an alarming way.

In 2000 he made a step-change with the 10th Banks novel, In a Dry Season, which had a more complex (and haunting) plot, set around secrets long hidden in a village flooded to create a reservoir and revealed when the reservoir dries up. Oddly, his fellow Yorkshireman Reginald Hill, creator of that bluff northern detective Andy Dalziel and his university-educated sidekick, Peter Pascoe, had the same idea of using a flooded village and dried-up reservoir in On Beulah Height, published around the same time.

Hill won the US Barry award for On Beulah Height in 1999 and Robinson the same award for In a Dry Season the year after. In addition it won the Anthony award in the US and the Martin Beck award in Sweden. In 2002 Robinson was awarded the Dagger in the Library by the UK Crime Writers’ Association for most popular author of that year, voted for by libraries.

He claimed it got harder as time went on to maintain the high standard he had established for himself in the series, but it was not noticeable in his output. Banks went on through divorce, further success in his career and no let-up in the complexity and sometimes brutality of the cases he investigated.

Robinson visited the UK regularly – he and Sheila had a cottage in Richmond, North Yorkshire – and he was a well-known and welcome presence at crime fiction festivals around the world.

In 2009 the University of Leeds awarded him an honorary doctorate. He and his wife later endowed the Peter Robinson scholarship at Leeds to help students from less advantaged backgrounds study English – preferably students with an interest in creative writing.

The first episodes of the Inspector Banks TV adaptation came along in 2010, with Tompkinson well received playing the title character. It ran for five series.

Robinson had completed another Banks novel before he died. Standing in the Shadows is due to be published next year.

Sheila survives him.

🔔 Peter Robinson, writer, born 17 March 1950; died 4 October 2022

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Man in court over Leeds delivery driver murder

Family handout/West Yorkshire Police Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, from Sheffield, died as he tried to stop a thief stealing his van A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a delivery driver killed in Leeds earlier this week. Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, was left fatally injured on Heights Drive in the Armley area of the city on Tuesday evening, after he had tried to stop a thief…

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Man Charged in Murder of Delivery Driver During Leeds Vanjacking Incident

Leeds: A man has been charged with murder following the death of a delivery driver in a vanjacking incident that occurred in Leeds.

The victim, 42-year-old Claudiu-Carol Kondor from Sheffield, was killed while attempting to prevent his van from being stolen during a delivery on Tuesday evening. The tragic event unfolded as Kondor confronted the thief, who ultimately ended his life.

Mark Ross, 32, of Conference Road in Armley, has been charged with murder and is scheduled to appear before Leeds magistrates later.

Additionally, a 24-year-old man who was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder remains in custody. A woman who was also arrested at the same time on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released under investigation, according to West Yorkshire Police.

The case continues to develop as authorities investigate the incident.

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阿倫·班尼特是一位英國劇作家、編劇、演員和作家。他出生在利茲，在牛津大學學習歷史，並在牛津滑稽劇團演出。後來，貝內特在大學任教，同時研究中世紀歷史。他與杜德利·穆爾、喬納森·米勒和彼得·庫克在1960年愛丁堡電影節諷刺電影作品中的合作使他瞬間成名。此後他放棄學業，轉而從事全職寫作。

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出生資訊： 1934 年 5 月 9 日（90歲），英國里兹Armley

電影：意外心房客、歷史系男生、瘋狂喬治王、 Allelujah、 An Englishman Abroad、 A Bed Among the Lentils， …

電視節目： Talking Heads、 The Abbey、 The Wind in the Willows、 Alice in Wonderland、 On the Margin， …

伴侶：魯伯特·湯瑪斯

父母：沃爾特·班尼特、莉莉恩·瑪莉·皮爾

艾倫·貝內特（英語：Alan Bennett，1934年5月9日—）是一位英國劇作家、編劇、演員和作家。他出生在利茲，在牛津大學學習歷史，並在牛津滑稽劇團演出。後來，貝內特在大學任教，同時研究中世紀歷史。他與杜德利·穆爾、喬納森·米勒和彼得·庫克在1960年愛丁堡電影節諷刺電影作品中的合作使他瞬間成名。此後他放棄學業，轉而從事全職寫作。他的第一部戲劇在《四十年來》在1968年上映。

貝內特的作品包括《瘋狂的喬治三世》及其電影改編、《頭部特寫》獨白系列、《歷史系男生》及其電影改編，以及流行的音頻有聲書籍，包括《愛麗絲漫遊奇境記》和《小熊維尼》。

早年生活

貝內特出生在利茲的阿姆利[1]。他的父親沃爾特是一名合作社屠夫，母親名叫莉莉安·瑪麗。他是家中的最小的兒子。貝內特上過基督教堂、阿姆利和英格蘭教會學校（和泰勒·布拉德福德同班），然後是利茲現代學校（現在是勞恩斯伍德學校）。

在申請牛津大學獎學金之前，他在語言學院聯合語言學院學習俄語。後來，他被牛津大學埃克塞特學院錄取，畢業後獲得了一流的歷史學位。在牛津的時候，他在《復仇女神》中與許多最終成功的演員一起表演喜劇。畢業後他在大學裡留教了幾年，研究和教授中世紀的歷史，後來才認爲自己不適合當一名學者。

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Alan Bennett

English playwright and actor (born 1934)

For other people named Alan Bennett, see Alan Bennett (disambiguation).

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. Over his entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for his film The Madness of King George (1994). In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.

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Bennett was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University, where he studied history and performed with the Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame and later a Special Tony Award. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play, Forty Years On, being produced in 1968. He also became known for writing dramatic monologues Talking Heads which ran in 1988, and 1999 on BBC1 earning a British Academy Television Award.

Bennett gained acclaim with his various plays at the Royal National Theatre. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Play for Single Spies in 1990. Next, he made his breakthrough with the play The Madness of George III in 1992. For this play, he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. The following year he staged a theatrical production of the BBC series Talking Heads in 1992. He continued receiving acclaim for his plays The Lady in the Van in 1999, The History Boys in 2004, and The Habit of Art in 2009. He won his second Tony Award for Best Play for The History Boys in 2005. The following plays were later adapted into films, The Madness of King George (1994), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, The History Boys (2005), and The Lady in the Van (2015).

Bennett is also known for a wide variety of audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh.

Early life

Bennett was born on 9 May 1934 in Armley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. The younger son of a Co-op butcher, Walter, and his wife, Lilian Mary (née Peel), Bennett attended Christ Church, Upper Armley, Church of England School (in the same class as Barbara Taylor Bradford), and then Leeds Modern School (now Lawnswood School). He has an older brother, Gordon, who is three years his senior.

Bennett learned Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his national service before applying for a scholarship at Oxford University. He was accepted by Exeter College, Oxford, and graduated with a first-class degree in history. While at Oxford he performed comedy with a number of eventually successful actors in the Oxford Revue. He remained at the university for several years, where he served as a junior lecturer of Medieval History at Magdalen College, before deciding, in 1960, that he was not suited to being an academic.

Career

Bennett (second left) in Beyond the Fringe on Broadway c. 1962

Early career

In August 1960, Bennett – along with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook – gained fame after an appearance at the Edinburgh Festival in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe, with the show continuing in London and New York. He also appeared in My Father Knew Lloyd George. His television comedy sketch series On the Margin (1966) was erased; the BBC re-used expensive videotape rather than keep it in the archives. However, in 2014 it was announced that audio copies of the entire series had been found.

Bennett's first stage play Forty Years On, directed by Patrick Garland, was produced in 1968. Many television, stage and radio plays followed, with screenplays, short stories, novellas, a large body of non-fictional prose, and broadcasting and many appearances as an actor.

Despite a long history with both the National Theatre and the BBC, Bennett never writes on commission, saying "I don't work on commission, I just do it on spec. If people don't want it then it's too bad."

Bennett's many works for television include his first play for the medium, A Day Out in 1972, A Little Outing in 1977, Intensive Care in 1982, An Englishman Abroad in 1983, and A Question of Attribution in 1991. But perhaps his most famous screen work is the 1988 Talking Heads series of monologues for television which were later performed at the Comedy Theatre in London in 1992. A second set of six Talking Heads followed a decade later.

1980s

Bennett wrote the play Enjoy in 1980. It barely scraped a run of seven weeks at the Vaudeville Theatre, in spite of the stellar cast of Joan Plowright, Colin Blakely, Susan Littler, Philip Sayer, Liz Smith (who replaced Joan Hickson during rehearsals) and, in his first West End role, Marc Sinden. It was directed by Ronald Eyre. A new production of Enjoy attracted very favourable notices during its 2008 UK tour and moved to the West End of London in January 2009. The West End show took over £1 million in advance ticket sales and even extended the run to cope with demand. The production starred Alison Steadman, David Troughton, Richard Glaves, Carol Macready and Josie Walker.

1990s

Bennett wrote The Lady in the Van based on his experiences with an eccentric woman called Miss Shepherd, who lived on Bennett's driveway in a series of dilapidated vans for more than fifteen years. It was first published in 1989 as an essay in the London Review of Books. In 1990 he published it in book form. In 1999 he adapted it into a stage play, which starred Maggie Smith and was directed by Nicholas Hytner. The stage play includes two characters named Alan Bennett. On 21 February 2009 it was broadcast as a radio play on BBC Radio 4, with Maggie Smith reprising her role and Alan Bennett playing himself. He adapted the story again for a 2015 film, with Maggie Smith reprising her role again, and Nicholas Hytner directing again. In the film Alex Jennings plays the two versions of Bennett, although Alan Bennett appears in a cameo at the very end of the film.

Bennett adapted his 1991 play The Madness of George III for the cinema. Entitled The Madness of King George (1994), the film received four Academy Award nominations: for Bennett's writing and the performances of Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren. It won the award for best art direction.

In 1995 he wrote and hosted the three-part BBC documentary series The Abbey, directed by Jonathan Stedall. The programme provides a personal tribute to, and tour of, Westminster Abbey.

21st century

A 2007 production of Bennett's The History Boys at The Doon School, India.

Bennett's critically acclaimed The History Boys won three Laurence Olivier Awards in 2005, for Best New Play, Best Actor (Richard Griffiths), and Best Direction (Nicholas Hytner), having previously won Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor and Best Play. Bennett also received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre. The History Boys won six Tony Awards on Broadway, including best play, best performance by a leading actor in a play (Richard Griffiths), best performance by a featured actress in a play (Frances de la Tour) and best direction of a play (Nicholas Hytner). A film version of The History Boys was released in the UK in October 2006. In his 2005 prose collection Untold Stories, Bennett wrote of the mental illness that his mother and other family members suffered.

At the National Theatre in late 2009 Nicholas Hytner directed Bennett's play The Habit of Art, about the relationship between the poet W. H. Auden and the composer Benjamin Britten.

Bennett's play People opened at the National Theatre in October 2012. In December that year, Cocktail Sticks, an autobiographical play by Bennett, premièred at the National Theatre as part of a double bill with the monologue Hymn. The production was directed by Bennett's long-term collaborator Nicholas Hytner. It was well-received, and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in the West End of London, being subsequently adapted for radio broadcast by BBC Radio 4.

In July 2018, Allelujah!, a comic drama by Bennett about a National Health Service hospital threatened with closure, opened at London's Bridge Theatre to critical acclaim.

Personal life

The headstone, in Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) cemetery, of Alan Bennett's Uncle Clarence, subject of a 1985 radio monologue

Bennett lived for 40 years on Gloucester Crescent in Camden Town in London and in 2006 moved a few minutes' walk away to Primrose Hill with his partner Rupert Thomas, the former editor of The World of Interiors magazine. Bennett also had a long-term relationship with his former housekeeper, Anne Davies, until her death in 2009.

Bennett is an agnostic. He was raised Anglican and gradually "left it [the church] over the years".

In 1988, Bennett declined the award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 1996 declined a knighthood.

In September 2005, Bennett revealed that, in 1997, he had undergone treatment for colorectal cancer, and described the illness as a "bore". His chances of survival were given as being "much less" than 50% and surgeons had told him they removed a "rock-bun" sized tumour. He began Untold Stories (published 2005) thinking it would be published posthumously, but his cancer went into remission.

In the autobiographical sketches which form a large part of the book Bennett wrote openly for the first time about his bisexuality. Previously Bennett had referred to questions about his sexuality as like asking a man who has just crawled across the Sahara desert to choose between Perrier or Malvern mineral water.

In October 2008, Bennett announced that he was donating his entire archive of working papers, unpublished manuscripts, diaries and books to the Bodleian Library, stating that it was a gesture of thanks repaying a debt he felt he owed to the British welfare state that had given him educational opportunities which his humble family background would otherwise never have afforded.

In September 2015, Bennett endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. The following month, after Corbyn's election victory, Bennett said: "I approve of him. If only because it brings Labour back to what they ought to be thinking about."

Following the death of Jonathan Miller in 2019, Bennett became the only surviving member of the original Beyond the Fringe quartet which had also included Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

Work

Main article: List of works by Alan Bennett

Selected credits

Film

A Private Function (screenplay), 1984

Prick Up Your Ears (screenplay), 1987

Little Dorrit, 1987

The Madness of King George (screenplay), 1995

The History Boys (screenplay), 2006

The Lady in the Van (screenplay), 2015

Theatre

The Madness of George III (writer), 1991

The Wind in the Willows (writer), 1991

Talking Heads (also writer), 1992

The Lady in the Van (writer), 1999

The History Boys (writer), 2004

The Habit of Art (writer), 2009

People (writer), 2012

Cocktail Sticks (writer), 2012

Allelujah! (writer), 2018

Bibliography

Beyond the Fringe (with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore). London: Souvenir Press, 1962, and New York: Random House, 1963

Forty Years On, London: Faber, 1969

Getting On, London: Faber, 1972

Habeas Corpus, London: Faber, 1973

The Old Country, London: Faber, 1978

Enjoy, London: Faber, 1980

Office Suite, London: Faber, 1981

Objects of Affection, London: BBC Publications, 1982

A Private Function, London: Faber, 1984

Forty Years On; Getting On; Habeas Corpus, London: Faber, 1985

The Writer in Disguise, London: Faber, 1985

Prick Up Your Ears: The Film Screenplay, London: Faber, 1987

Two Kafka Plays, London: Faber, 1987

Talking Heads, London: BBC Publications, 1988; New York: Summit, 1990

Single Spies, London: Faber, 1989

The Lady in the Van (essay in the London Review of Books), 1989

The Lady in the Van (book), 1990

Single Spies and Talking Heads, New York: Summit, 1990

Poetry in Motion, (with others). 1990

The Wind in the Willows, London: Faber, 1991

Forty Years on and Other Plays, London: Faber, 1991

The Madness of George III, London: Faber, 1992

Poetry in Motion 2 (with others) 1992

Writing Home (memoir & essays) London: Faber, 1994

The Madness of King George (screenplay), 1995

Father! Father! Burning Bright (prose version of 1982 TV script, Intensive Care), 1999

The Laying on of Hands (stories), 2000

The Clothes They Stood Up In (novella), 2001

Untold Stories (memoir & essays), London, 2005, ISBN 0-571-22830-5

The Uncommon Reader (novella), London, 2007

A Life Like Other People's (memoir), London, 2009

Smut: Two Unseemly Stories (stories), London, 2011

Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology, London: Faber, 2015

Keeping On Keeping On (memoir & essays), London, 2016

The Shielding of Mrs Forbes, London: Faber, 2019 (part of Faber Stories series)

Awards and honours

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett

Bennett was made an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, in 1987. He was also awarded a D.Litt by the University of Leeds in 1990 and an honorary doctorate from Kingston University in 1996. In 1998 he refused an honorary doctorate from Oxford University, in protest at its acceptance of funding for a chair from press baron Rupert Murdoch. He also declined a CBE in 1988 and a knighthood in 1996. He has stated that, although he is not a republican, he would never wish to be knighted, saying it would be a bit like having to wear a suit for the rest of his life.

In December 2011 Bennett returned to Lawnswood School, nearly 60 years after he left, to unveil the renamed Alan Bennett Library. He said he "loosely" based The History Boys on his experiences at the school and his admission to Oxford. Lawnswood School dedicated its library to the writer after he emerged as a vocal campaigner against public library cuts. Plans to shut local libraries were "wrong and very short-sighted", Bennett said, adding: "We're impoverishing young people."

In popular culture

In the film for television Not Only But Always, about the careers of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Bennett is portrayed by Alan Cox.

Along with the other members of Beyond the Fringe, Bennett is portrayed in the play Pete and Dud: Come Again, by Chris Bartlett and Nick Awde.

Bennett voices himself in the episode "Brian's Play" of the animated series Family Guy.

Bennett was portrayed by Harry Enfield as Stalin, in an episode of "Talking Heads of State", in BBC Two's 2014 satirical Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos.

Bennett is portrayed by Reece Dinsdale in a 2014 production of Untold Stories at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Bennett is portrayed by British actor Alex Jennings in the 2015 comedy-drama film The Lady in the Van. He appears as himself briefly at the end of the film.

In the season 2 episode "Mystery Man" of the Netflix show The Crown, Bennett is portrayed by British actor Seb Carrington.

In Stewart Lee's 2022 comedy special "Tornado", Bennett appears as himself at the very end. In the appearance, Bennett states that Erving Goffman would have enjoyed the special. This refers to a review of Lee's comedy that Bennett wrote for The London Review of Books in 2017 and acts as a callback to a previous joke in the special.

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UNREAL! Magnet Fishing Bonanza at Armley Mills: Laptop, Bike, and MORE!

Welcome to Magnets Away! Our magnet fishing escapade at the Leeds Industrial Museum in Armley, West Yorkshire, was a total game-changer! We found all sorts of interesting objects, including a laptop, a bike, a kid's scooter, a knife, and even a car wheel. We're redefining treasure hunting, one magnetic pull at a time.

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I used to have nightmares about armley industrial museum as a kid like they really told a bunch of six year olds that a kid died after he had his leg torn off in a carding machine and that girls with long hair were constantly getting scalped in the looms or whatever . tf

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Open 8 September 2023 - January 2024, at Leeds Industrial Museum.

Any work that wanted doing is an exhibition that brings disabled people’s voices from the past and present together, highlighting their contributions to heritage and contemporary culture. Artworks created in response to the hidden histories of disabled mill workers will be displayed amongst Leeds Industrial Museum’s collection of textile machinery.

From the eighteenth century onwards, the industrialisation of the textile industry led to large numbers of workers becoming disabled due to dangerous factory conditions. Many of these people did not leave the workforce, and instead joined other disabled people who were already doing useful, skilful work in the textile mills. Yet the lives of disabled people have largely been omitted from history unless they are portrayed as tragic victims dependent on the goodwill of others, or as scroungers and benefit cheats. This isn’t the whole story.

Disabled people have played their part in the textile industry and in their communities, from ordinary working people, to those who added their voices to campaigns for factory reform. This exhibition’s title is taken from the 1833 testimony of one of those workers who spoke up against harsh working conditions.

The artists in this exhibition are taking this legacy forward. By making art for Armley Mills, once the largest woollen mill in the world, they are reclaiming the space for conversations about disability and disabled people’s lives. They make connections between the past and the situation of disabled people today informed by their own experiences and those of other disabled people.

Any work that wanted doing is curated by Gill Crawshaw, working in partnership with Leeds Museums and Galleries, and supported by Leeds 2023, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Notable Movies and TV Shows That Were Filmed in Leeds

Leeds, a vibrant city in West Yorkshire, has been a popular location for filmmakers and video production companies, including Shot Blast Media ! Over the years, several movies have been filmed in Leeds, showcasing its diverse landscapes and unique architecture. The city’s rich history and modern infrastructure make it an ideal backdrop for various genres of films. From period dramas to contemporary thrillers, Leeds offers a versatile range of locations that can bring any story to life on the silver screen. One notable film shot in Leeds is The Damned United (2009), which tells the largely fictional story of legendary football manager Brian Clough’s ill-fated, 44-day reign, as the coach of Leeds United. The movie captures the essence of Leeds during the 1970s and features iconic landmarks such as Elland Road Stadium, home to Leeds United Football Club. This 2009 film was adapted from the 2006 bestselling novel “The Damned Utd”. The film used the real Elland Road football stadium for the scene where Brain Clough has a talk with the team in the tunnel facing the pitch. Other locations used in Leeds include; Headingley Stadium, the former Cookridge Hospital site and a linen hire firm in Armley. Interestingly, the film has been criticised by the Clough family as they claim it was not a true story of events. Another film that utilised Leeds as its filming location is Brassed Off (1996), a heartwarming comedy-drama set against the backdrop of a colliery brass band. This movie showcases various areas of Leeds, including its industrial heritage and charming suburban neighbourhoods. Emmerdale is one of Leeds’ greatest TV exports. The long-running soap (1972-present) is set in the fictional Yorkshire village of Emmerdale and is filmed between the ITV Studios in Kirkstall Road and a purpose-built set in Harewood. Some filming also takes place in Leeds and Otley. Filming for the hit BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders (2013-present) has taken place at several Leeds locations, including Leeds Town Hall, City Varieties and Studio 81 on Kirkstall Road. Have you recognised any Leeds locations whilst watching Peaky Blinders ? Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; Bank of Dave (2023) tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank. Bank of Dave was filmed at Park Square, Duck and Drake, Bond Court, Wellington Street, and many more Leeds locations! A feel-good drama following the story of car dealer Dave Fishwick, Bank of Dave has been a runaway hit since debuting this year. Another film that showcases Leeds is Four Lions (2010), a dark comedy that explores the lives of four aspiring terrorists. The film was shot in a variety of locations across Leeds, including Hyde Park and Headingley Stadium. Four Lions offers an unconventional perspective on the city’s urban landscape. Have you seen this film? The History Boys (2006), based on Alan Bennett’s play of the same name, features scenes filmed at Leeds Grammar School. The movie tells the story of a group of students preparing for their university entrance exams and highlights some of Leeds’ historic educational institutions. In recent years, there has been an increase in film productions choosing Leeds as their filming destination. The city’s vibrant cultural scene and picturesque surroundings have attracted filmmakers looking for unique settings to tell their stories. From small independent productions to big-budget blockbusters, the allure of filming in Leeds continues to grow. Its combination of urban landscapes, scenic countryside, and historical architecture provide filmmakers with endless possibilities for creating visually captivating movies. Overall, with its diverse range of locations and supportive infrastructure for video production companies, it’s no wonder that many filmmakers choose Leeds as their preferred destination for capturing captivating stories on film. Do you know of any other movies or TV shows filmed in Leeds? Let us know! +44 (0)113 288 3245 | [email protected] Watch some of Shot Blast Media’s short films : The Front Line Alchemy ‘The Front Line’ Behind The Scenes The Evil Twin Returns Groundhog Day Parody Shot Blast Media is an award-winning video production and animation company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Find out more about our services here . Your Industrial Story Starts Here Press the button. Make the call. Transform your media. +44 (0)113 288 3245 [email protected] Contact Us

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