Film & TV
Think Salford looks familiar? Have a feeling you’ve seen it before? It’s quite likely that you have. The city has been the backdrop for a number of popular feature films and has recently seen a resurgence in filming activity with many new TV programmes choosing Salford as a location.
Salford’s close bond with the silver screen dates back to the ‘kitchen sink’ drama ‘A Taste of Honey’ in 1961. The film is a great example of the 1960’s British black & white film product, using the ‘old’ Salford as it’s setting. More recently the comedy ‘East is East’ made in 1999 was also set in Salford but this time in the 1970’s.
Modern day Salford can now be seen regularly in recent TV programmes such as ‘Conviction’, ‘Spine Chillers’ and Channel 4’s ‘Shameless’, 'Max and Paddy: The Road to Nowhere' and the hit BBC series, 'Life on Mars'.
With the list of famous Salfordians including Albert Finney, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Powell and Sir Ben Kingsley, and the annual Salford Film Festival it's no wonder our city is at home on the silver screen.
Salford's no slouch in the music stakes either with 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake choosing to shoot videos in the city. Plenty more will be set to join them as mediacity:uk gears up to provide a plethora of studio space, production and creative work from 2011.
