Lovejoy, a BBC comedy\/drama series about a roguish antiques dealer of the same name, ran for eight years on the BBC from the mid-1980s onwards. Ian McShane\u2019s title character could be seen in many of the picture-postcard villages of the county, including Long Melford, Debenham, Kersey, Clare and Woolpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More recently Detectorists, the BBC series about a metal detectors\u2019 club, was also filmed in Suffolk, even though it is supposedly set in the neighbouring county of Essex. St Michael\u2019s Rooms in Framlingham is the venue for the meetings of the club which Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones\u2019s characters belong to. If you want to visit their favourite watering hole, The Two Brewers, then you will have to pop in for a pint either at The Castle Inn (next to Framlingham Castle) or The Crown Inn at nearby Great Glemham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Norfolk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Many people associate Norfolk with the hapless radio DJ Alan Partridge, memorably played by Steve Coogan. The various TV series (and a film) spawned by this character includes several Norfolk locations, including Norwich\u2019s cathedral and train station, and Cromer Pier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The classic BBC comedy series Dad\u2019s Army was also filmed in Norfolk. The Home Guard unit at Walmington-on-Sea was supposedly on the south coast, but most of the scenes were shot in Thetford and the nearby Stanta training area. Most of the cast stayed in Thetford during filming and there is a Dad\u2019s Army museum in the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ITV series Kingdom, which starred Stephen Fry as a country solicitor, was set in the town of Market Shipborough but much of the show was shot in the centre of Swaffham. Although it is 20 miles inland, viewers were given the impression that the town is on the North Norfolk coast \u2013 so some scenes were filmed in Holkham and Wells-next-the-Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cornwall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the BBC TV series of Poldark \u2013 the first series made in the 1970\u2019s and the second series some 40 years later \u2013 were filmed in the county, remaining true to the original novels by Winston Graham. Many of the same locations were used in both series, including the town of Charleston near St Austell, which doubled as the city of Truro, Bodmin Moor and the coastline from Botallack to Levant, pictured above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ITV comedy drama Doc Martin, starring Martin Clunes in the title role, was set in the fictional village of Portwenn. In real life, the external scenes were principally shot in Port Isaac, a fishing village on the north Cornish coast, and some of the interiors were filmed in a converted local barn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yorkshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Often called \u2018God\u2019s Own County\u2019, Yorkshire has long been a favoured destination for TV series. The BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, which ran for 31 series from 1973 onwards, was filmed in and around the west Yorkshire town of Holmfirth. The show, which is believed to be the longest-running sitcom in the world, used real businesses and homes in and around the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ITV drama Emmerdale was filmed in Esholt, near Shipley, from 1976-94, with the pub doubling as the village local The Woolpack. (After 1994 most of the shooting takes place in a Leeds TV studio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n All the external scenes for All Creatures Great and Small, the popular BBC show about the life and work of vet James Herriott, were filmed in North Yorkshire. The village of Askrigg became the fictional town of Darrowby, where the veterinary practice was based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"House](\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonsremovals.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cornwall.jpg\")
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