Although Only Fools And Horses was supposedly based in Peckham, London, none of the filming ever took place there. Locations were found in Brighton, Salisbury, Ipswich, Hull, Bristol and various parts of London.
Exterior filming at 'Nelson Mandela House' was originally done at Harlech Tower, Park Road East, Acton, London. Later, filming switched to Whitemead House, Duckmore Road, Bristol.
The 'Nag's Head' was filmed at various pubs in Brighton, Bristol, Hull, Ipswich, London and Salisbury.
The street markets used in various episodes were located inBristol, Hull, Ipswich and Salisbury.
The hospital used in 'Three Men, A Woman And A Baby' was Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge.
The famous 'Batman And Robin' scene in 'Heroes And Villains' was filmed in Broadmead shopping precinct in Bristol.
The scene with Del and the computer dating agency is 46 Old Market Street, Bristol.
Trigger goes for Italian with his date at 187 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol.
Brunswich Square, in Bristol and is used in the scene where Rodney waits with a rat as Del goes to the dentist.
Upper York Street, Bristol is the area used for the famous shot of Del and Rodney dressed up as Batman and Robin in Heroes and Villains.
Only Fools and Horses - Nelson Mandela House exteriors were filmed at a housing estate in Bedminster and the episode 'Heroes and Villains' where Del and Rodney run down the street dressed as Batman and Robin was filmed in Broadmead.
The scene in 'Dates' where Rodney jumped traffic lights and hit a row of road cones was filmed around the Brabazon Road in Filton, Bristol.
Filmed in Bristol
If something looks strangely familiar when you're watching Casualty, then you're right - it's filmed in Bristol. Bristol is an outstanding film location, and many famous programmes and films are made here.
Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts and Robbie the Reindeer - all made by the Oscar award winning Aardman Animations.
BBC Casualty - Holby is actually Bristol.
Teachers - A Comedy following a group of Teachers both inside and outside the classroom was filmed in Lockleaze School, The Promenade (Clifton) and various Clifton streets
House of Elliott- was filmed in Berkeley Square
The Truth About Love- This Romantic Comedy was filmed in locations including Clifton Suspension Bridge, Park Place (Clifton), Merchants Quay/Redcliffe Wharf, Severnshed, The Paragon (Clifton)
These Foolish Things (2004): UK feature starring Lauren Bacall and Angelica Huston Drama/comedy set in 1930s London
Locations: King Street (doubled for Soho), Colston Hall
Afterlife (2004 - present): ITV drama series starring Lesley Sharp and Andrew Lincoln Supernatural thriller currently filming second series in Bristol Locations: Southville (Greville Road), Welsh Back, Bristol Buttery, Cumberland Basin plus many more
Starter For Ten(2005): UK feature starring James McAvoy
1980s drama/comedy about a Bristol University student determined to appear on University Challenge Locations: Bristol University Chemistry dept, Royal York Crescent, Redcliffe Wharf, Christmas Steps
Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world, first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted on BBC One. It was devised by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin. The programme is based around the fictional Holby City Hospital, situated in Holby, a fictional city bearing a close resemblance to Bristol where the show is filmed. Casualty is filmed 4 to 6 months in advance of broadcast. Bristol landmarks, including the docks and the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge, are regularly glimpsed in the outdoor scenes. The exterior shots of the hospital were formerly filmed at the city's technical college, but are now shot on a small industrial estate, not far from the interior set of the hospital.
BBC Natural History Unit. Locations in and around Bristol often feature in the BBC's natural history programmes, including the cult children's television programme Animal Magic, filmed at Bristol Zoo.
The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of the BBC, dedicated to making programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme.
Co-founded in 1957 by Tony Soper, it is based in Clifton, Bristol. Its many success include the various major David Attenborough series, numerous Bill Oddie programmes, and episodes of (the now discontinued) Wildlife on One (variously retitled Wildlife on Two, BBC Wildlife and BBC Two's ongoing strand, Natural World).
The Unit is presently headed by Neil Nightingale as part of the BBC's Factual & Learning Division. In 2006, it showcased its latest major landmark series, Planet Earth, a sister project to the previous The Blue Planet and the unit's first programme to be shot entirely in high definition.
A commercial arm of the NHU, Wildvision, produces a variety of programmes for both the BBC and external broadcasters, notably Discovery's Animal Planet digital channel, in which the BBC is a joint partner with Discovery Networks.
'The Young Ones'- TV-Series 1982-1984 Despite being set in North London, the external scenes were actually filmed in Bristol, just over 100 miles away; the show's producer, Paul Jackson, lived in Bristol at the time. The house used for the external scenes is in Codrington Road, Bristol.
Shoestring - was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own radio show on the local radio station, Radio West. The programme ran between September 30, 1979 and December 21, 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac.
"Some People" 1962 Movie
The pre-Beatles 1962 film "Some People" starring Kenneth Moore, David Hemmings and others, with music by Valerie Mountain and the Eagles is full of wonderful, long lost, scenes taken around Bristol.
Clive Donner’s 93 minute movie "Some People" was produced by James Archibald for Vic Films and shot in Eastmancolor in 1962. Written by documentary filmmaker John Eldridge, "Some People" was - looking back - a clichd depiction of 60s youth alienation and boredom told through the lives of three twenty-something bikers. Filmed on location in Bristol and making use of landmarks such as the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the production also featured some unabashed propaganda for the Duke of Edinburgh's social engineering award scheme – with film profits going to the organisation.
In the film – photographed by John Wilcox and edited by Fergus McDonell - three bikers; Johnnie (Ray Brooks), Bert (David Hemmings) and Bill (David Andrews) were banned from riding after their involvement in a speeding traffic accident. Bored, they wandered through the night-time streets of Bristol and ended up in an unlocked church where Johnnie begins to play rock and roll on the church organ. The sound heralded the arrival of an outraged vicar, but his liberal-minded choirmaster Mr Smith (Kenneth More) sensed the youth’s boredom and offered them use of the church hall to form a rock band.
Many of the other youngsters attending the church hall had participated in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, and gradually the trio became interested in the new pursuits that the scheme had to offer youngsters of initiative. But jealous Bert felt all becoming too humdrum and that the friends should be rebelling – resulting in a break up of their camaraderie. Meanwhile, Johnnie had to contend with the affections of Terry (played by Angela Douglas), the bands attractive blonde female lead singer, and Anne ( played by Anneke Wills), the choirmaster’s adolescent daughter.
Johnnie’s father was played by Harry H. Corbett and music for "Some People" was by Australian born composer Ron Grainer who – along with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop – also wrote the theme tunes for both "Dr Who" and "Steptoe and Son". Harold Steptoe himself was, of course, played by Harry H. Corbett while Anneke Wills played Polly, assistant to Patrick Troughton’s Dr Who. And among the stories that Polly appeared in was "The Faceless Ones", which also featured Bristol aircraft in the shape of a Britannia airliner!
Among the rest of the cast were Kenneth More ( no stranger to movies with aircraft, including "Angels One Five" - featuring Portugese Air Force Hawker Hurricanes - some of which may have been built by Gloster Aircraft at Hucclecote), Angela Douglas ( who would star again with Harry H. Corbett in 1966’s "Carry on Screaming") David Hemmings ( whose role in Antonioni’s film "Blow Up", also in 1966, encouraged me to pick up a camera.. ) and Ray Brooks, famous for his TV roles in "Cathy Come Home"and nowadays PaulineFowler’s husband in "Eastenders". For my generation, Ray Brooks is also remembered as the voice of "Mr Benn", and just a few years after "Some People" was filmed in Bristol, Anthony Wedgwood Benn was making frequent visits to Filton to check progress on the new Concorde as Harold Wilson's Minister for Aviation!
The Lockleaze involvement is two-fold by M. Houlden
The church the young people break into to play the organ was the "modern" one that was on the South-West side of Gainsbrourgh Square in Lockleaze; it has now been pulled down and replaced by houses/flats.
I'm sure the scene where the hero rides off on his motor bike early in the movie (after his argument with Harry H Corbett playing his dad) was filmed in Landseer Aveneue, both inside the houses (I recognise the metal-framed windows) and near its junction with Crome Road.
The film also contains (rare?) footage of the Bristol BAC-188, a test stainless-steel plane that flew around that time, as well as footage of real Bristol people playing bit parts. It would be fun to find out who they were?.
She said: 'Last year we had a lot of television dramas filmed in Bristol, like Afterlife on ITV, Casualty for the BBC, and the new Channel 4 teenage drama Skins.
'We get lots of BBC natural history documentaries filming in green spaces in the city.
'Children's BBC or other ITV programmes might also come down and spend a day here filming.
'One of the reasons for this is because Bristol has both urban and green spaces, which is great for filming. Compared to London it is also a lot cheaper to film here.'
Film companies based in Bristol like Aardman Animation also added to the total of investment on filming, she said. This was despite the fact no movies were filmed in the city last year.
The film Starter for Ten, which came out in 2006, was filmed the year before, she said. The coming-of-age film starred James McAvoy, from Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless, as a student at Bristol University in the mid-1980s. Much of the movie was filmed in Clifton.
The 2004 film The Truth About Love, starring Hollywood actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, pictured, alongside Dougray Scott and Jimi Mistry, was also filmed in the city.
Clifton Suspension Bridge was among the locations used in the film, which also included the Central Library, Cumberland Basin and @Bristol.
Programmes such as ITV's supernatural drama series Afterlife, which stars This Life actor Andrew Lincoln, use less obvious locations, she said.
'The programme films in Southville, and has filmed in Welsh Back. The harbour is very popular for filming too.'
The city's strong tradition of film and programme making has been recognised since drama Shoestring, starring Trevor Eve, became a hit in the 1970s, followed by comedy Only Fools and Horses and hospital drama Casualty. All used locations around the city.
More recently Channel 4 comedy Teachers, also starring Andrew Lincoln, used the former Merrywood and Lockleaze schools as sets. Ms Jones said film crews liked coming here because the people were very accommodating and because of the stunning views the city has to offer.
