List of television shows set in Manchester

The City of Manchester and its surrounding area, just like sport

Sport in Manchester

Sports in the City of Manchester are an important part of the city's culture, with SportCity being a dedicated district in east Manchester for sports such as football, athletics and cycling....

and music

Music of Manchester

-The pop groups of the 1960s and early 1970s:Manchester had an impressive music scene before 1976, with groups like The Hollies, The Bee Gees, Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers in the 1960s and Barclay James Harvest and 10cc in the early 1970s. Top of the...

, has a strong heritage for television broadcasting. The city is home to the oldest television studios in the UK and the most successful ITV franchisee, Granada Television. Manchester's most famous television exports include Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

, Seven Up!
Seven Up!
The Up Series is a series of documentary films produced by Granada Television that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. The documentary has had seven episodes spanning 49 years and the documentary has been broadcast on both ITV and BBC...

, Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. It is a widely watched and long-running religious television programme, one of the few peak-time free-to-air religious programmes in Europe Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional...

, University Challenge
University Challenge
University Challenge is a British quiz programme that has aired since 1962. The format is based on the American show College Bowl, which ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1957, and on NBC television from 1959 to 1970....

, A Question of Sport
A Question of Sport
A Question of Sport is a long-running BBC quiz show which started on 2 December 1968 and continues to this day. It is currently recorded at The Studios, MediaCityUK...

and Mastermind
Mastermind (TV series)
Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness.Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the...

- all of which are still broadcasting to large audiences today. Granada's productions gradually waned in the 2000s, but it is hoped the BBC move to Salford Quays in 2011 will spawn a new era of television broadcasting in the area. Manchester also has a high correlation of successful television drama series. with many being produced and filmed in Manchester and the surrounding areas.

Television broadcasting in Manchester is currently undergoing a major transition with the famous Granada Studios and New Broadcasting House

New Broadcasting House

New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...

being demolished by 2013 to be replaced by MediaCityUK and The Sharp Project

The Sharp Project

The Sharp Project is a media and studio development in Newton Heath, Manchester. It aims to offer affordable office space for indie media companies whilst offering studio facilities for television dramas...

. Both the BBC and ITV have promised to invest more in the North and Manchester will be the base for these operations. MediaCityUK, located two miles from Manchester City Centre, will act as a new second home for the BBC and ITV.

This is a list of television programmes

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

that are/were either set, produced or filmed in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

. The Media in Manchester

Media in Manchester

Media in Manchester like music and sport has been an integral part of Mancunian culture for many generations and has been described as the only other British city to rival to London in terms of television broadcasting....

page provides a more in depth look at the history of broadcasting and media in Manchester

Manchester

Background

The city has a long heritage of producing programmes at various studios, most notably at Granada Studios and New Broadcasting House

New Broadcasting House

. MediaCityUK located a couple of miles outside Manchester city centre will act as the new home for BBC North and ITV Granada along with other departments transferred to Manchester.

Most television programmes produced in Manchester have been done so by Granada Television, the most successful ITV franchisee who are based at Granada Studios

The Manchester Studios

The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954...

in Manchester. The BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

through BBC North

BBC North

BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968....

also have a key influence in Manchester and the corporation sees Manchester along with Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

and London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

as its main broadcasting centers.

Fiction produced and/or set in Manchester

Manchester has two main production units in Granada Television

Granada Television

Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....

at The Manchester Studios

The Manchester Studios

and BBC North

BBC North

BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968....

at New Broadcasting House

New Broadcasting House

and both share a joint venture in 3SixtyMedia

3SixtyMedia

3sixtymedia is a joint venture production facilities company, based in Manchester and co-owned by Granada Television and BBC Manchester...

. Smaller Manchester based production companies such as Red Production Company

Red Production Company

Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...

and more recently RSJ Films led by writer Jimmy McGovern

Jimmy McGovern

Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:...

have consistently used Manchester and north as a background for drama.

Manchester has been used as a setting for many TV programmes with its industrial past, quirky cultural modern atmosphere or working roots. Some programmes are set in Manchester but weren't filmed or produced there, as in the case of Father & Son

Father & Son (TV serial)

Father & Son is a four-part television crime thriller produced by Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films for the British ITV network and the Irish broadcaster RTÉ. Written by Frank Deasy, the serial depicts the return of Michael O'Connor to his native Ireland, after spending several years imprisoned...

, a 2010 drama which was broadcast on ITV.

Programme	Year	Production	Broadcaster	Notes
The Army Game The Army Game The Army Game is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1957 to 1961. Made in black-and-white, it is about National Service conscription to the post-war British Army. It was created by Sid Colin...	1957-1961	Granada Television	ITV
Biggles Biggles (TV series) Biggles appeared in a TV series based on the books with Neville Whiting playing the title role.-Plot:There were 44 B&W untitled episodes of 30 minutes, which were made by Granada and ran from 1 April till 12 October 1960. Biggles was a Detective Air Inspector attached to Scotland Yard...	1960	Granada Television	ITV	Produced at Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954...
Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... Coronation Street: Episode 1 Coronation Street Live (2000) Coronation Street Live (2010) Coronation Street Live (2010) Coronation Street Live is a live episode of the British soap opera Coronation Street, which was first broadcast on Thursday 9 December 2010 on ITV1. The special live edition was to celebrate fifty years of the programme being on air. The sixty-minute episode was directed by Tony Prescott, who had...	1960-present	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...	Filmed in at Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954... in Manchester city centre Manchester City Centre Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England. It lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, next to the River Irwell... . Longest running serial TV soap drama in the world
All Our Yesterdays All Our Yesterdays (TV series) All Our Yesterdays was a television programme, produced by Granada Television, which ran weekly from 1960 to 1973 and from 1987 to 1989. The format was snippets of newsreels shown in cinemas 25 years ago that week...	1960-1973 1987-1989	Granada Television	ITV
The Odd Man The Odd Man The Odd Man was the first of a trilogy of police series produced in the 1960s by Granada TV, linked by the presence of pompous but increasingly genial police Chief Inspector Charles Rose...	1962-1967	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Pardon the Expression Pardon the Expression Pardon The Expression! was an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the...	1965-1967	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV	Spin-off of Coronation Street
The Corridor People The Corridor People The Corridor People is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1966, devised and written by Edward Boyd....	1966	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Turn out the Lights Turn out the Lights Turn out the Lights was an ITV comedy-drama series made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Monday 2 January to Monday 6 February 1967 by Associated Rediffusion and Tyne Tees Television,...	1967	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
The Caesars The Caesars (TV series) The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the emperors of...	1968	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Spindoe Spindoe Spindoe is a British television series which was shown on ITV in the spring of 1968. It was named after the lead character, Alec Spindoe, a South London gangster; the plot of the series showed how Spindoe re-established his gangland empire after he had been supplanted during a term of imprisonment,...	1968	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Nearest and Dearest Nearest and Dearest Nearest and Dearest is a British television sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1973. A total of 46 episodes were made, 18 in monochrome and 28 in colour...	1968-1973	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
The Dustbinmen The Dustbinmen The Dustbinmen was a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield and Tim Wylton. The show was a spin-off from a one-off 90-minute TV movie "There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah" written by Jack Rosenthal and...	1969-1970	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada
The Lovers The Lovers (TV series) The Lovers is a British television sitcom by Jack Rosenthal, starring Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox as a courting couple, Geoffrey and Beryl. It was made between 1970 and 1971 by Granada Television for the ITV network. The hook for the show was the mismatch between the two, particularly in...	1970-1971	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
A Family at War A Family At War A Family At War is a British drama series that aired on ITV from 1970 to 1972. It was created by John Finch and made by Granada Television for ITV. The director was David Giles....	1970-1972	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Play for Today Play for Today Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted... Comedians Comedians (play) Comedians is a play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians. It was first performed at the Nottingham Playhouse on 20 February 1975, in a production directed by Richard Eyre. The cast included Jonathan Pryce as the main character, Gethin Price,...	1970-1984	BBC	BBC
Crown Court Crown Court (TV series) Crown Court was an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984....	1972-1984	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Sam	1973-1975	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
The Nearly Man The Nearly Man The Nearly Man was a UK TV series from the mid-1970s created by Arthur Hopcraft about a middle-class Labour MP. Originally screened on ITV on 4 August 1974, the series won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for the best single play on British television in 1974. The series was filmed in London by...	1974	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
The Cuckoo Waltz The Cuckoo Waltz The Cuckoo Waltz was a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for the ITV network between 1975 and 1977 and in 1980.The series which was set in 1970s and Manchester, written by Geoffrey Lancashire, produced and directed by Bill Gilmour, dealt with the comic complications that ensue...	1975-1977, 1980	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Arrows	1976-77	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Strangers Strangers (TV series) Strangers was a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982.After the success of the TV series The XYY Man, adapted from books by Kenneth Royce, Granada TV devised a new series to feature the regular characters of Detective Sergeant George Bulman and his assistant Detective...	1978-1982	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Cribb Cribb Cribb is a television police drama which debuted in 1979 as a 90-minute TV film from Granada Television in the UK...	1979-1981	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Brideshead Revisited Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial produced by Granada Television for broadcast by the ITV network. The teleplay is based on Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited...	1981	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Wood and Walters Wood and Walters Wood and Walters is a British television comedy sketch show starring Julie Walters and Victoria Wood for Granada Television and written entirely by Wood...	1981-1982	Granada Television	ITV
Travelling Man	1984	Granada Television	ITV	Set and filmed in Manchester
The Jewel in the Crown	1984	Granada Television	ITV
Sherlock Holmes	1984-1994	Granada Television	ITV
Albion Market Albion Market Albion Market was a short-lived British soap opera, intended as a companion to Coronation Street on ITV.Coronation Street, ITV's perennial soap opera, celebrated its 25th anniversary in December 1985. Granada TV launched Albion Market in August of that year, six months after the BBC's EastEnders...	1985-1986	Granada Television	ITV	A planned companion soap for Coronation Street but was met with indifference and cancelled after a year
The Practice The Practice (1985 TV series) The Practice was a 1985 British television soap opera produced for ITV by Granada Television, which aired for two series in 1985 and 1986. The series was first introduced as a twice-weekly medical drama in January 1985, becoming Granada's second regular networked soap opera along with Coronation...	1985-1986	Granada Television	ITV	Produced, filmed and set in Manchester.
Lost Empires Lost Empires Lost Empires is a 1986 television adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel of the same name, and starred Colin Firth, John Castle and Laurence Olivier. It was shown as a miniseries, and premiered on UK TV in October 1986.-Plot:...	1986	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada in Manchester.
Watching Watching Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993....	1987-1993	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada in Manchester.
Red Dwarf Red Dwarf Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and Dave from 2009–present. It gained cult following. It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series...	1988-1999 2012-present	BBC Manchester BBC Manchester BBC Manchester is the British Broadcasting Corporation regional headquarters for the North West, the largest BBC region in the UK. BBC Manchester also forms a key part of BBC North....	BBC	Produced by BBC Manchester and BBC North at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...
Surgical Spirit	1989-1995	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV	Produced at Granada in Manchester. The programme was set at an anonymous location.
Making Out Making Out Making Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 1989 and 1991.The series, written by Debbie Horsfield, mixed comedy and drama in its portrayal of the women who worked on the factory floor at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester, tackling the personal lives of the characters as...	1989-1991	BBC Manchester	BBC One
Jeeves and Wooster Jeeves and Wooster -External links:—An episode guide to the series, including information about which episodes were adapted from which Wodehouse stories.—Episode guides, screenshots and quotes from the four series....	1990-1993	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Prime Suspect	1991-2006	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...	Series was produced by Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful.... in Manchester and set in London with the exception of series 5 which was set in Manchester
Cracker Cracker (UK TV series) Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist , Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were...	1993-1996, 2006	Granada Television	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
Common As Muck Common As Muck Common As Muck was a comedy drama serial made by the BBC about the lives of a crew of binmen; it ran for two series.-Characters:-Series One :...	1994-1997	BBC	BBC One	Filmed in parts of Manchester
The Perfect Match The Perfect Match The Perfect Match is a British comedy-drama television film written by Mike Bullen and directed by Nick Hurran. It stars Saskia Reeves and Con O'Neill as Bridget and Phil, a couple whose marriage proposal is broadcast to football fans. It was first broadcast on the ITV network on 6 September 1995...	1995	Granada Television	ITV	Written by Mike Bullen who later wrote Cold Feet Cold Feet Cold Feet is a British comedy-drama television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. The series was created and principally written by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his award-winning 1997 Comedy Premiere of the same name. The storyline follows three couples experiencing the...
Children's Ward Children's Ward Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons...	1995-1998	Granada Television	CITV CITV CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
Band of Gold Band of Gold (TV series) Band of Gold is a television drama series written by Kay Mellor and produced by Granada Television. It wasoriginally shown on ITV between 1995 and 1997...	1995-1997	Granada Television	ITV
Hillsborough	1998	Granada Television	ITV	Docu-drama produced by Granada in Manchester. Voted #54 in BFI 100 Greatest British Television Programmes 100 Greatest British Television Programmes The BFI TV 100 is a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute , chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened.... in 2000.
Reckless Reckless (TV serial) Reckless is a British television serial written by Paul Abbott. Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, it aired in six parts in the UK in 1997.A two-hour sequel, Reckless: The Movie, was shown in 1998....	1997	Granada Television	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...	Set in Manchester and London
Cold Feet Cold Feet Cold Feet is a British comedy-drama television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. The series was created and principally written by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his award-winning 1997 Comedy Premiere of the same name. The storyline follows three couples experiencing the...	1998-2003	Granada Television	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...	Filmed and set in Manchester. Won over 20 major awards in its 5 series
The Royle Family The Royle Family The Royle Family is a popular, BAFTA award-winning television comedy drama produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series between 1998 and 2000, and specials from 2006 onwards...	Main: 1998-2000 Christmas: 1999-	Granada Television	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
The Cops The Cops (TV series) The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC.The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force...	1998-2000	World Productions World Productions World Productions is a British television production company, founded in the early 1990s by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett. The company's first major series was the police drama Between The Lines , and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of highly successful drama series...	BBC	Set in Bolton Bolton Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the... , Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
Dinnerladies Dinnerladies Dinnerladies is a British sitcom written, co-produced by and starring Victoria Wood. It ran on BBC One for 16 episodes from 1998 to 2000.-Plot:...	1998-2000	BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it remains one of the largest to this day; having featured over the years as backdrop to many BBC programmes, it is one of the most readily recognisable such facilities...	BBC	Set in Manchester but produced and filmed elsewhere
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll is a six-part television mini-series which was written and created by Debbie Horsfield and directed by John Woods...	1999	BBC Drama		Set and filmed in various places around Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the... including the City of Manchester
The Last Train	1999	Granada Television	ITV	Produced in Manchester by Granada
Queer as Folk Queer as Folk (UK TV series) Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies...	1999-2000	Red Production Company
Clocking Off Clocking Off Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...	2000-2003	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Bob & Rose	2001	Red Production Company	ITV	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Phoenix Nights	2001-2002	Goodnight Vienna Productions	Channel 4	Set in Farnworth Farnworth Farnworth is within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton, 6 miles south-west of Bury , and northwest of Manchester.... , Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
Linda Green Linda Green Linda Green is a British television comedy-drama series that lasted for two series, screened in 2001 and 2002. The twenty half-hour episodes were broadcast on BBC One and produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company....	2001-2002	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Having It Off Having It Off Having it Off is a one-off TV comedy series for BBC Choice made by Red Production Company in 2002.It was set at a cheap hairdressing salon in Eccles, Greater Manchester...	2002	Red Production Company Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...	BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...	Produced and set in Manchester
Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago (TV serial) Doctor Zhivago is a 2002 British television serial directed by Giacomo Campiotti and starring Keira Knightley and Sam Neill. The teleplay by Andrew Davies is based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Boris Pasternak....	2002	Granada Television	ITV	Produced in Manchester at Granada Studios
The Stretford Wives The Stretford Wives The Stretford Wives is a British drama film made by the BBC. It was first broadcast on BBC One in August 2002 and has not been released on DVD. The film revolves around the lives of three sisters – played by Fay Ripley, Claire Rushbrook, and Lindsey Coulson – who live in Stretford,...	2002	BBC	BBC One	Set in Stretford Stretford Stretford is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, it is to the southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Salford and northeast of Altrincham... , Greater Manchester
The Second Coming The Second Coming (TV serial) The Second Coming is a two-part British television drama first screened on ITV in the UK in February 2003. It concerns the realisation of Steve Baxter that he is in fact the Son of God, and has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testament and thus avert the Apocalypse.It was written...	2003	Red Production Company	BBC1	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Burn It Burn It Burn It was a drama series, with touches of dark comedy, following the lives of three twenty-somethings in present-day Manchester.-About:The series followed Carl, Andy and Jon as three self-proclaimed Generation X-ers going through life without any real responsibilities to worry them...	2003	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
The Deal	2003	Granada Television	Channel 4	Produced by Granada at Granada Studios
Early Doors Early Doors Early Doors is a BBC sitcom written by Craig Cash and Phil Mealey who also appear in the series playing best friends Joe and Duffy. The setting is The Grapes, a small public house in Greater Manchester, where daily life revolves around the issues of love, loneliness and blocked urinals...	2003-2004	Ovation Entertainment	BBC	Set in Manchester, but produced and filmed elsewhere
Blue Murder Blue Murder (UK TV series) Blue Murder was a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was axed by the Network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.-Outline:...	2003-2009	Granada Television/ITV Studios	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Conviction Conviction (2004 TV series) Conviction is a British television crime drama that premiered on BBC Three on 7 November 2004. The six part series was written by Bill Gallagher and stars William Ash, David Warner, Ian Puleston-Davies, Reece Dinsdale, Nicholas Gleaves, Laura Fraser and Jason Watkins...	2004	Red Production Company	ITV	Produced in Manchester with some filming in Manchester but primirily filmed in nearby Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
Sex Traffic Sex Traffic Sex Traffic is a British-Canadian two-part television drama directed by David Yates, written by Abi Morgan and produced by Veronica Castillo and Derek Wax...	2004	Granada Television co-production	Channel 4	Joint commissioning with Big Motion Pictures, produced from Granada Studios.
Dirty Filthy Love Dirty Filthy Love Dirty Filthy Love is a British single television drama starring Michael Sheen as an architect living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome....	2004	Granada Television	ITV	Produced at Granada Studios
Island at War Island at War Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St...	2004	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television
Life Begins Life Begins Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.-History:...	2004-2006	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television
Shameless Shameless Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...	2004-present	Company Pictures	Channel 4	Produced, set and filmed in Manchester
Casanova Casanova (2005 TV serial) Casanova is a 2005 British television comedy drama serial, written by television scriptwriter Russell T Davies and directed by Sheree Folkson...	2005	Granada Television	BBC Three	Jointly produced by Red Production Company Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker... and Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful.... , both are based in Manchester
Pierrepoint Pierrepoint (film) Pierrepoint , is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint....	2005	Granada Television	ITV	Drama film produced by Granada Television
Vincent Vincent (TV series) Vincent is an ITV drama series. An initial series was made and aired in 2005 and starred Ray Winstone, in the title role, and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. The four part series also...	2005-2006	Granada Television	ITV	Set in Manchester
City Lights City Lights (ITV series) City Lights is a British comedy-drama broadcast on ITV starring Robson Green and Mark Benton. The show is a sequel to the 2006 series Northern Lights .-Plot:...	2007-2008	Granada Television	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
Northern Lights Northern Lights (TV series) Northern Lights is a 2006 comedy-drama broadcast on ITV starring Mark Benton and Robson Green. It is a spin-off of the 2004 Christmas special Christmas Lights....	2004-2008	Granada Television	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
Christmas Lights	2004	Granada Television	ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
Cutting It Cutting It Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England, which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005.- Series 1 :...	2002-2005	BBC North	BBC1
Colditz	2005	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Funland Funland Funland is a comedy / thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from Sunday 23 October 2005 to Monday 7 November 2005 , on the digital channel BBC Three...	2005	BBC Comedy North	BBC Three	Produced at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department... in Manchester
Ideal Ideal (TV series) Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....	2005-2011	BBC Comedy North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968.... , Baby Cow Productions Baby Cow Productions Baby Cow Productions Ltd is a UK comedy television production company established in 1999 by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal based in London and Manchester. It has since diversified into radio, animation and film. In 2008, BBC Worldwide bought a 25% stake in the company...	BBC Three
Grownups	2006	BBC North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968....	BBC Three BBC Three BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
Dracula	2006	Granada Television	BBC
I'm with Stupid	2006	BBC North	BBC Three
See No Evil: The Moors Murders	2006	Granada Television	ITV	Docu-drama based on the Moors murders Moors murders The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—at least...
Eleventh Hour	2006	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Sinchronicity Sinchronicity Sinchronicity is a six-part drama series broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. The first episode aired on 16 July 2006, and the series concluded on 20 August 2006. Set in Manchester the programme is narrated by Nathan and focuses on the love triangle between him and the two other...	2006	Shine Productions	BBC Three	Set and filmed in Manchester, but not produced there
Sorted Sorted (TV series) Sorted is a BBC television drama series, first broadcast in 2006, and transmitted on BBC One and BBC HD. It was created by Danny Brocklehurst, who has also written Clocking Off, The Stretford Wives and Shameless...	2006	BBC	BBC One	Set in Manchester, filmed in Stockport
Lewis	2006-present	Granada Television co-production	ITV
New Street Law New Street Law New Street Law is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by John Hannah and Paul Freeman...	2006-2007	Red Production Company Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...	BBC One BBC One BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...	Produced by Red Production Company based at The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954... with some filming done in Manchester
The Innocence Project The Innocence Project The Innocence Project is a BBC television series.The Innocence Project may also refer to:*The Innocence Project, a non-profit legal organization in the United States founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld...	2006-2007	Tightrope Pictures Tightrope Pictures Tightrope Pictures is a British television production company, founded in late 2003 by writer Paul Abbott and producer Hilary Bevan-Jones, who had worked together that year on the successful BBC drama serial State of Play...	BBC One	Set and filmed in Manchester and Salford but produced elsewhere
Drop Dead Gorgeous Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series) Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb , whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency...	2006-2007	Hat Trick North Productions
Life on Mars Life on Mars (TV series) Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....	2006-2007	BBC North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968.... (amongst others)	BBC	A collaboration between many production companies such as Kudos Kudos (production company) Kudos Film and Television is a British independent film and television production company. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and its productions include Spooks , Hustle, Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard and M.I. High... and Red Planet Pictures. Manchester based companies BBC North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968.... and 3SixtyMedia 3SixtyMedia 3sixtymedia is a joint venture production facilities company, based in Manchester and co-owned by Granada Television and BBC Manchester... were also involved and the programme was set and filmed in Manchester
The Street The Street (TV series) The Street is a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and produced by Granada Television for the BBC. The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob...	2006-2009	Granada Television/ITV Studios	BBC One	Set in an unnamed street in Manchester, it was produced and filmed in the city
Waterloo Road Waterloo Road (TV series) Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...	2006-present	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One	Filmed and set in Rochdale
Boy A Boy A (film) Boy A is a 2007 British film adaptation of Jonathan Trigell's critically acclaimed novel of the same name which shares some similarities with the notorious James Patrick Bulger case...	2007	Film4 Film4 Film4 is a free digital television channel available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens films.-Programming:...	Channel 4	Not produced or deliberately set in Manchester but mostly filmed in Manchester with final scenes filmed in Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
True Dare Kiss True Dare Kiss True Dare Kiss is a British television drama produced for BBC One. It is written by Debbie Horsfield and produced by Marcus Wilson and features Dervla Kirwan, David Bradley and Lorraine Ashbourne...	2007	BBC Productions	BBC	Set and filmed in Manchester
Mobile Mobile (TV series) Mobile is a 3-part British television drama series with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of mobile phone radiation to health. The series was screened by ITV in the UK, during March 2007. The cast includes Jamie Draven, Neil Fitzmaurice,...	2007	ITV Studios	ITV	Set and filmed and Manchester along with Liverpool. BBC/ITV venture 3SixtyMedia 3SixtyMedia 3sixtymedia is a joint venture production facilities company, based in Manchester and co-owned by Granada Television and BBC Manchester... were also involved in production
Cold Blood Cold Blood (UK TV series) Cold Blood is a television series produced by ITV. Three series of the show have been broadcast.The program stars Matthew Kelly as Brian Wicklow, a former serial killer who assists the police with investigations. Also starring is John Hannah, as Jake Osborne; and Jemma Redgrave as Detective...	2007-2008	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Poppy Shakespeare Poppy Shakespeare Poppy Shakespeare is a novel about mental illness by Clare Allan. It tells the story of day patients at a mental health hospital. The central characters are Poppy Shakespeare, a new patient, and "N", a long term patient. Poppy arrives at the hospital strongly asserting that she is sane and...	2008	Cowboy Films	Channel 4 Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...	Filmed in Manchester
Spooks: Code 9	2008	BBC	BBC Three	Set in Manchester
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It...	2008	BBC	BBC Four BBC Four BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....	Set in Manchester at the time of the 1918 flu pandemic
Survivors Survivors (2008 TV Series) Survivors is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent strain of heretofore unknown influenza which has wiped out most of the human race...	2008	BBC	BBC One	First series filmed in Manchester
Wired Wired (TV series) Wired is a 2008 three-part television miniseries starring Jodie Whittaker, Laurence Fox and Toby Stephens. It debuted on ITV at 9:00pm on Monday 13 October, 2008 and was shown over three consecutive Mondays.- Plot summary :...	2008	Granada Television	ITV
Britannia High Britannia High Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television (now part of...	2008	Granada Television	ITV
Massive Massive (TV series) Massive is a sitcom broadcast on digital channel BBC Three. It is set in Manchester and stars Ralf Little and Carl Rice as Danny and Shay, who leave their office jobs to set up a record label when Danny inherits £10,000 following the death of his grandmother.The series began airing on BBC Three on...	2008	BBC Comedy North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968....	BBC Three
Sunshine Sunshine (UK TV series) Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers of The Royle Family and Early Doors. These co-writers, Craig Cash and Phil Mealey, also appear in the series.-Plot:...	2008	BBC	BBC One
Paradox Paradox (TV series) Paradox is a 2009 British science fiction police drama, starring Tamzin Outhwaite as Detective Inspector Rebecca Flint. Written by Lizzie Mickery and produced by Clerkenwell Films for the BBC, it was filmed and set in Manchester, England....	2009	BBC	BBC One	Filmed and set in Manchester
Father & Son Father & Son (TV serial) Father & Son is a four-part television crime thriller produced by Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films for the British ITV network and the Irish broadcaster RTÉ. Written by Frank Deasy, the serial depicts the return of Michael O'Connor to his native Ireland, after spending several years imprisoned...	2010	Left Bank	ITV1	Set in Manchester, but mainly filmed in Dublin which was criticised
The Road to Coronation Street The Road to Coronation Street The Road to Coronation Street is a British drama first broadcast on BBC Four documenting the journey of Coronation Street, the UK's longest-running television soap opera, from conception to its first transmission in December 1960...	2010	BBC Drama	BBC Four	Granada Studios used and programme set and filmed in Manchester
Accused Accused (TV series) Accused is a British television anthology series. Written and created by Jimmy McGovern, it stars Christopher Eccleston, Benjamin Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Andy Serkis, Marc Warren and Naomie Harris as the accused in each episode. Filming for the series took place around Manchester between May and...	2010-present	RSJ Films	BBC	Produced and filmed in Manchester
United United (TV drama) United is a British television film directed by James Strong and written by Chris Chibnall. It is based on the true story of Manchester United's "Busby Babes" and the aftermath of the 1958 Munich air disaster...	2011	World Productions in conjunction with BBC North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968....	BBC	Docu-drama based on the struggles Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... faced after the Munich Air Disaster in 1958
Scott & Bailey Scott & Bailey Scott & Bailey is a British detective drama series that debuted on ITV on 29 May, 2011. The programme's main characters are DC Rachel Bailey and DC Janet Scott , both of whom are members of the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police, headed by DCI Gill Murray...	2011-present	Red Production Company Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...	ITV1	Produced and filmed in Manchester
Exile Exile (TV series) Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One...	2011-present	Red Production Company	BBC	Produced in Manchester with some parts filmed in Manchester
White Van Man White Van Man (TV series) White Van Man is a British sitcom created by Adrian Poynton and first broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD in 2011. Will Mellor plays Ollie, a man with business dreams who has to put them on hold while he takes over the family handyman business from his father Tony played by Clive Mantle. It was...	2011-present	ITV Studios	BBC Three	Filmed in Manchester and Greater Manchester
In with the Flynns In with the Flynns In with the Flynns is a British sitcom created by Caryn Mandabach, produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions, and broadcast by the BBC. The first series began broadcast on 8 June 2011 for six episodes on BBC One and in high definition on BBC One HD in the United Kingdom...	2011-present	BBC	BBC One	Produced and filmed at Teddington Studios Teddington Studios Teddington Studios is a large British television studio complex located in Teddington, South-West London, providing studio facilities for programmes airing on BBC television, ITV, and Channel 4 along with others... but programme set in Manchester
Appropriate Adult Appropriate Adult Appropriate Adult is a 2011 British television film, first shown on ITV in two 90-minute parts on 4 and 11 September 2011. It starred Dominic West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan...	2011	ITV Studios	ITV1	Filmed in Manchester
Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant (TV series) Mount Pleasant is a British comedy-drama created and written by Sarah Hooper. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been comissioned and aired on a digital only channel Sky1.-Premise:...	2011-present	Sky	Sky One	Filmed at The Sharp Project The Sharp Project The Sharp Project is a media and studio development in Newton Heath, Manchester. It aims to offer affordable office space for indie media companies whilst offering studio facilities for television dramas... and set in Manchester
The Body Farm The Body Farm (TV series) The Body Farm is a British police procedural crime drama series for the BBC network, featuring a fictional private forensic pathology facility that conducts scientific research to help solve crimes, lead by Dr...	2011-present	BBC	BBC One	Filmed in Manchester and Macclesfield Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...
Fresh Meat	2011-present	Lime Pictures	Channel 4	Filmed at The Sharp Project and also set in Manchester.
The Fuse	TBC 2012	Red Production Company Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...	BBC One	Produced (by Red Production Company Red Production Company Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker... ) and filmed in Manchester

Non-Fiction programmes produced or filmed in Manchester

Programme	Year	Genre	Production	Broadcaster	Notes
What the Papers Say What the Papers Say What The Papers Say is a BBC radio programme that originally ran for many years on British television.Its first incarnation was the second longest-running programme on British television after Panorama...	1956-2008	Newspaper	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV (1956-83)
Criss Cross Quiz Criss Cross Quiz Criss Cross Quiz was a quiz programme that combined the game Noughts and Crosses with general knowledge questions and aired on the ITV network from 1957-1967. It was produced by Granada Television....	1957-1967	Quiz show	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Songs of Praise Songs of Praise Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. It is a widely watched and long-running religious television programme, one of the few peak-time free-to-air religious programmes in Europe Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional...	1961-present	Religion	BBC Religion and Ethics (BBC Manchester)	BBC	Produced at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department... at BBC Manchester
University Challenge University Challenge University Challenge is a British quiz programme that has aired since 1962. The format is based on the American show College Bowl, which ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1957, and on NBC television from 1959 to 1970....	1962-1987 1994-	Quizshow	Granada Television	ITV1 BBC Two	Broadcast from Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954...
World in Action World in Action World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television from 1963 until 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks and gained a solid reputation for its often...	1963-1998	Current affairs Current affairs Current affairs can refer to:Current affairs : a genre of broadcast journalism an approximate synonym for current events* an approximate synonym for politics* "Current Affairs", a song by Zion I from Heroes in the City of Dope...	Granada Television	ITV	Hard-hitting and controversial programme on current affairs. Often featured investigative journalism Investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism... . Produced at Granada Studios
Up series Seven Up! Seven Plus 7 21 Up 28 Up 35 Up 42 Up 49 Up 56 Up	1964-present 1964 1970 1977 1984 1991 1998 2005 TBC TBC TBC, an abbreviation often used for "to be confirmed", "to be continued" or "to be concluded", may also refer to:* 4-tert-Butylcatechol, an antioxidant... 2012	Documentary Documentary A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:... , social experiment	Granada Granada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...	ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... (1964-1991) BBC One BBC One BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution... (1998) ITV (2005) TBA (2012)	Longest running documentary series in the world, listed as one Greatest British documentary in 2005 poll, listed as one of the great movies by critic Roger Ebert Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
Top of the Pops Top of the Pops Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...	1964-2006	Music show	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One	First three series (1964-67) filmed at disused church in Rusholme Rusholme -Etymology:Rusholme, unlike other areas of Manchester which have '-holme' in the place name is not a true '-holme'. Its name came from ryscum, which is the dative plural of Old English rysc "rush": "[at the] rushes"... , Manchester before being considered a "hit", after which it moved to the BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it remains one of the largest to this day; having featured over the years as backdrop to many BBC programmes, it is one of the most readily recognisable such facilities...
It's a Knockout It's a Knockout It's a Knockout was adapted from the French show Intervilles. It ran between from 7 August 1966 to 25 December 1988 on BBC1, 28 May 1990 on ITV, 3 August 1991 to 24 December 1994 on S4C and from 3 September 1999 to 6 January 2001 on Channel 5, produced by Richard Hearsey and Ronin Entertainment...	1966-1988 1990 1991-1994 1999-2001	Game show	BBC North (BBC Manchester) for 1972-1988 series	BBC ITV S4C Channel 5	Came to prominence under BBC Manchester's lead and Stuart Hall's presenting and in 1972. Viewing figures soon reached over 15 million compared to the lowly 100,000 the show got pre-1972
The Comedians	1971-1993	Comedy	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
A Question of Sport A Question of Sport A Question of Sport is a long-running BBC quiz show which started on 2 December 1968 and continues to this day. It is currently recorded at The Studios, MediaCityUK...	1972-present	Sport quiz show	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC One
Mastermind Mastermind (TV series) Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness.Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the...	1972-present	Quiz show	BBC North BBC North BBC North is a brand used by the BBC to mean any of the following.*The large BBC North region, centred on Manchester, that was active from the late 1920s until 1968.... (BBC Manchester)	BBC One Discovery Channel Discovery Channel Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav... BBC Two	Includes spin-offs such as Celebrity Mastermind Celebrity Mastermind Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master... , International Mastermind International Mastermind International Mastermind was an international spin-off of the BBC Mastermind quiz show.-History:The 1979 competition was a one-off series hosted by Magnús Magnússon involving the winners of Mastermind from around the world, including UK Mastermind champions David Hunt and Rosemary James, or winners... , Junior Mastermind Junior Mastermind Junior Mastermind is a spin-off of the British quiz show Mastermind, featuring children generally aged 10 and 11 as contestants.The basic format of Junior Mastermind is the same as that of regular adult Mastermind, though there are a few differences:* Contestants' introductions give only their... and Sport Mastermind Sport Mastermind Sport Mastermind is a British television quiz show first broadcast by BBC television in July and August 2008. The show is a spin-off of the long running quiz show Mastermind and is themed on sport... . Filmed at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club was a British television variety show produced by Granada Television from 1974 to 1977. It was set in a fictional working men's club in the North of England and was hosted by comedian Colin Crompton. Also regularly featured was comedian Bernard Manning...	1974-1977	Variety show	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
So It Goes So It Goes (TV series) So It Goes was a British TV music show presented by Tony Wilson on Granada Television between 1976 and 1977. It is most famous for showcasing the then burgeoning Punk rock movement...	1976-1977	Music show	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
The Krypton Factor The Krypton Factor The Krypton Factor was a British game show produced by Granada Television for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from 7 September 1977 to 20 November 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on Mondays at 19:00....	1977-1995 2009-2010	Game show	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV	Produced and filmed at the Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954... for both original and revived series in 2009
Oxford Road Show Oxford Road Show Oxford Road Show was a pop music magazine show broadcast on BBC2 from the BBC's New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester between 1981 and 1985. The show featured music, pop music news and competitions. Later it was known as "ORS 84" and "ORS 85"...	1981-1985	Music show	BBC	BBC One
Countdown Countdown A countdown is a sequence of counting backward to indicate the seconds, days, or other time units remaining before an event occurs or a deadline expires. Typical events for which a countdown is used include the launch of a rocket or spacecraft, the detonation of a bomb, the start of a race, and the...	1982-present	Game show	Yorkshire Television Yorkshire Television Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...	Channel 4	Filmed at Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954... since 2009
Connections Connections (game show) Connections is a British television game show. It was produced by Granada Television and aired on the ITV network from 1985 to 1990.-Hosts:...	1985-1990	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed at Granada Studios
Busman's Holiday Busman's Holiday (game show) Busman's Holiday is a British television game show, which was produced by Granada Television and ran on the ITV network from 26 February 1985 to 28 June 1993. Its hosts over the years were Julian Pettifer, Sarah Kennedy and Elton Welsby.-Game:...	1985-1993	Game show	Granada Television	ITV
Open Air Open Air (TV series) Open Air was BBC1's flagship programme for their new daytime service which began on 27 October 1986. In 1987 an additional early morning episode was added, following the end of Breakfast Time, to help promote and inform viewers what topics would be covered in the main edition.Open Air was similar...	1986-1990	Current affairs	BBC North	BBC One	Filmed at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...
Runway Runway (game show) Runway was a daytime quiz programme that was produced by Granada Television and ran on the ITV network from 12 October 1987 until 19 February 1993...	1987-1993	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced and filmed at Granada Studios
Going for Gold Going for Gold Going for Gold is a British television game show that originally aired on BBC1 between 12 October 1987 and 9 July 1996.It has since been revived for Channel 5 from 13 October 2008 to 20 March 2009...	1987-1996	Game show	Reg Grundy Productions Reg Grundy Productions Reg Grundy Productions was the American wing of the worldwide television production company Grundy Worldwide, which was founded by Australian television producer Reg Grundy. Reg Grundy Productions was responsible for the production of two highly-successful daytime game shows on NBC during the...	BBC One	Filmed at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...
The Hit Man and Her	1988-1992	Music show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television
Cluedo	1990-1993	Game show	Granada Television	ITV	Produced by Granada Television
Stars in Their Eyes Stars In Their Eyes Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that ran on Saturdays nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars...	1990-2006	Talent show	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV	Filmed at Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954...
You've Been Framed You've Been Framed You've Been Framed is a British television show, produced by ITV Studios for ITV where viewers send in humorous home videos. It is currently narrated by the comedian Harry Hill....	1990-present	Comedy	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful.... /ITV Studios	ITV
The Mrs Merton Show The Mrs Merton Show The Mrs Merton Show is a mock talk show starring Caroline Aherne as the elderly host Mrs Merton. It ran from 1994 to 1998, and was produced by Granada Television.The writers included Aherne, Craig Cash, Dave Gorman and Henry Normal....	1994-1998	Comedy talk show	BBC North	BBC One
The Heaven and Earth Show The Heaven and Earth Show The Heaven and Earth Show was a BBC television programme that aired on Sunday mornings from 10am to 11am on BBC One. The show ran for nine years between 1998 and 2007, looking at spiritual and moral issues...	1998-2007	Religion/spirituality	BBC One	BBC Relgion and Ethics (based at BBC Manchester New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department... )	Filmed at the Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954...
Tonight Tonight (TV series) Tonight is a British television newsmagazine, produced by ITV Studios and ITN for the ITV network. Since 1999, Tonight replaced the long-running investigative series World in Action...	1999-present	Current affairs	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful.... /ITV Studios	ITV
Loose Women Loose Women Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...	1999-present	Talk show	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful.... (from 1999-2002)	ITV	Originally filmed at Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954... but moved to Anglia Television Anglia Television Anglia Television is the ITV franchise holder for the East Anglia franchise region. Although Anglia Television takes its name from East Anglia, its transmission coverage extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional...
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	2002-present	Reality game show	Formerly Granada TV co-production with LWT. Now ITV Studios.	ITV	Created by Granada and produced by its subsidary LWT
Living with Michael Jackson Living with Michael Jackson Living with Michael Jackson is a Granada Television documentary, in which British journalist Martin Bashir interviewed Michael Jackson over a span of eight months, from May 2002 to January 2003...	2003	Documentary	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV	Documentary in which Martin Bashir Martin Bashir Martin Bashir is a British journalist and media personality, currently with NBC News as a contributor for its Dateline program, and an afternoon anchor for MSNBC, hosting Martin Bashir... interview American pop star Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... over a period of eight months. The UK airing had 15 million viewers, while 38 million watched the two hour special on ABC.
Real Story Real Story Real Story was a current affairs programme which aired on the British television channel, BBC One at 19:30 GMT weekly on Mondays. It was hosted by Fiona Bruce who was also presenter of Crimewatch. The programme was edited by Dave Stanford and produced by Mike Lewis.It focused on the weeks big...	2003-2006	Current affairs	BBC North	BBC One	Produced at New Broadcasting House
Hell's Kitchen	2004-2009	Reality	Granada Television	ITV	Devised and produced by Granada Television
Honey, We're Killing the Kids Honey, We're Killing the Kids Honey, We're Killing the Kids is the name of a BBC television series in which parents are shown the consequences of poor parenting. The program shows computer-generated images of what their children may look like as adults if they continue with their present life-style, dietary and exercise habits...	2005	Documentary	BBC North	BBC Three
Come Dine With Me Come Dine With Me Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...	2005-present	Cookery	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Dragons' Den Dragons' Den (UK) Dragons' Den is a British television series, hosted by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures and is based on the original Japanese series, which has been sold around the world...	2005-present	Business	BBC North (BBC Manchester)	BBC Two	Features Murrays Mills in Ancoats Ancoats Ancoats is an inner city area of Manchester, in North West England, next to the Northern Quarter and the northern part of Manchester's commercial centre.... , Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... for opening sequence. Dragons "lair" remains a secret but show is produced by BBC Manchester at New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...
The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show is an award-winning British daytime television tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle that has been broadcast on ITV since 4 July 2005. The show is recorded and produced by Granada Television at the Granada Studios on Quay Street in Manchester city centre and broadcast each...	2005-present	Talk show	ITV Granada/ITV Studios	ITV
Soapstar Superstar Soapstar Superstar Soapstar Superstar was a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey...	2006-2007	Reality	Granada Television	Filmed at the Granada Studios
Dancing on Ice Dancing on Ice Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...	2006-present	Game show	ITV Granada/ITV Studios	ITV	Filmed at Elstree Studios Elstree Studios "Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.-Name:...
Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice is a British television comedy show created, written, directed, produced by and starring comedian Peter Kay...	2008	Comedy	Channel 4 productions	Channel 4	Filmed at The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954...
Headcases Headcases Headcases was an ITV satirical animation show based on current affairs. It employed the same satirical style as Spitting Image, 2DTV and Bo' Selecta! but using 3D animation created by UK Visual Effects and animation house Red Vision...	2008	Comedy	Red Vision	ITV	Created by Manchester-based Red Vision
Divided Divided (game show) Divided was a British game show, first broadcast on 18 May 2009. The programme was hosted by Andrew Castle with Charlotte Hudson as the Question Master for Series 1, and Rachel Pierman as the Question Master for Series 2....	2009-present	Game show	Endemol Endemol Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...	ITV	Filmed in Studio 8 at Granada Studios
Take Me Out Take Me Out (game show) Take Me Out is a television dating game show, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, that started airing on ITV1 in the United Kingdom and TV3 Ireland on 2 January 2010. It is based on the Original Australian TV show Taken Out. In September 2010, Irish broadcaster TV3 started broadcating an Irish version of...	2010-present	Game show	Talkback Thames	ITV	First series filmed in Manchester at Granada Studios
John Bishop's Britain John Bishop's Britain John Bishop's Britain is a British television programme presented by comedian John Bishop, each program has a theme e.g. food. It features stand-up, sketches and real-life stories from celebrity guests and members of the public on that particular topic. There have been two series filmed to date....	2010-present	Comedy	Objective Productions North	BBC One	Filmed in Manchester at Granada Studios (series 1) and MediaCityUK (series 2)
The First Election Debate	2010	Political debate	ITV Studios	ITV	The first-ever televised debate between the leaders of the three major political parties ahead of the 2010 General Election. Broadcast Studio 12 at the Granada Studios The Manchester Studios The Manchester Studios is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes. The studios have been home to Granada Television since its inception in 1954... . The debate gained over 10 million viewers.
Blue Peter Blue Peter Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...		Children show	BBC Children's	CBBC, BBC One	Filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011
High Stakes		Gameshow	ITV Granada	ITV	Filmed in Studio 12 at the Granada Studios
Newsround Newsround Newsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children...		News	BBC Children's	CBBC, BBC One	To be filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011
Match of the Day Match of the Day Match of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in English football's top division, the Premier League...		Sport	BBC Sport BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...	BBC One	To be filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011
Match of the Day 2 Match of the Day 2 Match of the Day 2 is a football highlights programme shown on BBC Two in the United Kingdom...		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One	To be filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011
Football Focus Football Focus Football Focus is a BBC television show, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes, covering football, presented from the 2009/2010 season by Dan Walker...		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One	To be filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011
Inside Sport Inside Sport Inside Sport is an Australian sport magazine published by nextmedia. Inside Sport largely comprises articles by freelance journalists, covering a wide array of sports. It focuses on sporting content, sports photography, and the attention given to models and their photo shoots...		Sport	BBC Sport	BBC One	To be filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011
BBC Breakfast BBC Breakfast BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...		News	BBC	BBC One	To be filmed at The Studios, MediaCityUK from 2011

Children's programming

Programme	Year	Genre	Production	Broadcaster	Notes
Clapperboard Clapperboard (TV series) Clapperboard was the name of a 1970s children's television programme, hosted by Chris Kelly which covered the cinema. The show was made by Granada Television for the ITV network, and lasted 254 episodes. It was produced by Muriel Young and was broadcast between April 1972 and January 1982. Young...	1972-1982	Cinema	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Hickory House Hickory House (TV series) Hickory House is a British television programme aimed at pre-school children. It was produced by Granada Television from 1973 to 1977 and broadcast on weekday lunchtimes....	1973-1977	Animation	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Shang-a-Lang Shang-a-Lang (TV series) Shang-a-Lang was a children's pop music TV series starring the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers. It was produced in Manchester by Granada Television for the ITV network and ran for one 20-week series in 1975....	1975	Music	Granada Television Granada Television Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....	ITV
Chorlton and the Wheelies Chorlton and the Wheelies Chorlton and the Wheelies was an animated children's television series that ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on British Television Channel...	1976-1979	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, that once was a major producer of children's television programmes. Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries...	ITV	Produced by Chorlton-based Cosgrove Hall Films, hence the name
Danger Mouse	1981-1992	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, that once was a major producer of children's television programmes. Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries...	ITV
Count Dracula Count Dracula Count Dracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula and archetypal vampire. Some aspects of his character have been inspired by the 15th century Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler...	1988-1993	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, that once was a major producer of children's television programmes. Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries...	ITV
8:15 from Manchester 8:15 from Manchester 8:15 from Manchester is a Saturday morning children's magazine show broadcast on BBC1 when Going Live! was between series.Broadcasting from Manchester, it was presented by Ross King and Charlotte Hindle. The first edition was broadcast on 21 April 1990. It was produced by Martyn Day...	1990-92	Magazine	BBC	BBC	Filmed at New Broadcasting House
Blue Peter Blue Peter Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...	1961-present	Variety	BBC Children's	BBC	Filmed at MediaCityUK from September 2011
Roary the Racing Car Roary the Racing Car Roary the Racing Car is an animated children's television show that currently airs on Milkshake! on Five and Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom, PBS Kids Sprout in the United States, Treehouse TV in Canada, Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Nick Jr. and ABC2 in Australia...	2007-present	Animation	Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films was a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, that once was a major producer of children's television programmes. Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries...	Various

BAFTAs

Since the introduction of the best drama series at the BAFTAs

British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series

The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards , the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry...

in 1992, Mancunian produced or filmed drama has won the award on 9 occasions out of the 19 awarded (up to 2011) - more than any other city. Cracker
Cracker
Cracker may refer to:* Cracker , a type of biscuit, usually salted or savory edible* Cracker , a mountain peak in Glacier National Park** Cracker , located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S...

(Granada Television) won twice in 1995 and 1996, The Cops
The Cops (TV series)
The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC.The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force...

(filmed in Manchester) won twice in 1999 and 2000, Clocking Off
Clocking Off
Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...

(Red Production Company

Red Production Company

, Manchester production company based at Granada

The Manchester Studios

) in 2001, Cold Feet
Cold Feet
Cold Feet is a British comedy-drama television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. The series was created and principally written by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his award-winning 1997 Comedy Premiere of the same name. The storyline follows three couples experiencing the...

(Granada Television) in 2002, Shameless
Shameless
Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...

(filmed in Manchester) in 2005 and The Street
The Street (TV series)
The Street is a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and produced by Granada Television for the BBC. The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob...

(Granada Television) in 2007 and 2008.

Peggy Ashcroft won a BAFTA TV award for best actress in 1985 in her performance in The Jewel In The Crown and later Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...

won best actress three consecutive times, a record, for her performance in the Granada-produced Prime Suspect series.

Background

Fiction produced and/or set in Manchester

Non-Fiction programmes produced or filmed in Manchester

Children's programming

BAFTAs

See also