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Hollyoaks is not only a fictional village on screen. It is also part of a wider Merseyside production story. The programme is made by Lime Pictures, whose Liverpool base has supported the soap since it launched in 1995. Lime Pictures is based at Campus Manor on Childwall Abbey Road in
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Hollyoaks is mainly produced at Lime Pictures in Childwall, Liverpool. The soap is set near Chester, but its production base places it firmly within the Liverpool City Region screen industry. That Liverpool connection is important because Hollyoaks is part of a wider production landscape. The city has a long history
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Hollyoaks is strongly connected to Childwall because that is where Lime Pictures has its Liverpool production base. Although the soap is set in a fictional village near Chester, its real working life is rooted in south Liverpool and the wider North West. The main production home for Hollyoaks is Lime
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Hollyoaks is set in a fictional village near Chester, but the programme’s long term production home is Lime Pictures in Childwall, Liverpool. That real production base is central to how the Channel 4 soap is made and has been closely connected to the programme since Hollyoaks began in 1995.
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EastEnders is one of the best known programmes made at BBC Elstree, but the site’s production history goes back long before Albert Square appeared on screen. The Elstree site has been part of British film and television history for more than a century, making it an important heritage location
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EastEnders is set in fictional Walford, but its real production home is Borehamwood in Hertfordshire. That contrast is part of what makes the soap interesting. On screen, viewers see an East London community. Behind the scenes, that world is created at the BBC Elstree Centre, outside London. Borehamwood has a
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The BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, is one of the most important locations in EastEnders history. Although the soap is set in the fictional London borough of Walford, the programme has been based at Elstree since it began in 1985. The site has a long screen history. It originally
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The Albert Square exterior set is the centre of EastEnders and the most recognisable part of Walford. Although the soap is set in the fictional London borough of Walford, the famous Square is filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. EastEnders first aired in February 1985, but the
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Before Emmerdale moved to its purpose built village set at Harewood, the real village of Esholt played a major role in the soap’s history. From 1976 until 1997, Esholt was used as the main village location for the programme. Esholt is a real West Yorkshire village near Bradford. Its
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Emmerdale may be set in a fictional Yorkshire village, but the programme’s production life is closely connected to Leeds. The city and surrounding areas support the soap behind the scenes, giving it studio space, production facilities and access to nearby rural locations. This Leeds connection is important because Emmerdale
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Emmerdale has always depended on its Yorkshire setting. The village set is central to the show, but the countryside around the fictional village gives the soap much of its atmosphere. Fields, farms, country roads, stone walls and open rural spaces help make Emmerdale visually different from other British soaps. The
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The Emmerdale village set on the Harewood Estate is the modern home of the ITV soap’s fictional village. For viewers, it is the place where the Woolpack, the village shop, the church, the cottages and the familiar stone built streets come together to create the everyday world of Emmerdale.
