From the rolling hills of the Peak District to the industrial underbelly of the city centre, the sites and culture of Sheffield have managed to draw in artists from across the globe.
Lead characters in the British cultural landmark Doctor Who were fighting aliens on the streets of Sheffield, while cult classic comedies like Four Lions have emerged from the city.
And this is all without mentioning the rest of South Yorkshire, where stately home Wentworth Woodhouse has played a role in the hit Netflix drama The Crown and Barnsley stands as the home of Kes.
We’ve collected a list of 16 locations across the county that have made their way onto people’s screens.
5. Threads - The Moor
This chilling 1984 BBC drama showed the catastrophic impact of a nuclear strike on Sheffield, something which seemed all too possible at the time. Among the locations featured were The Moor (pictured), the Nottingham House pub in Broomhill, Sheffield City Hall and the long-since-demolished Tinsley cooling towers. Photo: Scott Merrylees
6. The Regime
Filming has been taking place around Sheffield and elsewhere in South Yorkshire for a HBO miniseries called The Regime, starring Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant and hit screens in 2024. An armoured vehicle is visible here during filming around an old steel cementation furnace in Shalesmoor. Film crews have also been seen in Sheffield Botanical Gardens and at Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham. Photo: @steelcitysnaps via Twitter
7. Kes - Hoyland Common
Kes, which tells the charming tale of the relationship between Billy Casper and the titular kestrel, is one of the best loved films ever made in Yorkshire. Based on Barry Hines' book, A Kestrel for a Knave, it was released in 1969 and was just the second film Ken Loach had directed. Filming took place at locations around Barnsley, including on Hoyland Common. Photo: Other
8. The Full Monty TV reboot - Meadowhall
The Full Monty TV reboot, due to premiere in June this year on Disney+, will pick up the story 25 years after a group of unemployed steelworkers famously bared all to make ends meet in the hit film. We don't yet know which scenes will make the cut but filming has taken place at numerous locations across Sheffield, including at Meadowhall, where Robert Carlyle is pictured, in Gleadless and on Blake Street, in Upperthorpe, which is officially Sheffield's steepest street Photo: Reece Freeman