From The Full Monty reboot to HBO series The Regime, starring Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant, and upcoming BBC drama Reunion, filming for which recently wrapped, big-name actors and film crews have become a common sight on the city’s streets.
But as these photos from the 1990s and noughties show, filming in Sheffield is nothing new.
David Jason, Sean Bean, David Harewood, Ken Stott and Mark Warren are among the famous faces pictured in Sheffield and elsewhere in South Yorkshire.
Film crews can be seen at locations including High Street, Sheffield; Meadowhall; Mexborough, in Doncaster; Sheffield’s Philadelphia Working Men’s Club; Bramall Lane; and the old La Chambre swingers club in Attercliffe, Sheffield.
The movies and shows being shot include When Saturday Comes, The Vice, Ken Loach film The Navigators, Michael Barrymore’s My Kind of People, A Touch of Frost, and Last of the Summer Wine.
5. David Jason
David Jason in Sheffield in 2000 to film a new ITV period drama at the Butcher Works on Arundel Street | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Andrew Partridge
6. The Navigators
Actors Joe Duttine and Steve Hewison pictured during filming for Ken Loach film The Navigators at the Jarvis railyard on Blast Lane, Sheffield, in 2000 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
7. Michael Barrymore
Michael Barymore filming his new series in the Oasis Dining Quarter at Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre in 1999 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Waistell
8. Sean Bean
Sean Bean faces a barrage of cameras at the world premiere of his new film When Saturday Comes, which was held at Meadowhall in February 1996 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Steve Ellis