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.

13. A Touch of Frost
David Jason pictured during filming for A Touch of Frost at Owlerton Stadium in 2003 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Steve Ellis

14. Owlerton Stadium
Filming for A Touch of Frost at Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield, in 2003 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Steve Ellis

15. Restoration
Filming for the BBC 2 programme Restoration at Manor Lodge, Sheffield, in 2004 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Mike Waistell

16. Last of the Summer Wine
Filming for Last of The Summer Wine at the Monkey Inn, Thurgoland, in July 2004 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Dean Atkins

