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.
17. Flog It!
Presenter Paul Martin pictured during filming for the antiques show Flog It! at the Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield, in 2005 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Mike Waistell
18. Silent Witness
Actress Cressida Whyte rehearses a scene from Silent Witness at Butchers Works, Sheffield, in November 2004 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Roger Nadal
19. Extreme Rescue
Filming at the Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield, in 2006 for the Granada Television TV documentary series Extreme Rescue | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Mike Waistell
20. Gardeners World
Crowds at Sheffield Botanical Gardens in 2006, when the BBC Gardeners World team filmed a plant swap there | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Mike Waistell