The city’s combination of gritty industrial heritage, the romantic landscape of the Peak District and atmospheric brutalist architecture like the iconic Park Hill flats have long made it an attractive option for film crews.
But how many of these settings do you recognise from films and TV dramas in which Sheffield has played a starring role over the years?
9. Threads
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
10. How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Sheffield stood in for 1970s Croydon in this 2017 sci-fi romantic comedy starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning, which was shot at locations including Park Hill and Sheffield Space Centre book shop on the Wicker (pictured) Photo: Marisa Cashill
11. Testament of Youth
The 2014 film based on Vera Brittain's First World War memoir and starring Alicia Vikander was shot in Sheffield and other northern locations. Sheffield Town Hall (pictured) and Sum Studios in Heeley are among the places which feature Photo: Marisa Cashill
12. Zero Chill
Part of the iceSheffield arena was transformed into the fictional Hammerstrom Ice Hockey Academy for the upcoming Netflix drama Zero Chill, which is due for release later this year. Filming for the 10-part teen drama, about a talented ice hockey player and his twin sister, who is a gifted figure skater, has also taken place at locations including the Cholera Monument Grounds and Broomhill Photo: Contributed