HELP | CHANNEL 4 | MADE IN LIVERPOOL

According Channel 4’s Head of Drama, Caroline Hollick, their latest film, Help, is “the most important thing you’ll watch this year“, and a “love letter to the cultural heritage of Liverpool.”

Beyond the obvious nod to The Beatles’ iconic song and film of the same name, Help, despite its hard-hitting message contains joyous references to Scouse culture, from food to football to in the know jokes.

Starring Scouse royalty Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, written by BAFTA-winning writer, Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials, The Virtues, National Treasure) and directed by visionary, Marc Munden (Utopia, The Third Day, The Secret Garden), here’s everything you’ll want to know about Channel 4’s, state-of-the-nation drama.

Time | BBC | Made in Liverpool

It’s Time.

Liverpool’s own prolific screenwriter, Jimmy McGovern returns to prime-time TV series drama with a three-part prison drama; Time, starring two of Britain’s biggest on screen talents; Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.

Sherlocks of Liverpool

Pictured: Actors to have played Sherlock Holmes in productions filmed in Liverpool: (From Left to Right) James Bragington, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey Jr, Henry Lloyd-Hughes.

Liverpool is no stranger to the world of Sherlock Holmes – with the city’s pristine period architecture doubling for Victorian London on many films and shows including Searchlight’s Tolkien, Netflix’s The English Game, BBC’s The War Of The Worlds to name a few…In fact, Liverpool has been the backdrop for Sherlockian stories on the screen for more than 100 years.

Liverpool Film Office fires fourth investment in new HETV adaptation of iconic espionage thriller, The Ipcress File

The Ipcress File, featuring the iconic British spy, Harry Palmer, once made famous by Michael Caine, is getting a six-part high-end TV adaptation for ITV, with Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Gangs of London) taking on the mantle.

The Irregulars | Netflix | Made in Liverpool

The world of Sherlock Holmes – like you’ve never seen before…

Netflix’s THE IRREGULARS follows a gang of troubled street teens, solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson & his mysterious business partner.

Netflix Original THE IRREGULARS streams from Friday 26 March.

It’s a Sin – Channel 4

It’s A Sin is multi-BAFTA Award-winning writer Russell T Davies’ (Queer As Folk, A Very English Scandal, Years and Years, Doctor Who) brand new 5-part drama which follows the story of the 1980s, the story of AIDS, and charts the joy and heartbreak of a group of friends across a decade in which everything changed.

The scouse soundtrack behind Tin Star: Liverpool

Liverpool’s Head of UNESCO City of Music, Kevin McManus, writes a guest blog to showcase the established and new Liverpool artists that helped the producers of Tin Star: Liverpool get under the skin of the city – in what’s an essential part of the culture of Liverpool; music.

Tin Star: Liverpool – Sky Atlantic/Kudos TV

Tim Roth crime drama Tin Star, produced by Kudos TV (Utopia, Broadchurch, Humans, Life On Mars) swapped the Canadian Rockies for the River Mersey for an explosive third and final series of Sky Atlantic’s critically acclaimed drama, with an improved title; Tin Star: Liverpool.

Anthony – LA Productions/BBC One

15 years on from his death, Anthony Walker’s story is being told in a one-off film on BBC One, produced by Liverpool-based LA Productions.

INTERVIEW: Sparkle VFX on their story so far, the future & Virtual Production

The making of The Snow Spider

Interview with Executive Producer, Kristian Smith

The Snow Spider, is a new 5 x 30’ magical family adventure series on CBBC, produced by Liverpool and London-based Leopard Pictures and the first project to be part-funded by the Liverpool City Region Production Fund.

Made in Liverpool – Streamed everywhere

Love seeing Liverpool on the screen? We’ve made a list of TV shows and films made (partly & fully) on location in Liverpool City Region that you can stream, whatever your preferred service, to help get you through your isolation.

Liverpool Locations of Netflix’s The English Game

What do you get when you cross the nation’s favourite sport with one of the nation’s most acclaimed TV series? The English Game, from Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes.

A decade of productions made in Liverpool (2010-2019)

After the busiest decade of Liverpool Film Office’s 30 year history, we are reflecting on some of the productions that came to your screens in the 2010s that were made in Liverpool City Region.