List of locations of British situation comedies
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The following is a list of locations of British situation comedies.
[edit] Real locations
In some cases, the filming of the programme takes place in a different location than actually stated in the script.
- Birds of a Feather – Chigwell, Essex.
- Black Books – Bloomsbury, London.
- Citizen Smith – Tooting, London.
- Desmonds – Peckham, London.
- Fawlty Towers – Torquay, Devon.
- The Good Life – Surbiton (though filming was studio-based and the house was in Northwood, Middlesex [1]).
- The Goodies - Cricklewood, London.
- Keeping Up Appearances – Binley Woods, Coventry.
- May to December – Pinner, Middlesex.
- The New Statesman - Westminster, London.
- Only Fools and Horses - Peckham, London.
- Phoenix Nights – Bolton, Lancashire.
- Red Dwarf – Outer Space.
- Rentaghost – South Ealing, London.
- Terry and June – Purley, London.
- Up Pompeii – Pompeii, Italy.
- Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister - Downing Street, Westminster, London
[edit] Fictional locations
Some locations are fictional roads or towns but in real cities or counties.
- 'Allo 'Allo! – Nouvion, France.
- Bless This House - Birch Avenue, Putney, London.
- Dad's Army - Walmington-on-Sea (probably intended to be near Hastings).
- Drop the Dead Donkey - Globe Link News, London.
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - Climthorpe, London suburb (the train station scenes were filmed in Norbiton).
- Father Ted – Craggy Island, off the West coast of Eire.
- Green Wing - East Hampton Hospital Trust, London.
- Hancock – Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, London.
- The IT Crowd - Reynholm Industries, London.
- The League of Gentlemen - Royston Vasey, Northern England (Filmed in Hatfield, Derbyshire).
- The Office - Wernham-Hogg Paper Merchants, Slough
- Porridge – Slade Prison, Cumbria.
- Steptoe and Son – Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London.
- Sykes – Sebastopol Terrace, Acton, London.
- To The Manor Born – Marlbury, Somerset.
