Grantham College students to showcase town’s filming locations in new documentary
A new documentary will showcase some of the locations in our area to have featured on the big screen.
Steven Healey, of Grantham College, is working with his students to showcase sites in Grantham that have been featured in film or TV.
The idea first came about several years ago before Steven began working at the college.
“I did a bit of research when I started teaching and I produced a big map on the wall of what has been filmed in Lincolnshire, and there was a hell of a lot,” said Steven.
He added: “Then a documentary came out by TV critic Ali Plumb where he looked at filming locations in places like Glasgow.
“I then thought ‘he didn’t come to Grantham’, so I thought I would give it a go.”
Depending on permissions, Steven will work with the students to film at these places and showcase what was filmed there, the actors featured in the films and why Grantham was chosen as a location.
“It’s a student project and I would quite like to see how it turns out,” said Steven.
He added: “It will also be a good experience for the students. It’s just about sorting the logistics at the moment but we have written a script already.
“There is more to be scheduled here, but it’s to highlight it’s not always London or Hollywood that massive films have been filmed in, Grantham is included in this.”
It is hoped the film will be released later this year in August or September.
Some of Grantham’s historical structures, including Harlaxton Manor, Belton House and Belvoir Castle, have provided a backdrop for many classical tales.
Some of these include:
Harlaxton Manor
•ITV’s Victoria (2016-2019), starring Jenna Louise Coleman
•The Secret Garden (2020)
•The Haunting (1999), starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Owen Wilson
Belvoir Castle
•The Crown (2016-2023) - featured as Windsor Castle
•Victoria and Abdul (2017)
•The Da Vinci Code (2006)
•The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
•The Last Days of Patton (1986)
•Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Belton House
•Pride and Prejudice TV series (1995), starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle
•The Buccaneers (1995)
•Bleak House (2005)
•Jane Eyre (2011)
•Queen Charlotte (2023)
Many other areas of Lincolnshire have been featured in TV or film. Of these, Stamford has been the setting for many films over the years including:
•Middlemarch (1994)
•Pride and Prejudice film (2005)
•The Da Vinci Code (2006)
•Another Country (1984)
•Citadel (2023)
•The Crown (2016-2023)
•The Flash (2014-2023)
•My Mad Fat Diary (2013-2015)
Several locations in Boston were used as the backdrop for 2019’s ITV series Wild Bill, starring Brat Pack star Rob Lowe.
Filming for This is England and This is England '86 also took place in Stickney in Boston.
Lincoln Cathedral has acted as understudy for Westminster Abbey on screen several times, including in The Da Vinci Code in 2006, Young Victoria in 2009 and Netflix’s The King in 2018.
The city of Lincoln itself has featured in the Grand Tour, when presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May visited the city for the show’s segment on electric cars.
Gainsborough Old Hall was featured in Peterloo, released in 2018, and stars Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear.
RAF Scampton and Hemswell, famous for the Dam Busters, has of course been featured in the 1955 ‘The Dam Busters’ film, which tells the story of how the British attacked German dams in World War Two.
Cadwell Park in Louth was featured in Rush, released in 2013, and stars Chris Hemsworth as a Formula One racing driver.
Do you know of any other occasions in which Lincolnshire has starred on film or TV? Let us know in the comments below.
