List of locations of British situation comedies
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The following is a list of locations of British situation comedies.
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 ). *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. * – Pompeii, Italy. *Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister - Downing Street, Westminster, London
Fictional locations Some locations are fictional roads or towns but in real cities or counties.
* – Nouvion, France. *Bless This House - Birch Avenue, Putney, London. *Dad's Army - Walmington-on-Sea *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. *Spaced – Meteor Street, Islington, London. *Steptoe and Son – Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London. *Sykes – Sebastopol Terrace, Acton, London. *To The Manor Born – Marlbury, Somerset.
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