Editing Wakefield (section)

===Film and television locations===
The 1963 film ''[[This Sporting Life]]'' starring [[Richard Harris]], [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]], [[William Hartnell]] and [[Arthur Lowe]] was partially filmed in Wakefield, specifically at [[Wakefield Trinity]] Rugby Ground, Belle Vue, the area around the top of Westgate and the demolished "Locarno Night Club" – Southgate, now the Cathedral entrance to [[The Ridings Centre|Ridings Shopping Centre]]. The film's screenplay was by Wakefield born writer [[David Storey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=IMDB This Sporting Life Filming Locations |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057578/locations |website=IMDB |access-date=12 November 2022 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113094248/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057578/locations |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 1996 film ''[[Brassed Off]]'', starring [[Ewan McGregor]], was partly filmed at [[National Coal Mining Museum for England|The National Coal Mining Museum]] in Wakefield.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The 2018 television mini series ''[[The ABC Murders (TV series)|The ABC Murders]]'', starring [[John Malkovich]], [[Eamon Farren]], [[Michael Shaeffer]] and [[Rupert Grint]] was partly filmed at [[St John the Baptist's Church, Wakefield, West Yorkshire|St Johns Baptist's Church]] and St John's Square.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}