Editing Yorkshire (section)

===Television productions===
Among prominent British television shows filmed in (and based on) Yorkshire are the [[soap opera]] ''[[Emmerdale]]'' and the sitcom ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''; the latter in particular is noted for holding the record of longest-running comedy series in the world, from 1973 until 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm |publisher=Summer-Wine.com |title=Summer Wine – The Story |access-date=3 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501132716/http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm |archive-date=1 May 2008 }}</ref> Other notable television series set in Yorkshire include ''[[Downton Abbey]]'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''[[The Beiderbecke Trilogy]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[Open All Hours]]'', ''[[Band of Gold (TV series)|Band Of Gold]]'', ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe]]'', ''[[Fat Friends]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The Syndicate]]'', ''[[No Angels]]'', ''[[Drifters (TV series)|Drifters]]'' and ''[[The Royal]]''. During the first three series of the sitcom ''[[The New Statesman (1987 TV series)|The New Statesman]]'', Alan B'Stard represented as MP the fictional constituency of Haltenprice in North Yorkshire.

Yorkshire has remained a popular location for filming in more recent times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/yorkshire-attractions/film-and-tv/ |title=Yorkshire on Film and TV |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2016 |website=Yorkshire Net |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208221327/http://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/yorkshire-attractions/film-and-tv/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2016/02/10/yorkshire-wins-new-funding-to-grow-as-film-hub |title=Yorkshire wins funding to grow film hub |last=Daniels |first=Nia |date=2 October 2016 |website=The Knowledge Online |publisher=Media Business Insight Limited |access-date=10 February 2017 |quote=Yorkshire has been announced by the BFI as the winner of National Lottery funding, aimed at encouraging emerging screen sector hubs |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080026/http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2016/02/10/yorkshire-wins-new-funding-to-grow-as-film-hub |url-status=live }}</ref> For example, much of ITV's highly acclaimed ''[[Victoria (UK TV series)|Victoria]]'' was filmed in the region, at locations such as Harewood House in Leeds and Beverley Minster (the latter being used to depict Westminster Abbey and St James' Palace),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/victoria-itv-cast-locations-and-four-other-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-period-drama-a3330801.html |title=Victoria, ITV: cast, locations, and four other things you need to know about the period drama |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=28 August 2016 |work=London Evening Standard |access-date=10 February 2017 |quote=It was mostly filmed in Yorkshire. Recreating the opulence of royalty was achieved by a mix of locations and studio shoots. |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081357/http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/victoria-itv-cast-locations-and-four-other-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-period-drama-a3330801.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Sherelle |author-link=Sherelle Jacobs |date=6 October 2016 |title=Victoria: filming locations in Yorkshire and where to stay |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/articles/victoria-itv-drama-filming-locations-and-where-to-stay/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/articles/victoria-itv-drama-filming-locations-and-where-to-stay/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=10 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> whilst [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] has programmed numerous Yorkshire-themed documentary series such as ''Our Yorkshire Farm'' and ''The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard'' across its schedule.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/01/yorkshire-lockdown-gold-all-creatures-great-and-small-channel-5-tv-our-farm|title=Yorkshire, Yorkshire, everywhere! How Channel 5 scored lockdown viewing gold|date=1 October 2020|first=Julian |last=Coman|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021133539/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/01/yorkshire-lockdown-gold-all-creatures-great-and-small-channel-5-tv-our-farm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nymr.co.uk/pages/category/the-yorkshire-steam-railway-all-aboard-season-3|title=The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard: Season 3|date=20 February 2020 |publisher=North York Moors Historical Railway Trust – NYMR|access-date=2 October 2020|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216145456/https://www.nymr.co.uk/pages/category/the-yorkshire-steam-railway-all-aboard-season-3|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[West Yorkshire]] has particularly benefited from a great deal of production activity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northlightfilmstudios.co.uk/productions-at-north-light-film-studios/ |title=Productions at North Light Film Studios |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2017 |website=North Light Film Studios |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075224/http://www.northlightfilmstudios.co.uk/productions-at-north-light-film-studios/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Film & TV |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv |newspaper=Examiner |location=Huddersfield |date=29 October 2016 |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114171919/http://www.examiner.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For example, portions of the BBC television series ''[[Happy Valley (TV series)|Happy Valley]]'' and ''Last Tango in Halifax'' were filmed in the area, in Huddersfield and other cities; in addition to exteriors, some of the studio filming for ''Happy Valley'' was done at North Light Film Studios at Brookes Mill, Huddersfield. Although set in the fictional town of Denton, popular ITV detective series ''[[A Touch Of Frost]]'' was filmed in Yorkshire, mainly in and around Leeds. The BBC's ''[[Jamaica Inn (2014 TV series)|Jamaica Inn]]'' and ''[[Remember Me (TV series)|Remember Me]]'' and the ITV series ''[[Black Work]]'' were also filmed at the studios and in nearby West Yorkshire locations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ballinger |first=Lauren |date=5 December 2014 |title=North Light Film Studios – Remember Me filming locations |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/north-light-film-studios---8234505 |newspaper=Examiner |location=Huddersfield |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080248/http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/north-light-film-studios---8234505 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/nov/03/sally-wainwright-last-tango-halifax | title=Sally Wainwright: not the same old | work=The Guardian | date=3 November 2013 | access-date=19 January 2014 | last=Rees | first=Caroline | archive-date=3 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203112658/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/nov/03/sally-wainwright-last-tango-halifax | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-11/last-tango-in-halifax-actress-sarah-lancashire-begins-shooting-new-crime-drama-in-yorkshire | title=Last Tango in Halifax actress Sarah Lancashire begins shooting new crime drama in Yorkshire | work=Radio Times | date=11 December 2013 | access-date=19 January 2014 | last=Bremner | first=Jade | archive-date=9 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209012415/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-11/last-tango-in-halifax-actress-sarah-lancashire-begins-shooting-new-crime-drama-in-yorkshire | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/index.php/2014/creative-england-provides-filming-location-and-crew-support-to-new-bbc-drama-happy-valley-when-filming-in-yorkshire/ | title=Creative England provides filming location and crew support to new BBC drama Happy Valley when filming in Yorkshire | work=Creative England | date=29 April 2014 | access-date=12 June 2014 | archive-date=30 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530113921/http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/index.php/2014/creative-england-provides-filming-location-and-crew-support-to-new-bbc-drama-happy-valley-when-filming-in-yorkshire/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> More recently, many of the exteriors of the BBC series ''[[Jericho (2016 TV series)|Jericho]]'' were filmed at the nearby Rockingstone Quarry, and some interior work was done at North Light Film Studios.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gildea |first=Samantha |date=1 February 2016 |title=Jericho filming locations |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/tv/jericho-filming-locations-take-video-10706918 |newspaper=Examiner |location=Huddersfield |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-date=16 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116054954/http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/tv/jericho-filming-locations-take-video-10706918 |url-status=live }}</ref>