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From
the early days of John E Blakeley's Mancunian Films through
to modern day Granada TV and independent film makers such
as Red Productions, Manchester has always been a hotbed
for award-winning film production and Oscar winning actors
and directors. What makes the city so special is hard to
explain but we've had more than our fair share of top TV
shows, movies, actors and directors - from Ben Kingsley
to Christopher Eccleston, Mike Leigh to Danny Boyle, Coronation
Street to Cold Feet, Cracker to Prime Suspect, Queer As
Folk to Phoenix Nights, Hobson's Choice to East Is East,
24 Hour Party People to Alfie. They're all from here on
these pages we celebrate the city once nicknamed Jollywood! |
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Televison
today is dominated by great british shows which
the nation have taken to their hearts. From a
60's soap about the lives in a Manchester street
to the lives of three men living in Manchesters
gay village. The city has been the focus that
has provided the best shows on television today.
It's no suprise that one of the largest tv companies,
Granada is based in Manchester. |
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Manchester
has seen some of the greatest movies to come
out of the city. In 1933 John E Blakeley, a
music hall enthusiast, took the plunge into
production and encouraged its stars to come
in front of the cameras. He produced George
Formby's first two features, Boots, Boots (d.
Bert Tracey, 1934) and Off the Dole (d. Arthur
Mertz, 1935), and though Formby was lost to
Ealing Studios, a string of other stars emerged
and since then many other movies have come out
of Manchester to be highly successful. |
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Not
only has Manchester been the location and back
drop for numerous movies through the years but
it has also produced some of the finest directing
talent, from John E Blakeley to one of Britain's
most celebrated breakthrough talents of the
1990s, director and producer Danny Boyle made
his name with his acclaimed 1996 adaptation
of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. An angry, scabrously
funny film about a group of Edinburgh. Here
you'll find the work of our talented Manchester
directors. |
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There
are more actors than you would imagine that
come from Manchester and since the mid 30's
the city has created the finest talent to be
seen on the small screen and the big screen.
There's usually a real bond between the city
and the talent who were born there as many actors
have retained their roots in the city and not
been lured to the glitz and glamour of London
or even Hollywood. Pride of Manchester brings
you the biographies of the thespians of the
city. |
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Not
only famous for sport, architecture and music,
Manchester is also known for it's comedy, you
just have to watch a show like Coronation Street
which depicts Manchester folk as extremely down
to earth characters who have a great sense of
humour and as such, there have been countless
legends to emerge from the city through the
years to become Britains best well known and
loved comedy talent, from Frank Randle, to Les
Dawson and Victoria Wood to Caroline Aherne. |
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"I
love Manchester. I come here very often. I was born here and
I have family here. My mother lives here and when I was growing
up here it was an age where Victoriana was all around." |
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