Up your steps while having an alternative wander around the city, following the new TransPennine Express #TPEBehindTheScreens interactive walking tour of film and TV locations. Following a free online map, the four-mile route will guide you from and back to Piccadilly Station, taking in 10 locations that have all starred on the big or small screen. You’ll discover the backdrops to blockbuster movies like Captain America and 24 Hour Party People and TV shows from Sherlock Holmes to Peaky Blinders. You’ll be able to spot where Manchester has been transformed into 1940s Brooklyn and Victorian London, and how the Houses of Parliament have been transported up north. Download inside info when you get to each must-see then upload snaps to Instagram or Twitter doing your best Bet Lynch on the famous Coronation Street cobbles or Tommy from Peaky Blinders on the back streets of Birmingham via the Northern Quarter – you might even get to stay here for a full city break including a behind the scenes ITV tour if your picture wins the VIP city break competition, just add the tags #TPEBehindTheScreens and #Manchester to enter.
Download the #TPEBehindTheScreens Manchester Walking Tour map here.
- Words:
- Sarah-Clare Conlon
- Published on:
- Sat 6 Oct 2018
