One of the key Manchester filming locations for Peaky Blinders is launching tours for fans of the series and other TV shows shot there.
Victoria Baths is opening up for a new programme of Behind the Screens visits, exploring the building's starring role in some of the most popular TV dramas of recent times.
Peaky Blinders, Houdini & Doyle, Cold Feet, Mrs Biggs and World on Fire are among the shows that have used the grade II* listed former swimming baths as a backdrop.
It's doubled as everything from a morgue to a prison, hospital, fish market and auction house, as well as its original use as a pool.
Areas not usually accessible to the public will be opened up for the tours, including the filter room where a famous Tom Hardy scene from Peaky Blinders took place, and the basement where a prison cell was built for Houdini & Doyle.
There are also original props to see, location photo opportunities and backstage secrets to be spilled.
A tour guide will talk visitors through some of the key scenes, illustrated in photographs including shots of the Peaky Blinders horse auction and the Cold Feet book launch.
Elizabeth Sibbering, operations manager at Victoria Baths, said: “We all love the excitement generated by the filming at Victoria Baths and appreciate the way production teams showcase the building.
"Victoria Baths has fuelled the imagination of wonderfully creative and talented individuals and we want to share these stories and moments with visitors in our new Behind the Screens tour.”
As well as raising the profile of the historic building, filming has helped to fund its running and maintenance.
Opened in 1906, Victoria Baths was described at the time as 'the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country'.
Manchester's 'water palace' once housed three pools as well as a Turkish bath and sauna.
It closed in 1993 and was taken over by a community trust in 2001, who are working to restore and reopen it. As well as being used as a filming location, it's an in-demand events venue, hosting festivals such as Indy Man Beer Con.
The new Behind the Screens tour will take place once a month on a Wednesday, complementing the popular weekly tours that take place every Wednesday at Victoria Baths between April and October.
Doors open 12.30pm and the tour itself starts at 2pm, lasting for around an hour. A gift shop and tea room will be open before and after the tours.
Tickets are £7 (free for Friends of Victoria Baths and under 16s) and can be booked via victoriabaths.eventbrite.com .
