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Charlotte Hadfield

Where was Ridley Road filmed? Filming locations for BBC drama

If you've been watching the new BBC drama Ridley Road you may recognise some of the scenes you see on screen.

The show is set in London during the swinging 60s but filming didn't actually take place in the capital itself.

Instead, parts of Liverpool city centre were transformed for filming with vintage props used to take the area back in time.

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Liverpool Town Hall provided a backdrop for parts of the drama, with camera crews pitching up in the area back in January.

Old London buses and vintage vehicles were pictured parked up near Exchange Flags, including a 1960s Vauxhall Cresta.

Fascist "Britain Awake" signs were also photographed in the city centre by ECHO photographer Andy Teebay, along with newspaper clippings from 'The Gazette' which were posted around Exchange Flags.

A replica statue of a Lion was used for filming on William Brown Street (Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)

William Brown Street, close to St George's Hall, was also transported back to the 1960s for filming earlier this year.

A classic Police van was pictured parked up on the cobbles, along with a replica of a lion statue.

Other filming locations for the drama were in Manchester around the Northern Quarter, Piccadilly and Ancoats.

A classic Police van on William Brown Street (Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)

Set in 1962, Ridley Road follows Vivien Epstein, a Jewish hairdresser from Manchester, as she runs away from her protective parents David and Liza Epstein and her upcoming marriage and heads to London in pursuit of her true love, Jack Morris.

She follows Jack to his last known address on the iconic Ridley Road, but she is warned off by her uncle, the gruff Soly Malinovsky and Soly's wife Nancy.

Determined to stay on in London, Vivien takes up lodgings with the very traditional Nettie Jones and finds a job at a trendy Soho hair salon run by Barbara.

But her world is turned upside down when she discovers that Jack has gone missing while working undercover to infiltrate the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, led by Colin Jordan.

With the backing of the anti-fascist 62 Group led by Soly and Nancy, Vivien decides to go undercover herself to discover what happened to Jack.

There are four episodes of Ridley Road which will air every Sunday and the entire series is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer now.

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