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1. Filmed in Lancashire
An explosion scene is filmed on St Anne's Beach in Lancashire as filming got underway for the the BBC programme, World On Fire Photo: Lee McLean
2. Filmed in Lancashire
Hoghton Tower, near Preston, became St Hilda's Orphanage, in Birmingham for an episode of the BBC's Peaky Blinders Photo: BBC
3. Filmed in Lancashire
Love it or hate it, but the producers of IP Man 4 seemed to like it as they were seen filming at Preston Bus Station Photo: Simon Smallwood
4. Filmed in Lancashire
The 2016 dark fantasy A Monster Calls was partly filmed at Colne Valley High School Photo: Press Association