Which is why so many film crews regularly descend on the county to make great movies and TV shows, like these:
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A location for many films and dramas, but Queen Street Mill in Burnley is probably most famous for it's use in The King Speech, for which Colin Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2011
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We all enjoyed Paddy McGuinness' speeding ice cream van this year in Top Gear, but do you remember Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc filming time trials along the Lower Walk in Blackpool?
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Lytham Hall, Towneley Hall and Hoghton Tower were both locations in Casanova (2005) with Rose Byrne, David Tennant and Peter O'Toole
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Britain's Got Talent is another regular visitor to the coast, to tap into the county's future stars. Here's Ant and Dec on the Promenade in 2012
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Actress Celia Johnson and director David Lean, boarding a train together at Victoria Station, headed to Paris to receive an award for their film 'Brief Encounter' which was filmed at Carnforth Railway Station
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Tim Burton and Samuel L Jackson arrived in Blackpool in 2015 to film Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children