The City of Liverpool: why Taylor Swift and The Batman chose to shoot here

About this episode

Julian Newby discusses Liverpool's growing reputation as a filming location with Kevin Bell and Pamela Carrol.

The Liverpool Film Office and the city’s Local Visitor Economy Partnership have been working together for almost two years on a campaign to attract more film and TV production into the city. Liverpool already claims to have hosted more productions in 2024 than any other UK city outside London – and massive titles including The Batman and Fantastic Beasts have been happy to film there. For this podcast Julian Newby spoke with Kevin Bell from the Liverpool Film Office and Pamela Carrol, head of...

People in this episode

Host: Julian Newby

Guests: Kevin Bell, Pamela Carrol

Topics covered

• film production
• Liverpool
• Taylor Swift
• The Batman
• local economy
• TV production

Keywords

• Liverpool
• film office
• TV production
• The Batman
• Fantastic Beasts
• local economy
• Taylor Swift

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liverpool Film Office, Local Visitor Economy Partnership

Books & works: The Batman, Fantastic Beasts

Places: Liverpool

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