North Light Film Studios

General information

The North Light Film Studios offer five stages covering over 19,000 square feet and the versatility of a completely flexible location. Surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Peak District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales, the options for period settings, films and TV dramas are limitless.

The North Light Film Studios are housed in a converted 19thC woollen mill. Set up in 1999, the studios were the base for the well known ITV drama series ‘Where the Heart Is’ which was shot here for seven years. Since then the studios and the surrounding mill buildings have been used in a variety of productions to film everything from hospitals, to car crash scenes, to New York offices.

Productions shot at North Light Film Studios

All The Way Up (Short Film, 2010)
Director: Sir David Jason
Writer: Ben Sweet
Starring: Adrian Dunbar and Lee Ingleby
Charlie is a highflying businessman living in his perfect world. One day he gives in to temptation and is about to commit an adulteress affair with a work colleague. It’s only the adrenaline and his ability to shut out his emotions that will allow him to do such a thing.

Unforgiven (ITV Drama, 2009)
Director: David Evans
Staring: Suranne Jones, Emily Beecham and Matthew McNulty
Suranne Jones stars as Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving 15 years for the murder of two policemen. She now faces the daunting prospect of rebuilding her life while continuing to be haunted by the ghosts of her past.

The Bad Mother’s Handbook (TV Film, 2007)
Director: Robin Shepperd
Writers: Kate O’Riordan and Kate Long
Staring: Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, Holliday Grainger and Robert Pattinson.
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she’s its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.

Housewife, 49 (TV Film, 2006)
Director: Gavin Millar
Writers: Victoria Wood, Nella Last
Staring: Victoria Wood, David Threlfall and Christopher Harder
In the late 1930′s Nella Last,a housewife aged 49, living in Barrow-in-Furness on the North West English coast, agrees to send details of her routine to the Mass observation project, a non-governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary people.

If I Had You (TV Movie, 2005)
Director: John Deery
Writer: Caleb Ranson
Starring: Paul McGann, Sarah Parish and Nicole Lewis
A police detective moves back to her hometown and immediately becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in which her married ex-lover is the chief suspect.

Where The Heart Is (ITV Drama Series, 1999 – 2006)
Directors: Christopher King, Moira Armstrong, Jan Sargent
Writers: Ashley Pharoah, Cecily Hobbs, Vicky Featherstone
Starring: Lesley Dunlop, Christian Cooke, and Thomas Craig
The story of families, love and growth within a small British community. Life’s trials and tribulations are dealt with realisitically in this heart-warming British TV series.