{"id":189,"date":"2017-08-26T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2017-10-07T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T10:12:31","slug":"top-5-movies-tv-shows-filmed-in-st-albans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/top-5-movies-tv-shows-filmed-in-st-albans\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Movies & TV Shows Filmed in St Albans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historical buildings, splendid sites, and the city of the first British Saint \u2013 St Albans <\/a>has become quite popular amongst filmmakers. Throughout the years, the city has attracted hundreds of celebrities and media personals to enjoy food, stately homes, and attractive buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the list of<\/span> top 5 movies and tv shows filmed in St Albans<\/strong> that will make you want to watch it again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Johnny English (2003)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    (Photo:\u00a0<\/strong>Movie-Still from Johnny English in St Albans Cathedral)<\/p>\n

    Surprised, right? Yes, the cathedral shown in the movie was none other than the <\/span>St Albans Cathedral and Abbey of Church<\/a><\/strong>. <\/b>During its shoot, Peter Howitt, the director of the movie had several choices to shoot the cathedral scenes but St Albans Cathedral was amongst the top first places (eventually replacing <\/span>Westminster Abbey<\/a><\/b> at the end). It\u2019s a comedy movie featuring famous actor, <\/span>Rowan Atkinson<\/strong>,<\/b> widely recognized for <\/span>\u2018<\/b>Blackadder<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<\/span>Mr. Bean<\/strong>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>First Knight (1995)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      A masterpiece of Director <\/span>Jerry Zucker \u2013 First Knight<\/strong> portrayed life-events of <\/span>King Arthur.<\/strong> The movie used various sites of Great Britain, including some of St Albans (St Albans Cathedral). It showcases renowned actors such as <\/span>Sean Connery<\/a>,<\/strong> who is filmily famous for playing the role of <\/span>James Bond.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Incendiary (2008)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        (Photo: <\/strong>Movie-Still from Incendiary)<\/p>\n

        Based on the devastating tragedy at a soccer match \u2013 <\/span>Incendiary<\/strong> was directed by <\/span>Sharon Maguire. <\/strong>The movie shows several scenes of different locations in St Albans<\/a> including, City Centre, the city station, Marketplace, the Abbey Church, and St Peter\u2019s Street. Famous <\/span>Ewan McGregor<\/strong> plays the lead role in the movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Inspector Morse (TV Show 1987 to 2000)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Who can forget the 80s best crime, drama, and mystery tv show \u2013 <\/span>Inspector Morse<\/strong> was based on a detective who goes around the world and unravels unsolvable cases. One of the episodes of it, <\/span>Masonic Mysteries<\/strong>, <\/b>featured in 1990 had a scene that was filmed at the St Albans Cathedral, Fishpool, <\/strong>and Romeland Gardens<\/strong>. The series was directed by Danny Boyle who is famous for directing Oscar winning movies like <\/span>Slumdog Millionaire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          (Photo:\u00a0<\/strong>Episode-Still of Masonic Mysteries from Inspector Morse at Romeland Gardens, St Albans)<\/p>\n

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          1. <\/b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Edward the King (TV Show, 1975)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            (Photo:\u00a0<\/strong>Episode-Still of Alix from Edward the King, inside St Alban Cathedral)<\/p>\n

            Starring Annette Crosbie, Timothy West and Helen Ryan \u2013 <\/span>Edward the King<\/a><\/strong> is the remarkable historic biography of Edward, the king of the United Kingdom. The famous tv series had multiple locations around the UK for shooting. However, the 4<\/span>th<\/span> episode called \u2018<\/span>Alix<\/strong>\u2019 had few scenes that were filmed inside the St Albans Cathedral.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Did you know that Stephen Hawking, world\u2019s famous theoretical physicist, attended the St Albans School in his early age?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1taxis.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}