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Jess Grieveson-Smith

Channel 4's Hullraisers' hidden Leeds link

Channel 4's Hullraisers is set to air and while it's already a Yorkshire special, it has a hidden Leeds link too.

Hullraisers follows the ups and downs of three Hull women and stars Leah Brotherhead, Taj Atwal and Sinead Matthews. Focusing on best friends Toni, Rana and Paula, the episodes run for half an hour and there are six of them, which will see viewers share the "dishevelled, messy and joyful lives” of the characters.

The audience will be pleased to know that the filming did take place in Hull using a Yorkshire crew but it was filmed in Leeds too.

Read more: Excitement as crew spotted filming in Leeds for new BBC drama series

With the filming taking place over summer, cameras were spotted in both cities and in Hull, there were confirmed reports of filming at the Silver Cod pub, in Anlaby Road; Larkin's Bar, Newland Avenue, and Le Crepier Papin, also in Newland Avenue.

In Leeds, it's thought scenes were filmed in Headingly on Otley Road. Local boutique My Style Therapy has told its customers to keep their eyes peeled as they expect to be seen on the screen tonight.

Writer and Hull comedienne Lucy Beaufort, speaking to What To Watch shared: “It was filmed with a Hull and Leeds based crew, which I was so chuffed about. You do hear about things saying that they are based in the North, and then you look into it and it's like, No, it's not! Everyone's come up from London to do it.

“I was really proud that they could [film here]. And some of the crew, it was their first job. So it's given them a leg up into the industry.”

Channel 4 Editor-in-Chief Jack Bayles said of the show: “It’s a show with a huge heart and a joke rate to match the thrills. Led by a trio of wonderfully drawn female characters, we really hope viewers fall in love with them as much as we did through the scripts.

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