Top Five meme answers - cities

[dimity_blue]

Asked by leesa_perrie.

Leesa asked about cities but I don't actually like cities. I much prefer towns and villages. So I'm going for favourite cities on TV/in films.

*Not to be taken seriously.*

1. London. Actually, London would qualify as a favourite city based on its history. But it's the city of Sherlock Holmes, The Professionals, Dempsey and Makepeace, with a history of Upstairs, Dowstairs and You Rang, M'Lord? And thousands of other series, films, and books. If it's set in the UK, it's probably in London. I'm surprised tourists manage to find their way anywhere else.

2. LA. I've seen a lot of US movies and shows. If I based my knowledge of geography on them, I'd be convinced the US consists of LA, New York, Washington DC (but only for politics), and tiny towns. I'd also be convinced that everything exciting happens in LA.

3. New York. This is the place where chefs, waitresses, and masseurs can afford really nice apartments. This is where Friends can afford to spend most of their lives sitting in coffee shops and not get fired.

4. Paris (France, not Texas.) The most romantic place on earth.

5. Sydney, Australia. Where everyone drinks beer, wears hats, and has an amazingly casual attitude over the myriad of poisonous creatures, plants, and trees that surround them.

Comments

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Cardiff is for Welsh countryside and Yorkshire is for "oop north" countryside. Manchester is undoubtedly "oop north" city. And it's probably in Yorkshire.

[leesa_perrie]

The Midlands doesn't exist. Not according to the TV. But then again, many Southerners and Northerners aren't aware that the Midlands exist either... We are a forgotten land!! :D :D

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Check out the map I've just posted. :oD

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

The Midlands used to exist. "Casualty" and "Holby" were set in Bristol, and the BBC had BBC Midlands, where a lot of stuff was filmed. The government made them move it all to Manchester though. (I have no idea if Holby General picked itself up and flew to Manchester in-story, as I haven't watched "Casualty" since 1993). The school in "Grange Hill" suddenly teleported to Liverpool in the last couple of years of the show's run, though, so it wouldn't be without precedent.

[leesa_perrie]

ROTFL!!! Bristol magically becomes Manchester? And Grange Hill teleported to Liverpool? Whatever next?!! :D

Still, there's one show that surely can't be moved... 'Shetland'!!

Then again...

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Don't tempt 'em!

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

They got rid of the Midlands because of lack of use.

I never knew that about Grange Hill! Didn't anyone notice the change of accent?

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

BBC Midlands was doing fine until the government decided that the BBC had to be more inclusive of the regions, so the biggest regional division got downsized in order to shift everything to Manchester. Thereby helping to prove the truth in your map, I think! ;)

As to GH, I believe they just didn't address the move at all, and hoped nobody would notice anything. It happened because Phil Redmond (Mr Brookside) created the show originally, and came back for the last couple of years to revamp it. For some reason he decided to take it to Liverpool, and presumably nobody was watching anymore, so nobody cared! Tucker guested in the final episode, and apparently he didn't notice either. Mind you, he never did pay much attention in school...

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

It really proves Tucker wasn't paying attention!

So, more inclusive = move a stack of stuff to Manchester. That makes sense. Not.

Ha! I knew my map was true!