All Quiet on the Preston Front | |
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Also known as | Preston Front |
Genre | Comedy |
Written by | Tim Firth |
Directed by | Brian Farnham |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Thomas Lawe / milltown brothers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 19 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Chris Griffin |
Production locations | Church Street, Padiham, Lancashire, United Kingdom The Shrubbery (the former TA Centre), Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. |
Running time | 50 and 40 minutes |
Production company | BBC Pebble Mill Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 4 January 1994 8 September 1997 | –
All Quiet on the Preston Front is a BBC comedy drama about a group of friends in the fictional Lancashire town of Roker Bridge, and their links to the local Territorial Army infantry platoon. It was created by Tim Firth.
Three series were made. For series two and three the title was shortened to Preston Front, and the series became less about the TA and more about the personal lives of the protagonists.
Although set in Lancashire, where the majority of filming took place, some scenes were filmed at locations in the Midlands, including The Shrubbery (the old TA Centre), Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, and the Black Country Museum.[1]
The theme music was a re-recorded version of Here I Stand by milltown brothers.