Cultural References
The town is featured in the supernatural horror novel A Haunted Man, by Stuart Neild. Scenes set in Fleetwood include a haunted tram ride and a ghostly visitation on Fleetwood Pier.
Fleetwood is the setting for Juliet McKoen's ghost story/murder mystery film Frozen (2005) starring Ralf Little, which was filmed in and around the town .
Bell Bottom George, a 1944 film starring comedian, musician and actor George Formby, was filmed in Fleetwood, despite being set in and around naval bases along England's south coast. The North Euston Hotel, Lower and Pharos lighthouses, the Mount and the Mount Hotel can all be seen during the film's finale, filmed just off Fleetwood Beach.
Fleetwood was mentioned as a holiday destination in Charles Kingsley's classic novel The Water-Babies published in 1863.
Fleetwood has been the scene for many TV programmes and dramas, including The Man from the Pru (starring Jonathan Pryce), Alan Bleasdale's GBH, the BBC's All Quiet on the Preston Front and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
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