Welcome to Experience Gifts' guide to London TV and film tours.
Whether you're a dedicated Potter fan, looking to live a day in the life of 007, or want to walk in the foot steps of your favourite Coronation Street characters, London is absolutely bustling fantastic tours and providers to fulfil your every wish!
Being an iconic city with well-known landmarks and tourist attractions, it is no wonder that London has been the set for so many famous books, tv shows and films.
And it follows that London is a hotspot for film and TV tours, from filming locations to themed immersive experiences and more, there is certainly something for each family member. London's plethora of TV and Film tours make for a great day out for people of all ages, local or not.
Tremendous fun for all the family, a great way to explore the city and equally enjoyable for film buffs and those just wanting a day out, a film and TV tour of London makes a wonderful gift experience.
To find out the best tour providers for film and TV tours in London, read on.
The crew at Seed Your City Tours are nuts about showing you the best of what London has to offer. On foot, they offer a unique tour well-suited for Harry Potter fans and general lovers of British TV and Films. Cleverly dubbed ‘Potter about London on foot’, See Your City provide more than just any old Harry Potter walking tour.
Following a guide who is also a self-taught film aficionado, you will visit Piccadilly Circus, the Shard, St Paul's Cathedral, Millennium Bridge and more. Along the way, you will stop off at many famous filming locations, some of which you may recognise from the likes of Mission Impossible, Harry Potter, Mr Bean and Mary Poppins.
Along the way, your highly knowledgeable guide will challenge you to the ultimate silverscreen movie quiz. With hilarious games to be play and fabulous prizes to win, why not enjoy this fun film tour with your family and friends?!
A London guide to film and TV tours would not be complete without at least one tour provider that takes its guests around in traditional black cabs. Black Cab Heritage, having been in business for over a decade and a half, know how to give tourists and locals alike the ultimate London tour. Their mission is to provide such tours with their fail-safe tour formula; an iconic Black Cab and a Professional London Driver Guide.
Aside from a unique and highly personable tour structure, being ticketed per small group, fitting into a singular Black Cab and driven around by a guide with a passion for the city and its history, you can count on Black Cab Heritage Tours for some fabulous TV and Film tours. In London, you really are spoilt for choice when it comes to iconic TV and Film moments, and Black Cab Heritage Tours certainly don't miss a trick.
Cruise past Buckingham Palace, picking up fun facts about the cast and set of The Crown, or whizz past MI6 and the Ministry of Defence on a James Bond tour, and walk in the footsteps of the most famous spy in the world. And that's just to name a few!
Experience Gifts Highlight: Winston Churchill Darkest Hour Private Black Cab Tour of London
London is the heart of Britain's political history, and for those of us who have a fascination with British military history and politics, London is the best place for museums, places of historical significance and history tours. Every Central London street corner is oozing with history waiting to be discovered, retold and celebrated.
For fans of the 2017 film, Darkest Hour, Black Cab Heritage Tours has the perfect tour. In a private Black Cab, you'll be driven around Central London by your very own professional Cabbie. They will take you by a plethora of hotspots for the history Churchill's Britain and filming locations for Joe Wright's Darkest Hour (2017). Some of these stops include but are certainly not limited to Westminster Abbey, the Winston Churchill statue and Albert Memorial.
Round off your tour with a stop off at one of your choice of the following; Churchill War Rooms, Imperial War Museum or Warship HMS Belfast.
Looking for something fun to do with the kids? Or maybe your idea of a film tour includes a tasty element, such as an afternoon tea? If so, then Brigit's Bakery has just the thing you're looking for!
Take an iconic red double-decker bus through central London and indulge in a fabulous afternoon tea fit for royalty. Led by either Paddington Bear or Peppa Pig (characters appear on screen inside the bus and give their own versions of tour commentary) these delightful and hilarious tours make fantastic entertainment for kids and grown-ups alike, and are highly suitable for all the family.
See the iconic parts of the big city from the perspective of your favourite characters whilst munching on a delicious range of finger sandwiches, miniature cakes and your choice from a wide selection of beverages (hot, cold, alcoholic or not). This is certainly one of the more unique of the London Film and TV tours, and a fabulous day out for all the family!
Brit Movie Tours are a London-based Film and TV tours provider who operate bus, walking and small vehicle tours across the country. With the motto, “tours, cameras and action…” you can imagine the film, TV and celeb knowledge their tour guides are brimming with.
Welcoming people of all ages, Brit Movie Tours offer tours suitable for all who enjoy films and TV. Whether you're seeking a specific show or a genre or just want to tour London, Brit Movie Tours have got you covered. Visit beautiful South West London on a Ted Lasso tour, follow actor Vas Blackwood on a Gangster Tour in Shoreditch, or take a romantic tour through London's West End on the rom-com filming locations tour. Whichever tickles your fancy, you can be sure you're in good hands.
Experience Gifts Highlight: Doctor Who Walking Tour of London
Provided by the trusty team at Brit Movie Tours, this is the ultimate London walking tour of Doctor Who. With your guide in character and dressed to fit the part, you'll really get to immerse yourself in the weird and wonderful world of Doctor Who.
Following your guide, you'll be led through London's famous landmarks and shown stills from multiple episodes of Doctor Who against the real life locations. Pick up exciting anecdotes and out-of-this-world trivia as your Doctor-esque guide takes you through the city where much of chaos once unfolded.
As you might be able to guess from the name, Imagine Experiences have one simple mission; “to help you experience the extraordinary together right now.” Responding to a growing demand for tours that encouraged audience members to get stuck in and provided a ‘doing’ experience rather than just a ‘listening’ one, this tour provider aims to immerse its tour-goers in a one-of-a-kind experience to remember.
Gone are the days of simply walking to and from the location where your favourite celebrities acted out iconic scenes from your favourite film and TV shows; now, you can actually be a part of the scene!
And not just as an extra or back-up, oh, no. With Imagine Experiences, you get to become the main event. Take part in your favourite franchises with these fantastic tours passionately created by a group of travel industry experts, curious London tour guides and self-proclaimed film fanatics.
With the motto; “be curious, be unique, dream awake,” you can be sure that these tours will leave you with everlasting memories of excitement and glee.
Experience Gifts Highlight: Half Day James Bond Tour of London
Calling all budding spies, this experience is for those of you who want to live a day in the life of Bond. As you're led through Central London on a top secret mission, you'll be following special instructions handed to you over breakfast at a Whitehall establishment.
As you carry out the most crucial of tasks in an inconspicuous manner, you'll see the city in a whole new light. Cross the Bridge of Spies to Queen Anne's Gate, passing M's office in the process, before reconvening with your crew for a well-deserved martini. Shaken, not stirred, of course!
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That brings our hefty list of Film and TV Tours in London to a close. Much like the actors that portray the brilliant characters and give the show-stopping performances in our favourite dramas, comedies, thrillers and more, London tour providers sure have the range when it comes to Film and TV Tours. From themed afternoon tea bus tours to immersive you-play-a-part experiences to your standard walking tour, in London you really are spoilt for choice! Browse our London Film and TV Tours here.
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