TV SERIES · 2011– · UK
Trollied
8 archived facts 1 topic 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Valco supermarket was initially going to be set in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of series co-creator Anne-Marie O'Connor.
- #002
Although the characters are completely different, the series has an American version with a similar story called Superstore (2015).
- #003
Although the series is set in the North West of England, it is filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, in South West England.
- #004
The back of the prop shop Valco also serves as a warehouse.
- #005
The Trollied set was used in the first episode of the 21st series of Top Gear (2002) for a Supermarket Sweep (1993)-style challenge in which the presenters had to race around the empty set in the fastest possible time. They were penalised one second for every £1 of damage. Filming for the Top Gear episode was completed after the third series of Trollied had been shot.
- #006
Sarah Parish and Jason Watkins also appear together in W1A (2014).
- #007
One episode of the eighth series was filmed at the DeVere hotel in Theobalds near Cheshunt, which is also home to Tesco's management training academy. Tesco is a major British supermarket; the series as a whole is a parody of United Kingdom supermarkets.
- #008
Faye McKeever and Jane Horrocks were both born on 18 January.
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