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TV SERIES · 2011– · UK

Trollied

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  1. #001

    Valco supermarket was initially going to be set in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of series co-creator Anne-Marie O'Connor.

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  2. #002

    Although the characters are completely different, the series has an American version with a similar story called Superstore (2015).

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  3. #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.

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  4. #004

    The back of the prop shop Valco also serves as a warehouse.

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  5. #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.

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  6. #006

    Sarah Parish and Jason Watkins also appear together in W1A (2014).

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  7. #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.

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  8. #008

    Faye McKeever and Jane Horrocks were both born on 18 January.

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