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Practical London guides tagged Film.

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The Royal Festival Hall's stone-clad front on the South Bank, seen across the Thames, with its name in blue letters above the glazed foyers

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BAFTA Red Carpet Tickets: Free Fan-Pen Places and How to Apply

The BAFTA ceremonies are invitation only, but the red carpet has free fan-pen places outside the venue, allocated through Applause Store. How to apply, who can go and what the rules are.

  • BAFTA
  • Red carpet
  • Film
  • Awards
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The black-clad tower and front of Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, seen from the garden in the middle of the square

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How to See Stars at a London Film Premiere

Most London premieres are invitation only. The public routes are free fan-pen places through Applause Store, studio ballots and a few ticketed premieres. Where, when to arrive and what to bring.

  • Film premieres
  • Leicester Square
  • Red carpet
  • Film
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The stage of the Palace Theatre set for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, gothic arches and clock faces above a pile of trunks and suitcases lit by a blue shaft of light

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Harry Potter in London: Everything a Fan Can Actually Do

Studio Tour tickets are £58.50 and cannot be bought on the door. Cursed Child becomes one play. The Cauldron has closed. Verified prices, real addresses and what to skip.

  • Harry potter
  • Filming locations
  • Film
  • Theatre
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The art deco Garden Bar inside The Garden Cinema, with a curved red bar under neon lettering, red velvet banquettes and a film-collage mural along the wall

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The Best Cinema Deals in London: Memberships, Discounts and Cheap Tickets

Every cinema membership and discount in London compared — Cineworld, Odeon, Picturehouse, Curzon, Everyman and the independents — plus which is worth it at your viewing habits.

  • Cinema
  • Film
  • London on a budget
  • Things to do
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The curved black frontage of the Genesis Cinema in Mile End, its listings board showing the week's films

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London's Best Independent Cinemas: 20 Screens

Where the Lumière brothers first showed film in Britain, a 1913 cinema Clapton crowdfunded back, and a Peckham screen where seats are £6.99.

  • Cinema
  • Film
  • Things to do
  • Cheap eats
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The riverfront entrance to BFI Southbank under Waterloo Bridge, with people outside the bar and the secondhand book market to one side

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BFI London Film Festival 2026: Dates, Tickets and How to Get Them

The BFI London Film Festival runs 7–18 October 2026 and tickets are on sale now. What has sold out, the daily 10am releases during the festival, prices from £10, and how to get into a full screening.

  • Film
  • Cinema
  • Festivals
  • Tickets
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The cream, maroon and green painted ironwork of Leadenhall Market's arcade under its glass roof, with shopfronts and lanterns down both sides

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London Filming Locations: 34 Places You Have Already Seen

Gringotts is a working embassy, Sherlock's flat is on the wrong street, and Slough House is a real door in Aldersgate — London's film and TV locations, mapped.

  • Filming locations
  • Film
  • Television
  • Free things to do
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