todmorden has been used as a location for the 1980s bbc tv police drama "juliet bravo", territorial army series "all quiet on the preston front", parts of "the league of gentlemen", bbc tv miniseries "oranges are not the only fruit", the award-winning bbc1 series "life on mars", a town in the book spooks blood and a film adaptation of the novel "my summer of love". the bbc one crime drama series "happy valley", written by sally wainwright (who grew up in nearby sowerby bridge), is filmed in and around the town, amongst other locations. in the 1980s the town was used for two consecutive episodes of bbc fashion series the clothes show.