The film is set in "Grimley" in the mid-1990s, which is a thin veil for Grimethorpe, a mining village in South Yorkshire which had been named as the poorest village in Britain in 1994 earlier by the European Union.

Was Brassed Off filmed in Albert Hall?

Brassed Off | 1996

The brass band championship was filmed at the Piece Hall, Blackledge in Halifax, West Yorkshire. ... The band finals were staged at the Royal Albert Hall, Knightsbridge, but the interior seen in the film as actually that of Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham.

Is the film Brassed Off based on a true story?

The Grimethorpe Colliery Band's fight for survival when the coal mine closed in the early 1990s inspired the 1996 film Brassed Off. ... Their story inspired the Bafta-nominated comedy-drama Brassed Off, which starred Ewan McGregor and Pete Postlethwaite. Now, Childs is back in Grimethorpe, this time as its music director.