VisitBritain promoting British comedy tourism

The British Tourist Authority (VisitBritain) plans to use locations important to English comedy to attract tourists.

VisitBritain has set up 'ComedyEngland', a scheme which plans to use locations relevant to famous comedians and comedy series. It was inspired to do so after the success of schemes relating to other famous TV series and films such The Da Vinci Code.

The list of locations includes:

- Slough (The Office)
- Guildford (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Binley Woods, Coventry (Keeping Up Appearances)
- Billericay, Essex (Gavin and Stacey)
- Torquay (Fawlty Towers)
- Holmfirth, West Yorkshire (Last of the Summer Wine)
- Turville in the Chilterns (The Vicar of Dibley)
- Norwich (I'm Alan Partridge)
- Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset (To the Manor Born)
- Kettlewell, North Yorkshire (Calendar Girls)
- Thetford, Norfolk (Dad's Army)
- Liverpool (Arthur Askey)
- Knotty Ash (Ken Dodd)
- Morecambe (Morecambe and Wise)

Laurence Bresh, the market manager at VisitBritain said: "England is renowned for producing some of the best comedy in the world and our sense of humour is a trait that the English are famous for."

Visit www.comedyengland.com to find out more.