 The opening fight was filmed at Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College, a secondary school in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, close to the Nottinghamshre/Derbyshire boundary.Additional scenes such as "the docks" were filmed in Turgoose's home town of Grimsby, which is also the opening scene for "This is England '86", episode one.Turgoose was 13 at the time of filming.