Among Giants
Date: 1998
Director: Sam Miller
Production Company: Arts Council of England, BBC Films, Capitol Films, Kudos Productions Ltd, Yorkshire Media Production Agency
Stars: James Thornton, Pete Postlethwaite, Steve Huison, Rachel Griffiths, Sharon Bower
Location(s): Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Region(s): North
Storyline:
A group of unemployed friends take an illicit cash-in-hand job repainting a stretch of electricity pylons outside Sheffield.
Additional Information:
Compiled and uncredited comparison photos by Neil Webster
Interiors used included: The Vine Inn, 160 Cemetery Road, Sharrow (Wall Climbing); Hillsborough Social Club, 127 Oakland Rd, Sheffield (Line Dancing).
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- Capture 1
- 04 Jun 2026
Steve (James Thornton) climbing Millstone Edge, Sheffield, West Yorkshire
A millstone grit face
- Capture 2
- 04 Jun 2026
Below him, Ray (Pete Postlethwaite) waits to climb. Millstone Edge
Still popular with climbers
- Capture 3
- 04 Jun 2026
Elation. Millstone Edge looking down on the Hope Valley
On a cold March day, I was definitely wearing more than Steve!
- Capture 4
- 04 Jun 2026
First day of painting. Unfortunately, the rest of the lads haven't been told what! Croston Close Rd, Bury, Greater Manchester
Afternoon sunshine
- Capture 5
- 04 Jun 2026
Panning right
Northward, facing Knowl Moor windfarm
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
Ray and electricity company official, Derek (Steve Huison), discuss finance. Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Doncaster
- Capture 7
- 04 Jun 2026
Painting begins. Field adjacent to Croston Close Rd. Sales's Farm lower left
Less populated by pylons
- Capture 8
- 04 Jun 2026
Ray and Steve, seeing Australian climber Gerry (Rachel Griffiths) has a bottle of wine, give her a lift. Redmires Reservoir, Sheffield
No hitchhikers today
- Capture 9
- 04 Jun 2026
Nighttime over central Sheffield
Ever evolving city seen from Park Spring Drive, Sheffield
- Capture 10
- 04 Jun 2026
Ray goes to see ex-Wife Lyn (Sharon Bower) and his kids. Abney Close, Sheffield
Highrises in highlight
- Capture 11
- 'Now' required
Ariel view over the moors. Unidentified location
- Capture 12
- 04 Jun 2026
"Rain stopped painting". Soyland Moor, Sowerby Bridge
A58 Rochdale Rd to the left
- Capture 13
- 'Now' required
Ray takes Gerry onto the top of a local gas holder. Gas Holder, Parkwood Rd, Neepsend, Sheffield. Deconstructed by 2016
- Capture 14
- 04 Jun 2026
Soyland Moor again
Browns of Winter
- Capture 15
- 04 Jun 2026
Ray and Gerry become closer. Upper Burbage, Ringinglow Rd, Sheffield
Lover-less
- Capture 16
- 04 Jun 2026
View over Sheffield with St Mary's Church to the right of centre
From the top of the Steel Steps
- Capture 17
- 04 Jun 2026
Ray, Steve and Gerry carry each other out of the pub. Fox & Duck Hotel, 438 Sheffield Rd, Tinsley
Accommodating neither foxes nor ducks these days
- Capture 18
- 04 Jun 2026
Trying to hail a Taxi. Sheffield Rd
Bus stop cancelled
- Capture 19
- 04 Jun 2026
Ray and Gerry frolic in a cooling tower. Blackburn Meadows, Tinsley. Tinsley cooling towers were originally part of Blackburn Meadows power station and were demolished in 2008
Looking over the Blackburn Meadows site from Blackburn Meadows Way. Tinsley Viaduct running horizontally: top tier carrying the M1, bottom the A631
- Capture 20
- 04 Jun 2026
Steve has a bust up with Ray and moves out. Machon Bank, Sheffield
Heavy student presence around here
- Capture 21
- 04 Jun 2026
Work continues. Looking east towards Ramsbottom with Holcombe Hill to the right. off Ashworth Rd, Rochdale
Huge wind turbine just out of shot to the right
- Capture 22
- 'Now' required
Further ariel footage. Unidentified location
- Capture 23
- 04 Jun 2026
After Ray proposes to Gerry, the lads secretly give a pylon a new look. The pink pylon, painted by the film crew, was a local landmark before being pulled down in 2003. off Ashworth Rd, Rochdale
Pink Pylonless
- Capture 24
- 04 Jun 2026
Ray catches Steve and Gerry drinking up atop a pylon and sacks the pair on the spot. Gerry storms off and Ray tries to console her. Upper Burbage Bridge, Ringinglow Rd
Looks like those walls get hit regularly
- Capture 25
- 04 Jun 2026
At Upper Burbage again, Carl Wark hillfort seen distant right
"What a difference a season makes..."
- Capture 26
- 04 Jun 2026
Gerry goes to see Steve at his Dad's. Heavygate Av, Sheffield
Ah, yes, its bin day
- Capture 27
- 04 Jun 2026
Quite a view from the door. Heavygate Av
Now curtailed
- Capture 28
- 04 Jun 2026
Gerry thumbs for a lift out of town. Europa Link, Sheffield
That large industrial works is still there, just hidden by the trees
- Capture 29
- 04 Jun 2026
Reverse view
Road layout changed with extra roundabout added
- Capture 30
- 'Now' required
The boys finish up. Deeply Vale Lodge Reservoir, Walmersley, Bury