Birmingham
Not to be confused with the one in Alabama (it's really more like Detroit), Birmingham is the second most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a population in the metropolitan borough itself of about one million and a further million and a bit in the surrounding area. It's jokingly referred to as one of the ugliest cities in the world - and that's by it's own inhabitants.
Located in The Midlands, about 100 miles NW of London Town, the city has produced a good number of famous British personalities, including Trevor Eve, JRR Tolkien, Jasper Carrott, and Neville Chamberlain. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Electric Light Orchestra, and Duran Duran were also formed here.
A major industrial centre and a transport hub too, the city is also a major centre for UK media.
There's a film from the 1970s of Telly Savalas extolling the virtues of Birmingham, including the new redeveloped Bull Ring shopping centre.
The local population, nicknamed "Brummies", have a distinctive accent.
In fiction
- In The Third World War, Birmingham is pretty much destroyed by a Soviet ICBM.
- Take Me High
- The British soap opera Crossroads was set in a fictional area, Kings Oak, near this city. [1]
- The British soap opera Doctors is also set in a fictional area of Birmingham.
- The Rotters Club
- ↑ More than likely based on King's Heath and Selly Oak, both areas in the South-East of Birmingham