CITY Hall has featured on both the big and small screen ten times in the last four years as the key Bradford Council building has been hired out to film crews.

In that time, the Council has earned more than £25,000 from allowing production companies to make use of the listed building as a backdrop, new figures have revealed.

The data shows that the Victorian courtroom of City Hall as well as its corridors and steps have proved popular locations.

Most recently the cast and crew from Yorkshire soap Emmerdale descended on City Hall to film scenes in the building.

Location trucks were spotted outside at the beginning of this month and filming took place over eight days, at a cost of £6,000.

The producers were keeping the details under wraps but the scenes are expected to air shortly.

Bradford Council leader, Councillor David Green, said: "Bradford was the first place to be named a UNESCO City of Film and we are proud of our film heritage. We always take opportunities to showcase Bradford and City Hall as long as this doesn't interrupt our day to day work.

"When the district and City Hall appears on the TV it is a real boost for employees, residents and tourists who come to have a look for themselves. It provides a small amount of income for the Council but brings in much more in terms of putting us on the map."

Richard Knight, head of production at Screen Yorkshire, which supports filming in the district and has boosted the growth in regional production through its Content Fund, said: ‘’We’re so fortunate to have City Hall; it’s the jewel in the crown of the many fantastic filming locations that Bradford has on its books.

"It houses an incredible range of versatile backdrops all under one roof, not least the magnificent period courtroom which has been used for countless high profile dramas over the years.

"Combined with the can do approach of the accommodating onsite team and the support of Bradford Unesco City of Film, City Hall has established a unique and unrivalled offer which I’m sure will continue to draw high profile productions for many years to come.’’

David Wilson, director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film, added that his team at the Bradford film office try and give production crews a real Bradford and Yorkshire welcome each time.

"We try and live up to our credentials as a film friendly city. Studies have shown that people are much more likely to want to visit a city and region, if its has been depicted on film or television."

Back in 2013, The Great Train Robbery, an ITV production, was filmed partly in the Bradford district, which was among major TV dramas receiving investment from the Content Fund, which was set up in 2012 with European Regional Development funding.

The costs of filming over four days in May 2013, brought in £3,000 to the council.

Other filming opportunities at City Hall that same year, included BBC1 drama The Syndicate, starring Lenny Henry, where one days filming in the building cost the production company £1,000.

ITV drama DCI Banks, starring Stephen Tomkinson, was filmed over four days in May 2012, with the production company paying the council £3,000 for doing so.

In addition ITV soap Coronation Street, which has filmed trials at City Hall's Victorian court room over the years, filmed over nine days in October and November 2012, at a cost of £7,000.