Large parts of the film were featured in Burnley, including scenes shot in the Talbot pub where Dave used to pop in for a pie and a pint and in his own home. He said: “In my house there were something like 127 people.
Elsewhere in Yorkshire, Bank of Dave filmed at Bradford City Hall, Production Park in Wakefield, and Harrogate Town Centre. The production team was based at Prime Studios in Leeds. Bradford Film Office, Leeds City Council and Harrogate Borough Council also supported Bank of Dave to film in their locality.
If you catch the train out of Leeds, you might notice the striking Duck and Drake on Kirkgate. It was famously used as a filming location in the recent Netflix film, Bank of Dave.
While the basic story and some of the locations are true (scenes were even filmed in Dave Fishwick's own home), much of the film is fictional. The rock band Def Leppard did not perform at a fund-raising concert at Turf Moor. The band flew from the US just to film their cameo in the film.
Joel Fry, known for his role in Game of Thrones, skilfully portrays the lawyer hired by Dave to challenge the British banking system. While the film presents a fictional narrative, it draws upon authentic events and locations.
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That money was never raised and the company is still in the process of getting a banking licence. BSAL returned its first profits within six months of operating, and has since lent millions to its customers, mainly around Lancashire and the North.
In a scene where Dave organises a charity event for his bank, Def Leppard make a guest appearance. However, this was purely a fictional addition to the storyline.
No, but fictional companies Quick Dough and Snap Cash Advance are inspired by real payday loan companies such as Wonga, Payday UK, Payday Express and Ladder Loans, while Rob Delaney's fictional character of Carlo Mancini was invented to stand for the individuals backing such companies from countries other than the UK.
However, it's officially named Burnley Savings and Loans, not Bank of Dave. Despite not being a formally registered UK bank, it remains open and flourishing today.
The first movie saw Dave set up his own bank after securing the first banking licence to be issued in 150 years. However, in real life, that's not strictly true as it's not really called the Bank of Dave. Officially, it's Burnley Savings and Loans and Dave is still on a mission to become a UK regulated bank.
Large parts of the film were featured in Burnley, including scenes shot in the Talbot pub where Dave used to pop in for a pie and a pint and in his own home.
Bank of Dave 2 takes the real life situation of Dave's campaign against Wonga payday loan company ( who created so much misery ) and as it says at the start of the film embellish's the facts with a fictional gangster story line and a romance.
Dave Fishwick, 53, said his wife Nicky is always on hand to "ground" him whenever he meets famous faces or has a glitzy event - despite having two Netflix movies made about him.
David Fishwick (born March 1971) is an English businessman. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, he left school at sixteen with no qualifications, before opening David Fishwick Minibus Sales and becoming the biggest minibus supplier in Britain.
Dave Fishwick, the self-made millionaire with a big heart and even bigger ideals, returns in Bank of Dave 2, the inspiring sequel to the hit story that captured hearts around the world. This time, Dave faces his biggest challenge yet as he fights to expand his community-first banking revolution.
It appears that a lot of the supporting characters have been created specifically for Bank of Dave 2, and investigative journalist Jessica (Chrissy Metz,) Citizen's Advice counsellor Oliver (Amit Schah,) loan shark Carlo Mancini (Rob Delaney) and the QuickDough and Snapcash Advance loan companies are not real.
Keith Arrowsmith was approached by the TV production company to provide Dave Fishwick with legal advice (on and off camera). Together with a corporate lawyer, Chris Moss, Keith spent the next 180 days working out what would be possible with the time and budget available.
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But most of the film's third act, which leans more and more into genre cinema territory including shady henchmen, bold extradition orders and even a daring escape from New York with the help of Dave's beloved Def Leppard, is pure fiction.
Is the Bank of Dave still trading? Officially, the Bank of Dave does not actually exist. The bank is actually called Burnley Loans and Savings (BSAL), and it's not actually a bank. Dave is still trying to get the company approved as a bank, but it currently existed as a savings and loans company.
Dave is a very experienced pilot of Helicopters and planes and has the fastest-growing aviation channel in the world on TikTok; Dave's videos have gained over 50 Million combined views in just 12 months.
Dave, the financial equivalent of David and Goliath battling the big banks, assists its 12 million customers in budgeting, finding work, building credit, and accessing revenue to fund current expenditures. Dave is intended to fill in for a friend or family member who you turn to for instant money or financial advice.
