SKIPTON Girls' High School pupil Amy Harrison can be seen on the silver screen after winning a part in the new Dad's Army film, which was released in cinemas across the country last week.

Filmed on location in Yorkshire, the movie features a stellar cast, including Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Gambon.

It also stars Amy and fellow students of Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting (Ilkley)!

Last year the students, who attend drama classes at Ilkley Grammar School, spent time filming with Universal Pictures for the highly-anticipated film, which sees Bridlington's old town transformed into the fictional Walmington-on-Sea.

They play a range of support artist roles and filmed on set in a host of locations, including the east coast, Pickering and Leeds Town Hall.

Stacey Burrows, principal at Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting (Ilkley), said: "It's wonderful when I see my students in theatres, adverts and on television, but seeing them in a hugely exciting feature film, on the scale of Dad's Army, is really something else.

"I'm very much looking forward to seeing the film, not just to see the Articulate kids, but also the star-studded cast and the familiar Yorkshire locations that were used!"

Amy, 16, said: "One of the most exciting things was meeting the huge crew and seeing the scale of the production. One minute my hair was being styled by a man who won a BAFTA for Downtown Abbey, and then the next the runners were putting blankets around us to keep us warm in between takes.

"It was incredible to be on such a huge production and yet it still felt so friendly.

"We had to do several different shots with the camera in different places and different improvisations. We invented stories for our characters and were given direction – sometimes you'd buy a paper, sometimes you'd be meeting your mum and then other times you'd be flirting with soldiers. It was so much fun to play so many different roles. Filming at Leeds Town Hall with the 1940s costume and hair automatically made you forget about the cameras and be fully immersed in the era."

Dad's Army was released in cinemas on Friday. Directed by BAFTA award-winning director Oliver Parker and written by Hamish McColl, it was filmed on location in the region following investment from Screen Yorkshire through its Yorkshire Content Fund.