City centre shops and hotel turned into 1960s scene for spy thriller filming
Incredible pictures show the Z Hotel and Natterjack Running transform
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Liverpool was transformed into a 1960s London featuring an old Odeon cinema, guitar shop and hotel.
It is believed film crews were preparing to shoot scenes for ITV's new British spy drama, The Ipcress File.
The Ipcress File is an espionage thriller set in Berlin and London during the 1960s.
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