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WALTER WHITE’S family home in hit show ­Breaking Bad is on the market for $4million – more than ten times the price of similar houses nearby.

But the owners of the bungalow in the US state of New Mexico are not the only ones to cash in after their properties featured as key locations in major dramas.

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in hit show ­Breaking Bad

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Bryan Cranston as Walter White in hit show ­Breaking BadCredit: Handout
The character's family home is on the market for $4million – more than ten times the price of similar houses nearby

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The character’s family home is on the market for $4million – more than ten times the price of similar houses nearbyCredit: Alamy

Can you work out which TV shows and films these on-screen residences had big roles in?

Answers below.

1. $350,000

You’d be dead lucky – or should that be undead lucky? – to land this detached home in Oregon

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You’d be dead lucky – or should that be undead lucky? – to land this detached home in OregonCredit: refer to caption

You’d be dead lucky – or should that be undead lucky? – to land this detached home in Oregon.

2. £450,000

Enjoy Rowling around in this three-bed semi, with extra sleeping space in the understairs cupboard

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Enjoy Rowling around in this three-bed semi, with extra sleeping space in the understairs cupboard

Enjoy Rowling around in this three-bed semi, with extra sleeping space in the understairs cupboard.

3. $2.1million

Do the special features with this Illinois mansion include booby traps to ward off hapless burglars?

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Do the special features with this Illinois mansion include booby traps to ward off hapless burglars?Credit: Barcroft Media

Do the special features with this Illinois mansion include booby traps to ward off hapless burglars?

4. £9.5million

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a fortune..will want this one

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a fortune..will want this oneCredit: SWNS:South West News Service

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a fortune..will want this one.

5. £212,000

No matter what’s occurring at this terraced home in Wales, we bet it’s lush and tidy inside

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No matter what’s occurring at this terraced home in Wales, we bet it’s lush and tidy insideCredit: SWNS

No matter what’s occurring at this terraced home in Wales, we bet it’s lush and tidy inside.

6. £3.3million

A charming family home in posh Notting Hill – where romance could well be on the (cue) cards

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A charming family home in posh Notting Hill – where romance could well be on the (cue) cardsCredit: Jam Press

A charming family home in posh Notting Hill – where romance could well be on the (cue) cards.

7. $1.6million

Put this massive Victorian home in Tacoma, Washington, on your list of likes – or dislikes

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Put this massive Victorian home in Tacoma, Washington, on your list of likes – or dislikesCredit: Splash News

Put this massive Victorian home in Tacoma, Washington, on your list of likes – or dislikes.

8. $2.9million

When it came to selling this US pad, the owners must have received an offer they couldn’t refuse

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When it came to selling this US pad, the owners must have received an offer they couldn’t refuseCredit: Courtesy of The Agency

When it came to selling this US pad, the owners must have received an offer they couldn’t refuse.

We live on Love Actually street – annoying tourists take snaps outside our homes but there’s an upside

9. $3.2million

Is this LA home a dream buy – or more like a place where sleep won’t come easy

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Is this LA home a dream buy – or more like a place where sleep won’t come easyCredit: The Mega Agency

Is this LA home a dream buy – or more like a place where sleep won’t come easy?


Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in Twilight

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in TwilightCredit: Handout
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather

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Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The GodfatherCredit: Alamy
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street

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Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm StreetCredit: Alamy
The cast from BBC's Pride and Prejudice

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The cast from BBC’s Pride and PrejudiceCredit: BBC
Daniel Radcliffe as the title character in the Harry Potter movies

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Daniel Radcliffe as the title character in the Harry Potter moviesCredit: Warner Bros
Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About You

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Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About YouCredit: Alamy
Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in Christmas comedy Home Alone

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Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in Christmas comedy Home AloneCredit: Other20th Century Fox
Rob Brydon as Bryn West in Gavin & Stacey

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Rob Brydon as Bryn West in Gavin & StaceyCredit: Baby Cow
Keira Knightley and Andrew Lincoln in Love Actually

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Keira Knightley and Andrew Lincoln in Love ActuallyCredit: Alamy

Answers

1, A: Twilight (Bella Swan’s house). 2, E: Harry Potter (the Dursleys home at 4 Privet Drive). 3, G: Kevin’s place in Home Alone. 4, C: BBC’S Pride And Prejudice (the Bennet family home). 5, H: Gavin & Stacey (Uncle Bryn’s terrace). 6, I: Love Actually (where Mark declares his love on the doorstep), 7, F: 10 Things I Hate About You (Kat and Bianca’s home). 8, B: The Godfather (location of the famous horse’s head scene). 9, D: A Nightmare On Elm Street.

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