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Locations are presented in the order
they first appeared in the episodes, with all subsequent revisits to
that place grouped together for the sake of tidiness. Timings given are based on the Blu-ray editions and all episode images are sourced from these discs. Please note that Blu-ray grabs have been
regraded to highlight details of the filming locations
and are not representative of the actual look of the
Blu-rays, which are graded appropriately.
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"Country Roads to De Crecy's"
(1A)
SWANLAND ROAD
WATER END
HERTFORDSHIRE AL9
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Identified in 2004 by:
Claire
and Michael Saunders and Cindy |
(00:00)
Arthur de Crecy drives Anne Fenwick towards his country cottage in his Peugeot 404.
(45:07) De Crecy drives Jeff Randall to the cottage having
promised to let him see Anne. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Altered |
Access: Public |
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(1B)
WAR MEMORIAL
TOLLGATE ROAD
NORTH MYMMS
HERTFORDSHIRE AL9
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Identified by:
Anthony McKay |
(45:19) De
Crecy drives Jeff to his country cottage, passing a war memorial
on the way.
Since Filming: The
layout of the road has been changed and also the war memorial
itself has been re-sited and placed upon a larger, square paved base.
Also appeared in:
The Avengers - 'Never, Never Say Die' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Altered |
Access: Public |
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Image © John Holburn, 2011 |
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"De Crecy's Country Cottage"
'EWHURST MANOR'
37 FURZEHILL ROAD
BOREHAMWOOD
HERTFORDSHIRE WD6
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Identified by:
Alan Hayes, March 2012 |
(00:16) De
Crecy drives his car down the drive and pulls
up outside his country cottage. De Crecy unpacks suitcases from
the boot and enters the house with Anne Fenwick.
(45:23)
De Crecy, driving his Peugeot 404, arrives at the cottage with Jeff Randall.
Further Details about this property:
Feature - The Hunt for De
Crecy's
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Also appeared in:
Gideon's Way - 'Boy With Gun'
The Baron - 'Portrait of Louisa'
The Champions - 'The Final Countdown' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Demolished in
1970 |
Access: Public (Houses Private) |
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"De Crecy's Garden"
PERIMETER WOODLAND
ELSTREE STUDIOS
SHENLEY ROAD
BOREHAMWOOD
HERTFORDSHIRE WD6
(03:09)
De Crecy is seen by Julia Fenwick from the
windowed back door of the 'sweet little room'. He is digging a
grave.
(46:35) De Crecy
digs another grave, this time for Jeff, who is trapped in the room.
Since Filming:
The Elstree backlot area is significantly changed since the 1960s,
not least due to the construction of a Tesco's superstore on 12
acres of former Elstree Studios land and there remains little that is
recognisable.
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Also appeared in:
Used extensively in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
and other ITC programming. |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Private |
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Image/Map Data © Google, 2017 |
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"London at Night"
PICCADILLY CIRCUS
MAYFAIR
LONDON W1
(04:22) Establishing shot of Piccadilly Circus at night
(stock footage).
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Whoever Heard of
a Ghost Dying?', 'Just for the Record', 'The Ghost Who Saved
the Bank at Monte Carlo'
Also used extensively in other ITC series |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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(04:25)
The camera pans with the passing taxi and looks down towards
Leicester Square. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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"Jeff's Office"
ADAMS FURNITURE
SPRINGFIELD ROAD
HARROW
LONDON
HA1
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Identified by:
Andy Hulse |
(05:45) Julia
Fenwick pulls up in her Triumph Herald 1200
convertible outside the Randall and
Hopkirk office.
(35:22) Jeff gets out of his car and enters his office
building. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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(35:19) Elliot pulls up
outside Woodley & Son's Shoe Repairs and he and Rawlings observe
Jeff leave the Vauxhall and enter the Randall and Hopkirk offices.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'My Late Lamented
Friend and Partner', 'For the Girl Who Has Everything', 'The Trouble With Women', 'Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying', 'When
the Spirit Moves You', 'Never Trust a Ghost' and others |
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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(35:38) Rawlings
peruses the list of offices situated at the property.
Since Filming:
The Randall and Hopkirk offices are long gone, demolished in August 1985 to make way for a new development. The grass verge seen in the 1993 photograph represents the approximate point at which the
offices stood. This too has also now gone and Jeff and Marty's
offices are now under concrete, following the building in 1996 of
a new shopping centre. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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(35:46) Rawlings
goes to a public telephone box and makes a call.
Spotter's Note: Adams
Furnishings, next to Jeff's office can be seen in the background
of this shot. This telephone box was in a side-path off
Springfield Road. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...1993...
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Status: Demolished |
Access: None |
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...NOW
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Status: Demolished |
Access: None |
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"Anne Fenwick's Residence"
EDGE GROVE
SCHOOL
ALDENHAM
HERTFORDSHIRE WD25
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Identified by:
Anthony McKay and Annette Hill |
(07:42) At
night, Jeff
Randall pulls up outside the Fenwick residence in his Vauxhall Victor 2000.
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Also appeared in:
The Saint - 'The Elusive Ellshaw'
The Avengers - 'Two's A Crowd',
'What the Butler Saw', 'The See-Through Man'
and 'You'll Catch Your Death' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Private |
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(07:50) Julia
Fenwick gets out of the passenger seat of Jeff's
car. Andrews the caretaker appears with a rifle
in the foreground. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Private |
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"Madame Hanska's House"
'THE TOWER'
55
FITZJOHN'S AVENUE
HAMPSTEAD
LONDON NW3
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Identified by:
Vince Cox
and John Holburn |
(09:55) Jeff
Randall arrives at Madame Hanska's house. There is a
plaque on the gatepost which reads 'Madame Hanska - Spiritual
Scientologist and Clairvoyant'.
(18:22) Establishing
shot of house.
(20:31) Jeff waits for
Jeannie in the Vauxhall outside Madame Hanska's.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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"Dropping Off Julia Fenwick"
GORE
STREET
BROMPTON
LONDON SW7
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Identified by:
RAHDAS members |
(13:02) Jeff
Randall parks near Julia's home and bids her farewell after their meal out.
Since Filming: Jeff parks up outside 3A/3B
Gore Street, which has now been significantly remodelled. As Jeff
pulls up, a window is visible at the extreme right of frame. This
is now absent and a new doorway has been added, suggesting that the
subdivision of the original number 3 occurred after filming and
before 2008.
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
Also, number 4 Gore Street - seen directly behind
Jeff's Vauxhall and adjoining the Petersham Place archway - has
gained an extra floor, achieved by extending the loft at the rear
end of the property. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable
(Altered) |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(13:28)
Jeff's car departs after dropping Julia off.
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Also appeared in:
The Saint - 'The Rough Diamonds' and
'The Smart Detective' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(24:46) At
night, Elliot drives from 'The Copper Kettle', en route to his
apartment. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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"Julia Fenwick's Street"
PETERSHAM
PLACE
BROMPTON
LONDON SW7
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Identified by:
RAHDAS Members |
(13:33)
Julia Fenwick walks under the Archway and into the street. The
camera pans and we see the right headlamp of Rawlings' stationary
Morris Minor.
Spotter's Note:
A new side window for 3A Gore Street can be
seen in this shot, a part of the remodelling and subdivision of
the original number 3.
Additionally, the shuttered garage across the road
in Gore Street has been converted to living space. This building
work took place at some point between May 2019 and November 2020.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Money to Burn' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(13:40)
Rawlings, who has been sitting in wait for Julia Fenwick's return
home, starts up his Morris Minor 1000 when he spots her. As she walks down the road
to her apartment, Rawlings deliberately knocks her down. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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(13:52) After
knocking Julia down, the Morris Minor careers towards some bins,
boxes and sacking. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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(14:01)
The car having crashed, Rawlings, moves the drunken salesman beside him
into the driver's seat, leaves the car and flees. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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"Springbank House"
(Arthur de Crecy's Apartment)
CRANMER
COURT
WHITEHEAD'S GROVE
KENSINGTON
LONDON SW3
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Identified by:
'Gypsy' @
Britmovie Forum, 2008 |
(30:50)
Jeannie Hopkirk, posing as Mrs Ramsey, a wealthy widow, visits
Arthur de Crecy.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Google Street View |
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"Outside Jeannie's Apartment"
LAUDERDALE
ROAD
MAIDA VALE
LONDON W9
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Identified by:
Sam Denham |
(35:06) Jeff
drops Jeannie off outside her apartment. Unbeknownst to them both,
they are being observed by Elliot and Rawlings from a nearby
parked car.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
'My Late Lamented Partner', 'All Work and No Pay', 'The Man
from Nowhere', 'Vendetta for a Dead Man', 'Could You Recognise
the Man Again?', 'A Disturbing Case', 'Murder Ain't What It Used To Be!'
Department S - 'Death on Reflection' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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"The Embankment"
(12A)
LAMBETH
PALACE ROAD
LAMBETH
LONDON SE1
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Identified by:
Mike Richardson |
(35:51)
Driving the Vauxhall Victor, Jeff joins Lambeth Palace Road from
Lambeth Bridge.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Money to Burn'
Man in a Suitcase - 'The Bridge' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(36:00)
Almost immediately, Jeff pulls over into a free parking
space. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(36:16)
After a short chat in the car - filmed on location - Jeannie leaves for
her meeting with Arthur de
Crecy. Note that Jeff is parked on a yellow line, the cheeky
feller!
Spotter's Note: The modern
day bus shelter seen in the 'Now' photo directly above is situated
in such a way that it blocks the original camera angle, so our
photograph has been taken closer in than the 1968 shot. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Status: Altered |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(36:20) After
dropping Jeannie off, Jeff leaves the car and walks
across the green towards the river path.
Since Filming: The low wall
that Jeff negotiates has been raised to such an extent that you
can no longer see the green behind it from the 1968 camera
position. He would have to be quite an athlete to clear it now!
Curiously, the wall has not been
built up for the entire length - it is limited to the two ends of
the wall but is raised to a higher degree at this end (for
approximately 25 metres). This work appears to have taken place at
some point between July 2019 and November 2020. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...2011...
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable
(Altered) |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(37:50)
Jeff goes back to the car when he hears the sound of an accident.
A black van has backed into the Vauxhall Victor while parking.
Jeff goes to investigate and is ambushed and abducted by Elliot
and Rawlings. The van drives off to the east. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(12B)
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
(filmed from
Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London SE1)
(36:39) At
the river wall, Jeff takes in the impressive scene as he waits for
Jeannie to return from her meeting with de Crecy.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Just for the
Record', 'Could You Recognise the Man Again'
The Avengers - 'Death at Bargain Prices'
Danger Man - 'Whatever Happened to George
Foster?'
Man in a Suitcase - 'The Bridge'
The Saint - 'The Imprudent Politician' and 'Double
Take'
The Baron - 'So Dark the Night'
The Persuaders! - 'The Time and the Place'
The Adventurer - 'The Not So Merry Widow' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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"The Football Match"
WEMBLEY STADIUM
WEMBLEY
LONDON HA9
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Identified by:
Claire and Michael Saunders and Cindy |
(37:56) An international football match is in progress at Wembley
Stadium.
Since Filming: Wembley
Stadium was demolished in 2022 and rebuilt completely.
Spotter's Note: This sequence
used stock footage of two Wembley Stadium matches: the 1963 FA Cup Final
(Leicester City v Manchester United) and the 1966
World Cup Final (England v West Germany).
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Somebody
Just Walked Over My Grave' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Public (£) |
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"Outside the Football Stadium"
YELLOW BRICK ROAD
(formerly OCCUPATION
ROAD)
WATFORD
HERTFORDSHIRE WD18
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Identified by:
Claire and Michael Saunders and Cindy |
(38:05)
The black van in which Jeff is being held prisoner arrives in a
perimeter road outside a football stadium, where a match is taking
place.
Since Filming: Named
Occupation Road at the time of filming, this road that runs down
the north eastern perimeter of Watford Football Club's
Vicarage Road Stadium. The garages to the right hand side of the
road are much as they were in 1968, but the football ground seen
to its left has had a radical makeover in recent years.
This road was renamed Yellow Brick
Road in November 2023 in honour of Watford F.C.'s long-time
supporter, benefactor and former club chairman Sir Elton John.
The road name recalls his famous 1973 album and song Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road. |
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...2004...
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Image © Claire and Michael Saunders and Cindy, 2004 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable
(Altered) |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2020 |
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(38:10) Inside the van, Rawlings proceeds to give Jeff a real going
over while he is held by Elliot. He is warned that no-one will
hear his cries, not while the game is going on.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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...NOW
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Status: Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2020 |
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(A)
UNKNOWN ROAD (2a)
(BP 683)
(00:06) De Crecy drives Anne
to his country cottage.
Spotter's Note: While the
location is currently unknown, the World Backgrounds sequence it
was sourced from has been identified as BP 683.
View BP 683 at YouTube
Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk Deceased - 'The Trouble With Women' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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(B)
GRIM'S DYKE HOTEL DRIVEWAY
off OLD REDDING
HARROW WEALD
LONDON HA3
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Identified by:
Anthony McKay and Vince Cox |
(00:08) De
Crecy drives Anne to his country cottage.
Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk Deceased - 'You Can Always Find
a Fall Guy', 'Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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(C)
PETERSHAM
PLACE
BROMPTON
LONDON SW7
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Identified by:
RAHDAS Members |
(13:38) Rawlings runs over
and kills Anne Fenwick (a succession of process
shots). |
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Image © ITV Studios, 1968 |
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Certain information reprinted with
permission from the excellent
A Guide
to Avengerland website.
Our grateful thanks to Anthony McKay for his kind
co-operation and many years' work in location hunting.
We are also indebted to the
researches of Vanessa Bergman and members of RAHDAS,
the former Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Appreciation Society.
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Section compiled by: John Holburn, Anthony McKay,
Alan Hayes, Craig Robins and Vince Cox
Blu-ray grabs by: Geoff Dodd and Craig Robins
Official Photographer: Craig Robins (images ©)
Other photos: © as credited
'Also appeared in' and certain location information: Anthony McKay
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