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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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"Prison Escape"
(1A)
BACKLOT
ELSTREE STUDIOS
SHENLEY ROAD
BOREHAMWOOD
HERTFORDSHIRE WD6
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Identified by:
Mike Richardson |
(00:02) Eric Jansen climbs
over the wall of the Castleton Prison and effects his escape.
Spotter's Note: The wall
that Jansen climbs over is clearly a studio-made flat as the
prison wall wobbles and flexes when he kicks it. Also, what pavement is
ever built that runs out at a wall??? :)
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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, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Private |
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(1B)
GOODGE PLACE
FITZROVIA
LONDON W1T
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Identified by:
Peter Astaire, January 2009 |
(00:23) Jansen runs down
the darkened street at night and hides in a doorway.
Spotter's Note: The office block at the end
of the street - Arthur Stanley House on Tottenham Street, which
has the BT Tower looming from behind it - was refurbished
in 2022 keeping much of it's original exterior appearance.
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Also appeared in:
Feature Films:
Last Night in Soho (2021) |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2019 |
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(00:33) Jansen seeks
cover behind a market wagon...
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2019 |
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(00:36) Jansen looks back
down the street.
(00:41) A Police Land Rover
turns into the road and pulls up.
(01:11) The Land Rover
pulls away.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2019 |
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(00:38) Jansen ducks into the
doorway of 25 Goodge Place.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2019 |
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(1C)
STORE STREET
BLOOMSBURY
LONDON WC1
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Identified by:
Alan Field, November 2009 |
(01:15) The Land Rover
heads east along Store Street, past the College Arms pub.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
'It's Supposed to Be Thicker Than Water', 'Never Trust A
Ghost' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2019 |
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"Jeff's Girlfriend's Apartment"
NORTH GATE FLATS
ST. JOHN'S WOOD HIGH STREET
ST. JOHN'S WOOD
LONDON NW8
(01:42) The camera pans down
the facade of North Gate Flats and settles on Jeff's Vauxhall,
parked up at the roadside.
Spotter's Note: This location
is on the same street as Hanover House, the filming location for
Jeff's apartment block. It is the next block to the south from
Hanover House.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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(01:44) Jeff and his female
friend get to know each other in the car.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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(02:24) Jeff's girlfriend
goes to enter the building and waves as Jeff drives past... to...
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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"Jeff's Apartment
and Environs"
(3A)
HANOVER HOUSE
ST. JOHN'S WOOD HIGH STREET
ST. JOHN'S WOOD
LONDON NW8
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Identified by:
Sam Denham |
(02:45) Establishing shot of Jeff's apartment block at
night - the Vauxhall pulls up outside.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
used extensively throughout the series
The Champions - 'To Trap A Rat' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (Houses Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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(3B)
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
WESTMINSTER
LONDON SW1
(06:01) A police car races
across the bridge to Jeff's flat after he reports Jansen's visit.
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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, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image / Map Data © Google, 2017 |
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(3C)
ST. JOHN'S WOOD HIGH STREET
ST. JOHN'S WOOD
LONDON NW8
(06:12) The police car
turns out of Greenbury Street, into St John's Wood High Street
and parks up outside Hanover House (shot finishes pretty much
identically to 3A).
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
used extensively throughout the series
The Champions - 'To Trap A Rat' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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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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"Jean's Apartment"
(4A)
140-155
LAUDERDALE ROAD
MAIDA VALE
LONDON W9
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Identified by:
Sam Denham |
(08:15) The Police stand
guard as Jeannie and Emil return after an evening out.
(08:52) Jeannie gets out of
Emil's car and walks towards her apartment block.
(09:00) Jeannie climbs the
steps.
(09:07, pictured) Jeannie
greets the policeman on duty.
(17:08) Establishing shot of
Jeannie's home.
(19:04) Similar establishing
shot, at night.
(20:00) Similar night-time
establishing shot.
(20:02) Jeff arrives - in a hurry!
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
'My Late Lamented Partner', 'But What A Sweet Little Room',
'All Work and No Pay', 'The Man from Nowhere', '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, 1969 |
|
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...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (Houses Private) |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
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(4B)
DYOTT STREET
BLOOMSBURY
LONDON WC1
|
Identified by:
Geoff Dodd, Anthony McKay
and Vince Cox, January 2020 |
(08:57) Concealed in the shadows across the road, Jansen
watches Jean leave the car.
(09:05) Close up of Jansen,
watching.
Spotter's Note: Geoff
Dodd and Anthony McKay spotted a sign just above the basement window. It
reads:
RESTALL, BROWN
& CLENNELL
G... ...NIR
Restall, Brown and Clennell Ltd was a company which specialised in
producing
furniture in a vintage style. It had registered addresses at 2-4
Bucknall Street WC2 and in Dyott Street WC1 and New Oxford
Street WC2.
The Bucknall Street office building still stands but does not
match what was seen in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
New
Oxford Street is a main thoroughfare and the Vendetta for a
Dead Man location is plainly on a side street.
Therefore, we have plumped for Dyott Street, which has been
heavily redeveloped, as the Bloomsbury Baptist Church has
similar street level basement windows (spotted by Vince Cox),
suggesting the location was close by on the street but has since
been demolished. |
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
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...NOW
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Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Public |
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"The Fun Fair"
FUN FAIR
BATTERSEA PARK
BATTERSEA
LONDON
SW11 4NJ
(13:20) Jeannie arrives at
the fun fair, on a date with Emil Cavallo-Smith (stock footage).
Since Filming: The
Battersea Park Fun Fair was closed down in 1974, two years after
a horrific accident on the Big Dipper which left five children
dead and another thirteen injured. It had originally opened in
1951 as part of the Festival of Britain.
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Also appeared in:
Gideon's Way -
'The Rhyme and the Reason'
The Baron - 'Epitaph for a Hero'
The Champions - 'The Silent Enemy'
The Prisoner - 'The Girl Who Was Death'
Journey to the Unknown - Opening title sequence
Feature Films:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962) |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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...NOW
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Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Public |
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"The Palace of
Westminster"
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER
LONDON
SW1A 0AA
(6A)
VIEWED FROM
ALBERT EMBANKMENT
LAMBETH
LONDON SE1
(18:54) Establishing shot
of the Palace of Westminster (stock footage)...
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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, 1969 |
|
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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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(6B)
VIEWED FROM
100 PARLIAMENT STREET
WESTMINSTER
LONDON SW1
(20:38) Establishing shot
of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben...
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
 |
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"Returning from Jeannie's"
HAMILTON TERRACE
ST. JOHN'S WOOD
LONDON NW8
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Identified by:
Wyn Roberts, May 2001 |
(21:39) Jeff and Marty wait
at the lights then drive across the junction of Abercorn Place.
Spotter's Note: The
following shot, of Jeff and Marty talking inside the Vauxhall,
which at first sight appears to be shot against a back plate
background, is actually filmed in front of a photographic
enlargement on a revolving winder.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'When Did You Start To Stop Seeing Things?'
The Saint - 'The Persistent Patriots'
The Champions - 'The Gilded Cage'
The Persuaders! - 'Someone Waiting', 'The Long
Goodbye'
The Avengers - 'Take Me to Your Leader'
Return of the Saint - 'One Black September' |
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2019 |
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"The Cavallo-Smith Residence'"
BROADGATES AVENUE
HADLEY WOOD
EN4
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Identified by:
John Holburn |
(24:23) Jeff returns to his
car after enquiring about the Cavallo-Smiths.
Spotter's Note: The
following shot, of Jeff and Marty talking inside the Vauxhall,
which at first sight appears to be shot against a back plate
background, is actually filmed in front of a static photographic
enlargement.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...1990s...
|
|
..NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2020 |
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(24:49) Jeff points out the
Cavallo-Smiths' home - 'Tanglewood' (2, Broadgates Avenue).
Spotter's Note: It is today not
possible to see the view of the house from the original camera
angle as it is now obscured by the conifers at the boundary with
the neighbouring property. Consequently, the 'Now' image
presented here is necessarily older than the others we present
for this filming location. |
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (House Private) |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2020 |
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(25:01, 25:10, 25:19) Sam Grimes exits
the house with Mrs Cavallo-Smith and then goes to his car.
(25:28 - pictured)
Grimes pulls out the drive.
Spotter's Note: The house
directly next to 'Tanglewood' has been demolished and a new
house has been built in its place.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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|
...1990s...
|
|
...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (Houses Private) |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2020 |
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(25:32) Jeff pulls away and
tails Grimes.
(33:31) Jeff visits Mrs
Cavallo-Smith.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...1990s...
|
|
...NOW
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Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public (Houses Private) |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2020 |
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"Tailing Sam Grimes"
(9A)
HAWTHORN LANE
BURNHAM BEECHES
BERKSHIRE SL2
|
Identified by:
Alan Hayes, November 2017 |
(25:42) Grimes and then
Jeff drive past a stone entrance gate of Keansacre.
Spotter's Note: New foliage
means that far less of the stone gateway and wall is visible
today.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Money to Burn' |
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable (Altered) |
Access: Public |
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Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(9B)
HALSE DRIVE
BURNHAM BEECHES
SLOUGH SL1
(25:59) Grimes and Jeff
speed down the woodland roads.
(46:29) Jeff speeds to the
coast (travelling in the opposite direction to before).
Spotter's Note: This
location is not 100% confirmed, but appears likely from
satellite view. The car is thought to be heading east in the
first shot and west in the second.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Uncertain |
Access: Public |
|
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(9C)
HALSE DRIVE &
MORTON DRIVE
BURNHAM BEECHES
SLOUGH SL1
|
Identified by:
Anthony McKay
and Annette Hill |
(26:10) Sam turns off Halse
Drive into Morton Drive and Jeff follows.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable (Altered) |
Access: Public |
|
|
(9D)
UNKNOWN ROAD (17a)
BURNHAM BEECHES
SLOUGH SL1
(26:21) The chase
continues.
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THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
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(9E)
UNKNOWN ROAD (17b)
BURNHAM BEECHES
SLOUGH SL1
(26:33) Jeff attempts to
force Sam off the road but ends up in the bushes when he has to
swerve to avoid an oncoming lorry.
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THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Unidentified |
Access: Public |
|
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(9F)
HAWTHORN LANE / THOMPKINS LANE
BURNHAM BEECHES
SLOUGH SL2
(35:13) Jeff drives to the
Cold Storage depot in search of Jeannie.
Spotter's Note:
The wooden fencing is no longer
present at this location.
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Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'Money to Burn' |
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|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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(36:27) Jeff continues on.
Spotter's Note: This just a short way to the west of the
turning for Thompkins Lane (seen below). In the 'Then' photo,
the Vauxhall has just passed the Thompkins Lane junction. |
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
|
|
(40:18) Jansen and Jeannie
drive down a country lane.
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
|
|
Spotter's Note: When the Mini finally
parks up (42:54), it is on a studio set complete with foliage.
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2023 |
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"On the Backlot"
BACKLOT &
STUDIO BUILDINGS
ELSTREE STUDIOS
SHENLEY ROAD
BOREHAMWOOD
HERTFORDSHIRE WD6
|
Identified by:
Mike Richardson |
(27:29) Sam spots Jeff’s
car pulling up outside his office.
Spotter's Note: To the top right
is John Mannering's antiques shop from The Baron.
|
Also appeared in:
Used extensively in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
and other ITC programming. |
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Private |
|
|
(29:43) Establishing shot
of Cavallo-Smith Cold Storage depot and yard.
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Private |
|
|
(35:35) Jennie arrives at
the depot in her Mini (actually a different one from usual -
registration 754 FLP).
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
THEN...
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Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
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(37:58) Jeff arrives at the
cold storagee depot and confronts Jansen who then gets away with
Jeannie.
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Private |
|
|
(40:03) Marty witnesses
Jansen and Jeannie drive off (now back in the original Mini,
registration BAP 245B).
Spotter's Note: When the car drives off,
it is back near John Mannering's shop on the backlot.
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Redeveloped |
Access: Private |
|
|
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"London Streets"
(11A)
MALET STREET
BLOOMSBURY
LONDON WC1
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Identified by:
Alan Field, November 2009 |
(33:05) The Vauxhall
travels through London at night, the Vauxhall passing over a
zebra crossing (north west down Malet Street past the turning
into Keppel Street).
(34:04, pictured) Jeannie drives
to meet Emil (north west down Malet Street past the turning into Keppel Street).
Spotter's Note: It appears that since
filming the pavements have been widened, the road narrowed, and
the zebra crossing has been removed.
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable (Altered) |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable (Altered) |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
|
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(11B)
GOWER STREET
BLOOMSBURY
LONDON WC1
|
Identified by:
Geoff Dodd, February 2018 |
(33:47, 33:52, 33:58) Jeannie drives
through London at night to meet Emil (south east across junction
of Gower Street and Store Street / Keppel Street, shot from
Store Street).
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
Image © Craig Robins, 2018 |
|
|
|
"Cliffs by the Sea"
(12A)
CORBIÈRE LIGHTHOUSE
LA RUE DE LA CORBIÈRE
ST BRELADE
JERSEY JE3 8HN
(43:21) Stock footage of
waves crashing against the shore. The camera pans up to a
lighthouse.
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(44:19, 44:31, 47:50, 47:59,
48:36, 48:55, 49:37) Stock
footage of waves crashing against rocks. |
Spotter's Note: At low tide, there is a concrete causeway
permitting public access to the lighthouse - but watch the
tides! Jersey has the third largest tidal range in the world! At
low tide, the island nearly doubles in size and, on the biggest
tides of the year, the tidal range is up to an astonishing
twelve metres.
Additionally, our 'Low Tide' and 'High Tide' photographs
are taken close to the original angle, but not exactly as per
the 1960s camera position. This is because access to that part
of the beach - to the right of our camera position - is a little
precarious...
|
Also appeared in:
The Champions - 'The Silent Enemy'
Department S - 'Soup of the Day' |
|
THEN - HIGH
TIDE...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
...NOW - LOW
TIDE
|
|
...NOW - HIDE TIDE
|
Status:
Recognisable |
Access: Public |
|
|
|
(A)
CLARENCE STREET &
EDEN STREET
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES KT1
|
Identified by:
Anthony McKay, January 2017 |
(01:19) Policemen
discuss Jansen's escape.
Spotter's Note: Originally
shot for Man in Suitcase: Day
of Execution in 1966.
|
Also appeared in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 'All Work and No
Pay',
'Money to Burn', 'The Man from Nowhere'
Man in a Suitcase - 'Day of Execution'
The Saint - 'The Time to Die' |
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
(B)
UNKNOWN BACK PLATES (17c)
(25:39) Jeff talks to Marty
as he tails Sam Grimes in the Vauxhall.
Spotter's Note: These are
likely to have been filmed in the Burnham Beeches area.
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
|
|
(C)
UNKNOWN BACK PLATE
(17d)
(46:37) Jeff and Marty talk in the car on the way to the
coast.
|
|
THEN...
|
Image © ITV Studios, 1969 |
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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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