LOCATIONS REVISITED

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London Aldermanbury

The Champions: The Invisible Man. After a high-speed drive to escape his Invisible tormentor, Sir Fredrick stops outside a church, St. Lawrence Jewry.

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire Allum Lane Cemetery

Department S: The Double Death of Charlie Crippen Jason pulls up outside the main gates of the Villa Fantelle in his Bentley. Later in the same episode, Sir Curtis, Stewart and Annabelle are allowed through the same gates.

Department S: Spencer Bodily is Sixty Years Old Spencer’s body is taken to Fernvale Crematorium.

Department S: The Duplicated Man Annabelle is seen at the gates of the Lucy Williams Home for retired gentlewomen, and is watched by two Russian agents.

Berlin Am Zoo (renamed Hotel Zoo)

Jason King: ‘A Page Before Dying’. 

Hertfordshire Aragon, Elstree Road, Letchmore Heath

Jason King: A Page Before Dying Across on the Western side of the boarder, Ryland watches a hearse carry a coffin into a West Berlin cemetery.

Department S: Handicap Dead. Stewart arrives at The Pines, Rickmansworth, to interview Mrs Lynne.

Department S: The Bones of Byrom Blain. A transit van pulls into the airport. In it is a chest which is to be delivered to the house where Sir Curtis is being held captive. As the van leaves, Stewart climbs up a drain pipe and breaks into the house.

Hertfordshire Associated British Elstree, Shenley Road, Borehamwood (now partly demolished)

Department S: The Trojan Tanker. The fuel tanker comes through the gates of Orly Airport, Paris.

Department S: Soup of the Day: Jason climbed the fence of Ramos & Co. Ltd. Ramos and Segres then enter the building, and when Segres leaves, Jason follows him.

Jason King: An Author in Search of Two Characters. Eve goes through the gates of the house en route to Manor Park House.

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Arkley (junction of) Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road

Department S: The Duplicated Man en route to see Mrs Harvey, she is followed by two Russian agents.

London Belgrave Square

Department S: Handicap Dead. A limousine is seen parked outside number 31. Later in the same episode, Stewart reports back to Sir Seretse from the limousine.

Paris La Belle Ferronnierre

Exterior shots of which were used extensively in the outstanding double episode of Jason King, ‘All that Glisters’,

Dublin The Berkley Public House, Mountjoy Street

Shot of the clock at the beginning of The Siege of Sidney Street. The pub also doubles for the Coach and Horses public house.

France Bourges Village

All the outdoor location shot on ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ was filmed in this Mediaeval city in central France.

Isle of Skye Broadford Airfield

Opening scenes in Flash Gordon, where the private plane carrying Flash and Dale Arden takes off.

C

Lanzarote Camel Path

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire. Doubled as the mouth of the ‘Great Volcano’.

London Campden Hill Court, Observatory Court, Observatory Gardens, Kensington

The above building in London doubled as Jason’s plush apartment block in Paris in, ‘Jason King’

Cornwall Cape Cornwall, St. Just

Night of the Eagle/Burn, Witch, Burn: The Taylor’s holiday cottage on the cliff top

Lanzarote Cave of Doves

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire. ‘Fire Mountain’ scenes.

London Charing Cross Road

Department S: Handicap Dead. Opening shots: London at night.

Suffolk Charles Manning’s Amusement Park, Felixstow

Above: Peter as Jason King at Charles Manning’s Amusement Park

Jason King: A Thin Band of Air. Jason is posing for publicity shots on a merry-go-round for his new novel, ‘The Russian Roundabout’. Unbeknown to him and photographer, Lee Bailey, assassin John Hewlett, is sitting on the top of the Big Dipper. Hewlet blows the book out of Jason’s hand; Jason and Lee run for cover.

London Cheapside

The Champions: The Invisible Man. Opening shots from Bank Station towards The Royal Exchange.

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Hertfordshire Dagger Lane, Elstree

The Champions: The Invisible Man. Dr. John Hallam is seen driving his Mercedes towards Rotterdam.

Department S: A Small War of Nerves. Stewart and Jason in a white Vauxhall watch the house where they suspect Greg Halliday is being kept prisoner.

Above: Peter as Norman Taylor in Night of the Eagle in Dagger Lane

Night of the Eagle: Junction of Dagger Lane and Aldenham Road, Elstree.

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Hertfordshire Elstree Aerodrome, Hog Lane, Borehamwood

The Champions: The Invisible Man. John Hallam drives his Mercedes out of the Dutch airport.

Department S: The Trojan Tanker Jason and Stewart watch Veronica Bray land her plane at the aerodrome.

Above: Stewart and Jason at Elstree Aerodrome in the Department S episode, ‘The Trojan Tanker’

Department S: Handicap Dead Annabelle arrives at the airfield where Jason is about to take off for his parachute jump.

Spain El Molar, Madrid

Alexander the Great.

F

London Fellows Lane

Department S: Blackout. Doctor Lang abducts Peter Sinclair from his London flat.

Department S: Handicap Dead Stuart visits Eddie Curtis’s home at 56, Fairfax House, Fairfax Road, Wimbledon. Later in the same episode, Curtis is taken back to the block of flats by two men.

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London Gloucester Gate

Department S: The Man in the Elegant Room.

Annabelle arrives at Selena’s house just as her quarry comes out of the door and gets into her car and drives away.

Dublin (Corner of) Graham’s Row and Wellington Street

Where the police and army gather in The Siege of Sidney Street.

Surry Great Fosters Hotel, Egham

Taming of the Shrew scene in ‘Lucy in London’

Above: Peter (centre – white shirt/dark trousers, with back to camera) at Great Fosters

London Great Russell Street

Department S: The Man in the Elegant Room. Annabelle and Stewart take the audio tape of the young man to an expert at the British Museum for her evaluation.

London Gresham Street

The Champions: The Invisible Man. Sir Fredrick drives into Ironmonger Lane. Later, Sharron McCreedy and Craig Sterling follow him as he runs between Wood Street and Guildhall Place. He now goes down Milk Street and into Mumford Court. It is here that Sterling abandons his car and chases him on foot. The both turn right into an alleyway, which has since been redeveloped.

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Hertfordshire Haberdashers Aske’s School, Aldenham Road, Elstree

Department S: The Double Death of Charlie Crippen. Jason and Stewart climb over the perimeter wall into the

Department S: The Bones of Byrom Blain. Blain’s Rolls Royce stops outside the gates of Marling Dale, and is given entry by the guards outside.

Department S: A Small War of Nerves. Jason scrambles over the wall of the Wiltshire Park Health Hydro, and manages to stay clear of the guard dogs. He finds scientist, Greg Halliday, inside.

Jason King: The Constance Missal As Claudia watches from their car, Elaine gets over the wall of a house. Once inside, she steals the Efridge necklace whilst the hypnotised helplessly watches. Elaine goes back to the car with the necklace, and the two women drive away.

Dublin Halston Street

Peter Piatkow walks Sara home along the street.

Above: Peter as Peter the Painter and Nicole Berger as Sara on Halston Street, Dublin, in ‘The Siege of Sidney Street’.

Hertfordshire Highwood Park House, Nan-Clarke’s Lane, Highwood Hillresham Street

Department S: The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol. Jason follows Helen to Camilo’s house, but is beaten back by a guard dog. The following day, Stuart and Annabel return to the house posing as tourists.

(near) Ivinghoe Ivinghoe Beacon, Ivinghoe Beacon Road and Ridgeway

Above: Peter as Doctor John Hallem with his load of stolen gold

The Champions: The Invisible Man. Doctors John Hallam and Charles Sumner take the lorry-load of gold which has been cast as industrial machinery, through the roads of Holland. Richard Barratt and Sharron McCreedy, who are in one car, and Craig Sterling in another, try to stop them. The lorry passes Pitstone Mill jus before Sterling is able to intercept it.

Department S: The Double Death of Charlie Crippen. A local farmer drives his truck towards the assassination attempt.

Department S: Who Plays the Dummy? The remote-controlled Chevrolet is seen by two motorcycle cops who chase it until it runs off the road. Later on, Jason and Annabelle’s white Jaguar is taken over by remote-control. However, Jason is able to smash the windscreen and Annabelle escapes from the car, followed by Jason, who leaps to safety at the very last minute. Stewart, who is tied to the wheel of a red Mercedes, is sent to crash into a NATO convoy. But Jason manages to overpower one of the gang members, and speeds off in the thug’s car with Annabelle. They free Stewart, and the Mercedes crashes at the side of the road.

Department S: The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol. Thorn and Cal speed along the coast road to where they will dive for the money.

Department S: The Man Who Got a New Face. Gerhard and Nicole find Annabelle blocking the road as they make their way to the Italian border.

Jason King: A Royal Flush. Enzio follows Jason from the hospital.

Jason King: Toki The intoxicated Olivier loses control of his car, which plunges over a cliff.

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Lanzarote Lanzarote National Park

The volcanic region which surrounds it was used as a stand-in for the ‘Fire Mountain’ on the planet of Sarn.

Above: Peter as Timanov in Lanzarote

Hertfordshire Latimer Village

Department S: The Pied Piper of Hambledown. Doubled as the fictional village of Hambledown.

Hertfordshire (junction of) Letchmore Heath Road and Summerhouse Lane, Patchett Green

Department S: The Pied Piper of Hambledown. Jason and Stuart pull up outside Doctor Brogan’s house at Crossways Cottage.

London Lowndes Street

Department S: The Man In The Elegant Room, Jason visits a number of art dealers with the hope that he might discover who painted the nude hanging on the wall of the elegant room. As he arrives at the first gallery, he stops outside No. 27, which is Ackermann & Johnson, and goes inside.

London Lombard Street

The Champions: The Invisible Man At the beginning of the episode, St Edmund the King church can be seen reflected in the windows of the bank. Later on, Craig Sterling visits Sir Fredrick’s bank, which is at the junction with Clements Lane, (No. 30, Greig Middleton Bank). Sharon Macready’s parks her car opposite the bank in George Yard), where she waits for Sterling.

M

Spain Málaga, Andalucia

Alexander the Great.

London Mansion House

The Baron: The Legions of Ammak. Oleg Cossackian is seen leaving The Royal Exchange.

Spain Manzanares el Real, Madrid

Alexander the Great.

N

London Netherwood Street, Camden

O

London Old Broad Street

The Champions: The Invisible Man Sir Frederick runs across a building site, where the London Stock Exchange is now located, and hides in an alleyway off Adams Court. Sterling arrives at the building site as he hears Sir Fredrick scream.

P

Lanzarote Papagayo Bay

Doctor Who: ‘Planet of Fire’

Cornwall Pedn Vounder Beach

Peter on Pedn Vounder Beach.

London Peter’s Hill

The Champions: The Invisible Man Opening shots from Peter’s Hill steps.

Cornwall Porthcurno Beach, Porthcurno

Several sections of the film was shot on Porthcurno Beach, including the segment in which Tansey (Janet Blair) walks out of the sea.

R

Hertfordshire Rowley Lane, Borehamwood

Above: Jason’s Bentley on Rowley Lane in the Department S episode, ‘A Cellar Full of Silence’.

London Richmond Park

The ‘Duel Scene’ in Liebeli was filmed in the park

S

London St. Paul’s Cathedral

The Champions: The Invisible Man. Opening shots of the City.

Lanzarote Sheep Hill

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire. ‘Fire Mountain’ scenes.

Sussex Sheffield Park

Numerous outdoor shots were filmed in the gardens, around the lake and the front of the mansion house.

Above: Peter as the ghost of Peter Quint at Sheffield Park

Buckinghamshire Shardeloes House, Nr. Amersham

Jason King: Chapter One: The Company I Keep. A large party of Italian diplomats arrive at the Villa just outside of Gorizia. Later in the same episode, Jason and the Contessa di Magiore go to the villa, following a description of the route in Jason’s latest novel. When the police arrive, Jason and his companion leave hastily, but Jason returns to the house later to find Alfred Thistle dead. He chases the supposed killer out of the villa.

Jason King: Wanna Buy a Television Series? Jason chases a young man as he takes his Land Rover from the bar to the Greek island where Umberto Bellini has a villa. Later in the episode, Jason breaks into the villa, and the next day Bellini and Jason watch as they go to check on the hidden treasure buried nearby.

Jason King: A Red, Red Rose Forever Jason is taken by Doctor Claudel to the Clinique Claudel in Geneva, where he is forced to shoot Professor D’Arblay. Later, the Swiss Police arrive to arrest the conspirators.

Hertfordshire Shenley Road, Borehamwood

The Avengers: Epic. Stewart Kirby drives Mrs Peel west along Shenley Road.

Department S: Last Train to Redbridge Jason speaks with the taxi driver who picked up the London Underground employee who left Redbridge tube station.

Department S: Handicap Dead. Stewart observes Eddie Curtis leaving the post office, and tracks him to a cafe opposite.

T

Buckinghamshire Taplow

Outside shots and Taylor’s home, Night of the Eagle/Burn, Witch, Burn

Above: Peter as Norman Taylor in Night of the Eagle

Buckinghamshire Taplow Court

Taplow Court doubled for ‘Hempnell College’ in Night of the Eagle/Burn, Witch, Burn

Above: Taplow Court

Hertfordshire The Thatched Barn Hotel and Elstree Moat House, Rowley Lane, Borehamwood (now demolished)

Above: Peter as Jason King outside the Thatched Barn

Department S: The Trojan Tanker Department S develop a roll of film found in Veronica Bray’s room, the pictures show her a hotel pool.

Department S: The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol Jason goes to the hotel in Marbella to speak to Anita about Thorn.

Above Left: Peter by the pool at The Thatched Barn. (Above Right): Aerial view of the pool.

Department S: The Bones of Byrom Blain. Jason retraces Blain’s last journey, and ends up at the Nag’s Head restaurant. Lomax meets Crawley and Logan as they arrive at the Vale End Garage. He is told about Jason. Later, Annabelle at the restaurant to find Jason.

Jason King: Nadine. Jason follows Nadine to Achille’s hotel.

Hertfordshire The Three Horseshoes and Village Green, Letchmore Heath

Department S: Handicap Dead. En route from the airport, the transit van goes through a village (Back Lane).

Department S: The Pied Piper of Hambledown. Jason arrives in the deserted village of Hambledown.

Jason King: An Author in Search of Two Characters Claire follows Eve to Manor Park House, the latter of whom returns with Jason. After switching places with Strong, Jason leaves with Eve and Ackroyd.

London Tower Bridge

Department S: The Man From ‘X’. At the beginning of the episode, two lovers find a quiet corner to park their Mini for a kiss.

Department S: The Man Who Got A New Face Sir Curtis and Stewart meet in the Royal Armoury.

Hertfordshire Tykes Water Lake, Bridge and Approach Road, Aldenham Park, Elstree

The Avengers: Epic. Steed and Mrs Peel are filmed watching Stewart Kirby, who is disguised as a vicar, cycle past them in Fitzroy Lane

Above: Peter (disguised as a vicar) on ‘Fitzroy Lane’

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London Waterloo Railway Station

Department S: A Small War of Nerves. Greg Halliday arrives by train after escaping from Jason and Stewart. He walks through the entrance of platform 13.

Dublin Wellington Street (lower from Mountjoy Street), Phibsborough

Scene where the anarchists were holed up in The Siege of Sidney Street.

London White City Underground Station (now closed)

Department S: Last Train To Redbridge. Platforms at the station were used during the underground scenes.

London Wood Street

The Champions: The Invisible Man. Sir Fredrick hurriedly leaves his office and to his waiting car. He drives off leaving his Chauffer standing open-mouthed. Later on, McCreedy and Sterling observe Sir Fredrick being forced to run from his invisible attacker

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