Bigland Street
Photo: Stephen Carter
THE NEW AVENGERS:
Sleeper
(Graeme Clifford: September 1976)
Two policeman (Jason White, Tony McHale)
are in their car parked in
this road when they receive a call to go north of the river as HQ are
unable to get in contact with anyone there. They drive off, turning
right into Cannon Street.
(Spotted by Stephen Carter, November 2000)
Braithwaite Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
Gideon and Hemmingway are driven in Gideon’s car round to the Gowan’s
shop (Wheler Street tunnel under Bishopgate Goods Station,
redeveloped).
(Identified by Sietse Postma, February 2023)
Brewhouse Lane
GIDEON’S WAY: The White Rat (Roy
Baker, August
1964)
Local café where Yob sees Fingers talking to Syd Taylor
(café demolished, corner of Brewhouse Lane and
Wapping High Street).
(Identified by Stephen Carter, September 2007)
THE BARON: Countdown (Robert
Asher:
October 1965)
Outside a seedy café (café demolished, corner of
Brewhouse Lane and
Wapping High Street ) Compton discusses his plans
to take Mannering's
place with his cronies then drives off to the meeting.
(Identified by Marishka von Saatz, May 2002)
Brick Lane
Photos: Stephen Carter
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
Commander Gideon (John Gregson)
and Inspector David Keen (Alexander
Davion) arrive at Cowan’s shop looking for ‘Happy’.
Later Gideon and
Hemmingway are driven in Gideon’s car round to the Gowan’s shop
Cinnamon Street
GIDEON’S WAY: The White Rat (Roy
Baker,
August 1964)
A policeman comes running when he hears that shots that have
been fire by Mickey.
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, June 2022)
Choppin's Court
Photo: Stephen Carter
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Chase down an alley, where they hide.
(Identified Stephen Carter, July 2007)
Commercial Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
Commander Gideon drives to the Commercial Street Police Station to talk
to Commander Hemmingway.
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Doctor Kirk is interviewed by Gideon at the Commercial Street Police
Station.
Gardiner's Corner
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
The story opens in London’s East End.
GIDEON’S WAY: The Reluctant Witness (Jeremy
Summers, April 1965)
Hearing at 9:30 in the morning at the Old Bailey – Syd Carter on a
murder charge.
Garnet Street
THE CHAMPIONS: The
Invisible Man (Cyril Frankel: April
1967)
Sharron and Richard race across Rotterdam to the warehouse
(The Highway onto Garnet Street.)
Glamis Road
THE CHAMPIONS: The Invisible Man (Cyril
Frankel: April 1967)
Sharron and Richard race across Rotterdam to the warehouse (crossing
the bascule bridge, on Wapping Wall/Glamis Road film is transposed left
to right).
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, May 2009)
RETURN OF THE SAINT:
One Black September
(Leslie Norman: 1977)
Black September members Masroof (Stephen Grief)
and Caliban (Shango
Baku) are holding Leila Sabin (Prunella
Gee) hostage. They phone from a
call box to make a deal with Simon Templar (The
Highway, junction of
Glamis Road).
(Identified by GBC, Britmovie Forum, December 2008)
Frostic Place (now Frostic Walk, much redeveloped)
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
A Police woman (Diane Elliott)
spots Peter Wray (Alan Baulch)
in the
market and follows him home, number 10 Lytton Street.
(Identified Stephen Carter, August 2007)
Irongate Wharf
GIDEON'S WAY: The Tin God (Directed
by John
Gilling: June 1964)
Police converge on Crosby Street.
(Identified Stephen Carter, September 2007)
King Edward Memorial Park
THE HUMAN JUNGLE:
Enemy Outside (Roy
Baker ???)
While working at the docks as a crane driver Jeff Broadley suddenly has
a panic attack brought on by looking at the sun and leaving the
controls unmanned, he causes some barrels to be dropped on the quayside
in a dangerous manner. Scrambling to leave his crane, he goes outside
and begins climbing down a ladder, but partway down he loses his grip
and falls to the concrete below where he breaks a leg.
(Identified by Alan Field, March 2011)
King's Arms Court
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October
1964)
“Happy” Roden (Jack MacGowran) is chased down the
alley behind Cowan’s shop (King's Arms Court, redeveloped).
Knighten Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy with Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Chris Kirk (Howard Knight) and Vince Kelly (Michael
Craze) are chased
past warehouses (formerly Hermiatge Wall, redeveloped)
by a policeman
after their arrival in London.
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, March 2024)
Middlesex Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October
1964)
An East end Market where Peter Wray and his mother look an opportunity
to steal.
Old Montague Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October
1964)
A Police woman (Diane Elliott)
spots Peter Wray (Alan
Baulch) in the market and follows him home, number
10 Lytton Street.Peter Wray makes his way home (no. 49,
redeveloped),
but does not know he has been followed. Later that night Commander
Gideon pays the Wray’s a visit.
(Identified Stephen Carter, August 2007, Geoff Dodd,
February 2024)
Pennington Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy with Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Chris Kirk (Howard Knight) sees
some lorries at a greasy spoon and
hides inside one of them.
(Identified by Andrew Chilcott, May 2021)
Saint Katherine's Dock
GIDEON’S WAY: The White Rat (Roy
Baker,
August 1964)
After a tip-off from Yob, the police arrive in force to capture Mickey
Heston who is waiting to sail to freedom.
GIDEON'S WAY: The Tin God (Directed
by John
Gilling: June 1964)
John ‘Benny’ Benson (Derren Nesbit)
and Freddy Tisdale (John Hurt)
arrive at a warehouse to meet Charley Muliver. Later Muliver drops of
Syd Benson (Michael Cashman ) at
the warehouse. The van is spotted by a
policeman, PC Abbot, who sends in a report. Det. Chief Insp. Keen
(Alexander Davion) goes to
investigate and guesses that Benson is in
hiding locally. More policemen are sent for and by the time Commander
Gideon (John Gregson) arrives,
the chase is nearly over. (Locations in
and around St Katharine’s, Harrison’s Wharves and Irongate Wharves, and
Little Thames Street demolished as part of the St Katharine’s Dock
project).
(Identified by Jaz Wiseman, October 2005)
THE BARON: There's Someone Close Behind You(Roy
Baker:
December 1965)
Alan Jordan (Michael Robbins)
and Sheldon (Mike Pratt)
arrive at the docks looking for someone who may have overheard their
plans. Marty Cranwell (Ken Parry)
had already telephoned Mannering to
meet him there. He waits in the shadows while the villains hunt for him.
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, May 2009)
THE PROTECTORS:
Blockbuster (Jeremy
Summers: 1973)
Paul Buchet (Tony Anholt)
searches the river bank and interviews an
angler for information about the missing security van.
RETURN OF THE SAINT:
One Black September
(Leslie Norman: 1977)
The Saint's Jaguar follows the school bus past Tower Bridge into St.
Katherine's Dock the children leave in the bus and are followed to the
boats. Simon Templar (Ian Ogilvy)
and Captain Leila Sabin (Prunella
Gee) watch as someone picks up his passport from
Garston (Audrey
Morris). A chase follows.
(Spotted by Sam Mitchell)
RETURN OF THE SAINT:
Collision Course Part One: The Brave
Goose (Cyril Frankel: 1978)
Simon Templar (Ian Ogilvy) and
Annabel West (Gayle Hunnicutt)
rush out
of Alice’s Discotheque, Marseilles, in pursuit of the man who has just
stabbed a detective to death in the club. They chase after the
murderer’s car in Simon’s Jaguar.
RETURN OF THE SAINT:
Tower Bridge is Falling Down
(Leon Griffiths: ???)
Ray Dennis (John Woodvine)
returns in a launch after showing Buzz
Wepner (Paul Maxwell) Tower
Bridge.
Sampson Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy with Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Chris Kirk (Howard Knight) and Vince Kelly (Michael
Craze) are chased
past warehouses (partly, redeveloped) by a
policeman
after their arrival in London.
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, March 2024)
Tower Bridge Approach
H. G. WELLS' INVISIBLE MAN:
Shadow On The Screen
(Pennington Richards: 1958)
Dee pulls up in a Ford Consul to let The Invisible Man out, and drives
off towards Tower Bridge pursued by a black Ford Pilot.
(Spotted by Sam Mitchell, September 2000)
Tower Bridge
THE SENTIMENTAL AGENT:
Title Sequence
Carlos Varell (Carlos Thompson)
drives his Aston Martin to
the offices of Mercury International (by Butler’s
Wharf).
(Spotted by Jaz Wiseman, February 2011)
THE SAINT: Luella (Roy
Baker: 1963)
Establishing shot of the Bridge.
(Spotted by Sam Mitchell, September 2000)
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Establishing shots of London include Tower Bridge from the East.
MAN IN A SUITCASE:
Variation On A Million Bucks - part 1
(Pat Jackson: November 1966)
London bridge is seen from the docks (Lower Thames
Street) where
McGill’s boat is waiting to take him to Portugal.
(Spotted by, Stephen Carter, June 2001)
MAN IN A SUITCASE:
Variation On A Million Bucks - part 2
(Robert Tronson: November 1966)
London bridge is seen from the docks (Lower Thames
Street) where
McGill’s boat is waiting to take him to Portugal.
(Spotted by, Stephen Carter, June 2001)
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK
[DECEASED]: Just For
the Record (Jeremy Summers: ??)
It is early morning in London, and in a nearby warehouse mischief is
afoot.
DEPARTMENT S: The Man From 'X' (Gil
Taylor:
January/February 1969)
London, late at night, and two lovers find a quiet corner to park their
Mini for a kiss.
UFO: The Long Sleep (Jeremy
Summers:
September
1970)
Catherine Fraser (Tessa Wyatt)
and Tim (Christian Roberts) take
a trip
on a Thames riverboat. Tim explains his reasons for quitting medicine.
THE PROTECTORS:
Blockbuster (Jeremy
Summers: 1973)
Security van crosses Tower Bridge on its way to Saunders Chemical Works
THE ADVENTURER:
Mr Calloway is a Very Cautious Man
(Barry Morse)
Establishing shot of Tower Bridge
(Spotted by Jaz Wiseman, January 2005)
RETURN OF THE SAINT:
The Obono Affair (Peter
Sasdy: ???)
Jim Batley the fake policeman (John Atkinson)
threatens Mombasa (Oscar
James) as they drive off with Joey (Paul
Medford).
(Spotted by Sam Mitchell)
RETURN OF THE SAINT:
Tower Bridge is Falling Down
(Leon Griffiths: ???)
Ray Dennis (John Woodvine) and
Sammy (Alfie Bass) track Simon
Templar
(Ian Ogilvy), Posing as Sir
Malcolm Street, to Tower Bridge. Later
Sammy (Alfie Bass), Simon
Templar, Inspector Ashton (Stanley Meadows),
Jenny Stewart (Fiona Curzon),
Buzz Wepner (Paul Maxwell) and
Mrs
Stewart (Sally Lahee) take a
launch up the Thames to see Tower Bridge
and celebrate their victory.
Wapping High Street
GIDEON’S WAY: The Firebug (Roy
Baker:
September 1964)
First fire lit in Lambeth (Gun Wharves).
Later, after lighting a fire
at Atlas Paint Co. Tom Bishop (George Cole)
leaves the scene on his
scooter (St. John’s Wharf).
(Identified by Stephen Carter, August 2007).
GIDEON’S WAY: The White Rat (Roy
Baker,
August 1964)
Syd Taylor squeezes into the back of Mary Henderson's Jaguar outside
North East Division Police Station (Wapping Police
Station). Fingers
(Dermot Kelly) is walking home (past
Gun Wharves) when he hears the
sound of a bike. It is Yob (David Gregory)
who has followed him from
the café. Yob corners him (in the Alley between
Wapping tube station
and Gun Wharves) makes sure Fingers does not tell
any more tales to the
police. Sergeant Syd Taylor (David Davies)
peers into the window of a
local pub (Town of Ramsgate Public House),
suspicious that Mickey
Keston is nowhere to be seen in his usual Saturday night haunts.
(Identified Stephen Carter, September 2007)
Photo: Stephen Carter
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Chris Kirk (Howard Knight) walks
past Orient Wharf. Later, after Tim
Murphy (George Sewell) has
chased Chris Kirk (Howard Knight)
and Vince
Kelly (Michael Craze) across a
bridge, the boys are chased through the
streets to the Colonial Wharves and Chris Kirk stands his ground in one
of the warehouses. Keen and Gideon also end up at the docks (Gun
Wharves).
Photo: Stephen Carter
THE BARON: Countdown (Robert
Asher:
October 1965)
Outside a seedy café Compton discusses his plans to take Mannering's
place with his cronies then drives off to the meeting. Later Mannering
gives his statement to the police after being attacked on the building
site (Wapping Police Station).
(Identified by Marishka von Saatz, May 2002 and
Stephen Carter,
September 2007)
THE NEW AVENGERS:
Sleeper (Graeme
Clifford: September 1976)
The police car travels along this quiet street (passing
Scandrett
Street on the left) and one of the policemen (Jason
White) comments how
deserted it is, “as if everyone's gone to Mars”.
(Spotted by Stephen Carter, November 2000)
Wapping Lane
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
The boys are spotted by a police man (standing by
The White Swan, 97
Wapping Lane) and are chased through the streets.
Later, Keen and his driver patrol the docks looking
for the boys (Wapping Lane junction with Prusom Street).
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, March 2024)
Wapping Old Stairs
GIDEON’S WAY: The White Rat (Roy
Baker,
August 1964)
Rose Lenman (Virginia Maskell)
with her suitcase becomes
aware she is being followed and turns left into an alleyway (Wapping
Old Stairs).
(Spotted by Stephen Carter, September 2007)
Wentworth Street
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
An East end Market where Peter Wray and his mother look an opportunity
to steal. After being caught in the act Peter Wray (Alan
Baulch) runs
through the market and into a side passageway. After being caught in
the act Peter Wray (Alan Baulch)
runs through the market and ducks into
a side passageway leading to a yard.
(Identified Stephen Carter, July 2007)
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Establishing shots of the East End include this Market.
(Identified Stephen Carter, July 2007)
Western Docks (redeveloped as Kennet Street)
THE BARON: There's Someone Close Behind You
(Roy Baker: December 1965)
Establishing shot London Docks where Jordan and Sheldon arrive looking
for someone who may have overheard their plans.
Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy with Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Chris Kirk (Howard Knight) finds
a phone box and calls his father about
the accidental shooting.
(Identified by Thomas Gibson, May 2021)
Cheshire Street
Photo: Stephen Carter
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
After running across a railway footbridge Peter Wray (Alan
Baulch) runs
straight into the path of Commander Gideon’s (John
Gregson) police car.
Gideon gets out to see if the boy is in one piece, but he runs away.
Three Colts Corner
Photos: Stephen Carter
GIDEON’S WAY: Big Fish, Little Fish (Cyril
Frankel: October 1964)
Peter Wray (Alan Baulch) runs
across a railway footbridge and down some
stairs into a street after stealing a purse in the market.
(Identified Stephen Carter, July 2007)
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Tim Murphy (George Sewell) Chris
Kirk (Howard Knight) and Vince
Kelly
(Michael Craze) chases the boys
across a bridge.
(Identified Stephen Carter, July 2007)
Beckton Gas Works (demolished)
THE NEW AVENGERS:
The Midas Touch (Robert
Fuest: Spring 1976)
Former British agent Freddy (John Carson)
is sleeping off a
heavy night in an abandoned building when he is awoken by the arrival
of two Land Rovers carrying Professor Taylor (David
Swift) and his men.
The men search the building and find a guinea pig which bites Tayman
(Lionel Guyett). Professor Taylor
is forced to shoot Tayman. Freddy
watches as Taylor and his men drive away with their prize.
(Identified by Alan Field, March 2010)
THE NEW AVENGERS:
Sleeper (Graeme
Clifford: September 1976)
The tour bus arrives at a deserted dock by the Thames. Tina (Sara
Kestelman) tells the passengers to hide their
weapons and make
themselves comfortable. Bart ( Prentis Hancock)
checks his
weapon. Frank Hardy (Joe Dunne)
tries to escape to warn Steed but is
shot by Tina. In the morning Brady (Keith Buckley)
arrives with the
S-95 gas and hands it over to the helicopter pilot (Peter
Godfrey). He
makes a final inspection of the gang before they set off. Gang members
include Fred (Gavin Campbell),
Ben (Dave Schofield) and Bill (Leo
Dolan).
(Identified by Alan Field, March 2010)
Films:
BRANNIGAN (1975)
Television:
DANGER UXB (1979)
Ridley Road
GIDEON’S WAY: The 'V' Men (Cyril
Frankel:
July 1964)
Sir Andrew Vane addresses an unruly mob as part of his Victory
Movement’s election campaign (newsreel footage of a
confrontation with
the British Union of Fascists)
(Stephen Carter, August 2007)
High Road Leytonstone, Waltham Forest
GIDEON’S WAY: The Firebug
(Roy Baker: September 1964)
The fire brigade races to the fire at the Atlas Paint Company (past
Rothschilds which was at no 748 just north of Browning Road).
(Identified by Adrian Grepnold, December 2009)
Canary Wharf
THE AVENGERS: Two's a Crowd (Roy
Baker: May
1965)
A model Cessna flies over London to drop a message from PSEV into
Brodny's punchbowl at the London embassy (aerial
footage
of The Isle of Dogs and Rotherhithe).
(Spotted by Mike Richardson, March 2012)
East India Dock Road
Photos: Stephen Carter
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
The lorry carrying the two boys arrives in London. Chris Kirk (Howard
Knight) and Vince Kelly (Michael
Craze) jump out before the dock gates
(Mallet Street).
Harbinger Road
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Finny goes around to Tim Murphy’s (George Sewell)
house (46
Harbinger Road).
(Spotted by Jaz Wiseman, March 2024)
Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse Basin
H. G. WELLS' INVISIBLE MAN: Shadow on the Screen (Pennington Richards: 1958)Westferry Road
GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy
Summers:
May 1965)
Keen’s car makes a U-turn (Westferry Road at the
junction with Napier
Road and Harbinger Road).
(Spotted by Geoff Dodd, Mike Richardson, May 2022)
George V Docks, Tower Hamlets
MAN IN A SUITCASE:
Variation On A Million Bucks - part 1
(Pat Jackson: November 1966)
McGill makes his way to London’s docks where a boat is waiting to take
him to Portugal (stock footage from flats on Newland
Street).
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK
[DECEASED]: It's
Supposed to be Thicker Than Water (Leslie
Norman:
September 1968)
Jeff gets an anonymous phone call which tells him to go to the Deptford
Warehouse, Southern docks and talk to Harry Dawson for information
about Johnny Crackan (stock footage from flats on
Newland
Street).
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK
[DECEASED]: The Ghost
Talks (Cyril Frankel: July 1969)
Marty is held captive aboard a Russian ship in the London docks.
Woolwich Free Ferry ('Ernest Bevin'), North Woolwich
Photo: Stephen Carter
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK
[DECEASED]: Could You
Recognise the Man Again? (Jeremy
Summers: Spring 1969)
Establishing shot of the ferry, where Jennings is discussing how George
Roden has moved in on the Jennings brothers' pitch.
(Spotted by Stephen Carter, March 2002)
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