WHAT'S NEW IN AVENGERLAND

2012

Rough Notes – for now

THE NEW AVENGERS: Obsession (Ernest Day: Spring 1977)
F42: Springwell Chalk Pit, Springwell Lane, Harefield

 

31st December - Peter Astaire -

THE NEW AVENGERS: Sleeper (Graeme Clifford: September 1976)
Roland Gardens SW7 –

 

29th Decenber - Mike Richardson –

THE AVENGERS: Return of the Cybernauts (Robert Day: May 1967)
N35: Tykes Water Lake, Bridge and approach road, Aldenham Park

DEPARTMENT S: The Shift That Never Was (John Gilling: Autumn 1968)
Hams Hall Power Stations, Warkickshire (demolished) - Establishing shots of Northover Atomic Power Station.

    

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Could You Recognise the Man Again? (Jeremy Summers: April 1969)
Whitehall - Jeff and Jeane race through London in order to get to the court in time fro Jeff to give his wintess statement (back projection).

    

    

Mark Pond

THE NEW AVENGERS: Angles of Death

South Bucks District Council offices, Windsor Road, Slough – The Ministry Building, The council offices were demolished in mid 2000 prob around 2005.

 

    

THE PERSUADERS!: The Morning After (Leslie Norman: 1971)

Lars Seelman is kidnapped by Kristen and Jon and onto a airfield where a Cessna aeroplane is waiting for them.

The field opposite Denham Aerodrome  (end of the runway 24…. building is in the woods to the right looks like the old one has gone but that is the same location…the hanger was used in producing fairthorpe cars in the 70s

Alan Hayes

THE AVENGERS: The Frighteners ()

Berwick Street Market

Coventry Street W1

Shaftesbury Avenue W1

Mike Richardson -

THE NEW AVENGERS: K is for Kill pt1 + py2

Red Square

THE NEW AVENGERS: K is for Kill pt1

Swayambhunath stupa in Nepal

Avenue de Friedland

Avenue Hoche/Avenue de Friedland

Junction of Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie and Impasse du Docteur Jacques Bertillon.

Impasse du Docteur Jacques Bertillon - Embassy guard held Purdey at gunpoint was on, note the barrier at the end of the street.

George V/ of Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie

 

THE NEW AVENGERS: Sleeper

Waterloo Place, London

THE NEW AVENGERS: Angels of Death (Ernest day: Summer 1977)
Red Cow Roundabout/Castle Street/Mere Road Slough - Steed (Patrick Macnee)

THE NEW AVENGERS: Obsession (Ernest Day: Spring 1977)
RAF Lossiemouth

 

THE NEW AVENGERS: Obsession (Ernest Day: Spring 1977)
Glen Coe, Scotland

THE NEW AVENGERS: Obsession (Ernest Day: Spring 1977)
Northolt Aerodrome

THE NEW AVENGERS: Obsession (Ernest Day: Spring 1977)

Sevenhills Road, near Pinewood Studios

THE NEW AVENGERS: Emily (Don Thompson: September/October 1977)

Woodbridge, City of Vaughn, Ontario, Canada

124 Woodbridge Avenue
Steed, Gambit, Purdey and Phillips (Richard Davidson) go in search of Emily’s owner Miss Daly (Jane Mallet). They find her outside a florist’s shop (the shop building exists, but the modern frontage has been removed).

137 Woodbridge Avenue
Steed, Gambit and Purdey go to give the sad news about Emily to Miss Daly (Jane Mallet).

119 Woodbridge Avenue  (demolished):
Steed, Gambit, Purdey and Phillips (Richard Davidson) go in search of Emily’s owner Miss Daly (Jane Mallet). They find her, manage to save Emily’s fingerprints from the carwash and requisition the car
(173 Woodbridge Avenue, Miss Daly’s home, can be seen as the car leaves the car wash).

THE AVENGERS: The Bird Who Knew Too Much (Roy Rossotti: October 1966)
Stewarts Drive/Dukes Drive/Egypt Lane, Burnham Beeches -

THE SAINT: Little Girl Lost
Stewarts Drive/Dukes Drive/Egypt Lane, Burnham Beeches -

THE AVENGERS: Murdersville (Robert Asher: August 1967)
Stewarts Drive/Dukes Drive/Egypt Lane, Burnham Beeches -

THE NEW AVENGERS: To Catch A Rat (James Hill: Summer 1976)

Alan Field, 26th October 2012 - Bank Lane SW15, outside the Bank of England sports ground.

THE NEW AVENGERS: Angels of Death (Ernest day: Summer 1977)

Mike Richardson - Two flashbacks - Target! with footage at Pinewood Sanatorium and Dirtier by the Dozen with footage shot at Longmore Camp.

THE NEW AVENGERS: The Three Handed Game (Ray Austin: 1976)

Mike Richardson - Brooklyn Bridge - New York, The White House - Washington DC

 

THE NEW AVENGERS: Tale of the Big Why (Robert Fuest: Auguet 1976)

Chris Bentley, John Hough - junction of West End Lane/Watersplash Lane and The Splash at Warfield in Berks.

THE NEW AVENGERS: House Of Cards (Ray Austin: Spring 1976)

Mike Richardson - Army assault course in this episode was in Aldershot,

THE NEW AVENGERS: The Lion And The Unicorn (Ray Austin: 1977)

Mike Richardson - The Moulin Rouge, No 82 Boulevard de Clichy, Paris.

THE NEW AVENGERS: Eagles Nest – gates to Alderbourn Arches

THE NEW AVENGERS: Faces (Ray Austin: July 1976)

Mike Richardson - Binfield Manor, Binfield, nr. Bracknell. Berkshire

THE NEW AVENGERS: Sleeper (Graeme Clifford: September 1976)

St. Peter's Grove, W6

This is the underpass that goes under the railway lines from Spencer Street, Ealing to The Straight at Southall

Lots of THE ZOO GANG from Paul Stroud

20th November –Vince Cox

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: But What a Sweet Little Room (Roy Ward Baker: June 1968)
P1: Grim's Dyke Hotel, Old Redding, Harrow Weald: Arthur de Crecy drives Anne Fenwick to his 'cottage in the country' in his Peugeot (back projection of driveway).


RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: The Smile Behind the Veil (Jeremy Summers: Autumn 1968)
O6: Rowley Lane, Borehamwood - After escaping Donald flags down a lift only to find Cynthia driving.

31st October – Identified by Controller.

GIDEON’S WAY: The Tin God (John Gilling: June/July 1964)
Randolph Crescent, W9 - Police units are summoned to converge on Crosby Street.
(Identified by Controller)

 

THE NEW AVENGERS: The Eagle's Nest (Desmond Davis: April 1976)
Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland: John Steed and Purdey go to the highlands and tallk to a local fisherman. They watch as Monks from St. Dorca arrive to collect supplies.

 

Milton, Applecross, Strathcarron, Scotland: As they talk to a local fisherman they watch as George Stannard’s body arrives in a small boat. John Steed (Patrick Macnee) arrives at St. Dorca in a motor boat looking for accommodation. Purdey (Joanna Lumley)arrives on the island under water and leaves her wet suit on the shore.

 

Camustiel, Applecross, Strathcarron, Scotland: George Stannard (Brian Anthony) is pursued across St. Dorca by Karl (Frank Gutliff) and Hara (Sydney Bromley) using fishing rods as weapons, he is able to get to a motorboat, but Karl is able to catch him on the cheek with a poison hook as he leaves the harbour.

 

11th October -

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]:The Trouble with Women (Cyril Frankel: October 1968)
Harley Street, W1 - Jeff and Marty park opposite Raebarn House to observe Lang and his mistress. They both duck down inside the Mini to hide from Lang (93 Harley Street can be seen through the window of the Mini).

10th October - A number of locations from one short sequence; Jenny Firston's news report in the THE AVENGERS: The Morning After. Alan Field started the ball rolling with his idenitfication of footage shot in East Acton.

Special thanks to Sam Denham who identified the footage as coming from the 1950 film SEVEN DAYS TO NOON. Which just proves the adage that you learn something new everyday.

THE AVENGERS: The Morning After (John Hough: October 1968)
A40 between Gibbon Road and Perryn Road, East Acton, W3 - John Steed and Marlin are shown a recording of Jenny Firston's news report of people are pouring out in their thousands as a typical English town is evacuated, as they leave special shock troops take over. Coaches carrying evacuated townsfolk drive along both sides of a dual carriageway out of a typical English town (A40 between Gibbon Road and Perryn Road, East Acton).
(Identified by Alan Field, September 2012)

 

THE AVENGERS: The Morning After (John Hough: October 1968)
Friary Road/Friars Way, Acton, W3 - John Steed and Marlin are shown a recording of Jenny Firston's news report of people are pouring out in their thousands as a typical English town is evacuated, as they leave special shock troops take over. Coaches carrying evacuated townsfolk drive through a typical English town.

 

THE AVENGERS: The Morning After (John Hough: October 1968)
St John's Gardens, Notting Hill, W11 - John Steed and Marlin are shown a recording of Jenny Firston's news report of people are pouring out in their thousands as a typical English town is evacuated, as they leave special shock troops take over. Trucks carrying shock troops arrive in a typical English town.
(S.J. on the Reel Streets site, April 2011)

 

THE AVENGERS: The Morning After (John Hough: October 1968)
The Boltons, SW7 - John Steed and Marlin are shown a recording of Jenny Firston's news report of people are pouring out in their thousands as a typical English town is evacuated, as they leave special shock troops take over. Shock troops leave their vehicle and start to patrol a typical English town.

 

1st October - Rhett Burns has written in as he recognises this location as the road he used to walk to school each day around the time this episode of RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED] was filmed. Without this local knowledge I doubt this location would have been found. Many thanks also for the photograph Rhett sent in confirming the find.

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: The House on Haunted Hill (Ray Austin: April 1969)
K11: Blackhorse Lane, South Mimms - Jeff and Marty leave the Merston Manor in the Vauxhall at the end of the episode.

 

26th September - Very many thanks to Steve Cann for at last revealing the location of the brickworks in The Tale of the Big Why. Steve has also provided a photograph of the brickworks to confirm the identification.

THE NEW AVENGERS: The Tale of the Big Why
E14: Malders Lane brickworks, Pinkneys Green, Berkshire (redeveloped) - After leaving the prison, Bert Brandon (George A. Cooper), drives to a deserted brickworks. Purdey (Joanna Lumley) is close behind him on her motorbike, but does not arrive soon enough to prevent Brandon retrieving a package and continuing on his way.

    

16th September - Identified by Michael Richardson

THE AVENGERS: The Curious Case of the Countless Clues (Don Sharp: January 1968)
D1: Woolmers Park, Essendon Road, Letty Green - Steed races back to London in a breakdown truck having overpowered Stanley (Woolmers Park driveway).

 

15th September -

THE AVENGERS: Death's Door (Sidney Hayers: June 1967)
Pinner Road/Aldenham Road, Watford - Steed and Mrs Peel follow Melford's route in his Rolls in order to check his premonitions. They stop at a road junction where they hear "machine gun fire".

10th September

THE SAINT: Legacy for the Saint (Roy Ward Baker: Spring 1968)
Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Road, NW6 - An 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 arrives at the cemetery for Ed Brown's burial. Tony (T.P. McKenna), Pietro (Edward Brayshaw), Mark (Bruce Boa) and Dickie (Brian Coburn) get out to pay their respects.

9th September - Michael Richardson has again been asking the right question as well as providing some answers. Thanks also to Alan Field.

THE AVENGERS: Bizarre (Leslie Norman: February 1969)
Weymouth Mews, W1 - Shaw is walking with Steed and suddenly pushes him in front of an on-comingcar.
(Idenified by Michael Richardson, September 2012)

THE AVENGERS: Bizarre (Leslie Norman: February 1969)
Cape Canaveral, Launch Complex 14, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America - Steed has built a rocket (an Atlas SLV-3) from a kit in his backyard which is launched accidentally by Tara while she and Steed are still aboard.

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
Q23: Warren Lane, Stanmore - Steed (Patrick Macnee) drives Melville (Barry Warren) in his Yellow Rolls to a wood. He parks the car, then proceeds to thrash Melville for not warning him about the the man entering the apartment he had just searched.
(Idenified by Alan Field, September 2012)

7th  September - Thanks to Michael Richardson asking all the right questions these THE AVENGERS locations have been found.

THE AVENGERS: All Done with Mirrors (Ray Austin: May 1968)
N35: Tykes Water Lake, Bridge and approach road, Aldenham Park, Elstree - Roger (John Bown), one of Mothers' men in an MGB tails Arkin (Peter Elliott) driving a MG 110 to a secluded wood south of The Establishment. He reports to Mother by radio. Arkin appers to be talking to someone, but he is unable to see anyone in the immediate area. Later Watney (Dinsdale Landen) follows Doctor Dr Seligman (Anthony Dutton) to the same location. After Seligman is shot Major Sparshott (Peter Copley) appears nearby.

 

THE AVENGERS: Take-Over (Robert Fuest: February 1969)
N35: Tykes Water Lake, Bridge and approach road, Aldenham Park, Elstree - Fenton Grenville (Tom Adams), John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Bill Basset (Michael Gwynn) arrive for their shoot in a Land Rover. Gilbert Sexton (Garfield Morgan) and Ernest Lomax (Keith Buckley) get out of the back of the Land Rover with their guns to act as beaters. An attempt is made to kill Steed, but he is able to trick his would-be executioners into thinking he is dead.

 

THE AVENGERS: Requiem (Don Chaffey: January 1969)
M23: Hilfield Lane, Borehamwood - Major Firth (John Cairney), Lieutenant Barrett (Mike Lewin) and Rista (Terence Sewards) search for Steeds hideout near Henley (their car passing electricity pylons on Hilfield Lane).

THE AVENGERS: Requiem (Don Chaffey: January 1969)
Q3: The Rise, Borehamwood - After Mother's funeral Tara (Linda Thorson), Major Firth (John Cairney) and the Jill (Kathja Wyeth) a nurse drive the a hearse to the home of Steed's friend Cleaver (Harvey Ashby). Murray (Denis Shaw) and Rista (Terence Sewards)leave the house and drive off in the van just as the hurse arrives. Firth goes to the house (25 The Rise) but when Bobby Cleaver (Harvey Ashby) opens the door he collapses and dies.

THE AVENGERS: Requiem (Don Chaffey: January 1969)
N33: Aldenham Road, Elstree - Following Tara's clue about Steed having told her he lived near Henley, Firth concentrates his search around this town on the Thames (Aldenham reservoir).

30th August - Two newly found locations, and more detail on the one we had, for  Mother's double decker bus route from THE AVENGERS: False Witness .

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
J18 Bell Lane, London Colney - Melville (Barry Warren) climbs the stairs of Mother's (Patrick Newell) double decker bus HQ and arrives on the top deck. Steed (Patrick Macnee), Mother and Rhonda (Rhonda Parker) are there to listen to his report. Later, Steed discusses Melville with Mother. Mother suggests Steed doubles up with Melville in order to find out why he is lying. After Steed has left the bus tara (Linda Thorson) takes a drink from Rhonda and gives it to Mother. Mother suggests Tara investigates Plummer.
(Identified by Alan Field on the Britmovie Forum, August 2012)

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
N56: Cowley Hill, Borehamwood - Steed (Patrick Macnee) is reading the report on the top deck of Mother's (Patrick Newell) mobile headquarters, Mother and Rhonda (Rhonda Parker) watch on. As Steed is about to leave the bus Mother warns him that "there is something very odd about this case" (the bus slows to a stop at the junction with Hartforde Road).

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
N44: Hartforde Road, Borehamwood - Steed (Patrick Macnee) arrives at the rendezvous in his Yellow Rolls Royce and uses a portable bus stop to catch a double-decker bus being used by Mother (Patrick Newell) as his mobile headquarters (opposite Braken Close). Steed climbs the stairs and asks Rhonda (Rhonda Parker) for a drink from the bar before talking to Mother (the bus then drives up and down Hartforde Road) . Melville (Barry Warren) gets on to the bus (Cowley Hill/Hartforde Road junction) and he is watched suspiciously by the ticket collector as he starts to climb the stairs to see Mother. Later Steed (Patrick Macnee) gets off the bus as Melville (Barry Warren) tries to get on. Steed holds back Melville with his umbrella.
(Identified by Sam Denham)

21st August - Good to hear from Geoff Dodd again with a simple DEPARTMENT S location in a nice corner of London.

DEPARTMENT S: A Cellar Full of Silence (John Gilling: June 1968)
Acacia Road, NW8 - Sullivan and King race to Tronson’s house in St Johns Wood in Jason’s Bentley (37 Acacia Road looking at the junction with Woronzow Road).
(Identified by Geoff Dodd, August 2012)

Mike Richarson with the help of the guys on the Britmovie Forum has been idenifing quite a few THE AVENGERS locations recently.

THE AVENGERS: Killer (Cliff Owen: September 1968)
N35: Tykes Water Lake, Bridge and approach road, Aldenham Park, Elstree - Lawson's body is dropped by a helicopter.
(Identified by Mike Richardson, August 2012)

 

Compare the image from Killer with one from You Have Just Been Murdered.

THE AVENGERS: The Rotters (Robert Fuest: September 1968)
H72: Junction of East Burnham Lane and Stoney Lane, East Burnham  Tara pursues Sawbone's MGB in her Lotus Europa along a flooded road and into a small hamlet

 

THE AVENGERS: Killer (Cliff Owen: September 1968)
F2: Burnham Beeches, Burnham - After leaving The Pirate armed with a shotgun Brinstead (William Franklyn) races of to the woods and waits in ambush for Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Lady Diana Forbes-Blakeney (Jennifer Croxton) when they arrive. After Brinstead shoots at them they fight back using a convenient dog cart. Later Lady Diana follows a bus from the factory to the woods in her M.G. where it stops. Diana investigates the bus cautiously, but when she finds it full of dummies she fails to notice Paxton (Harry Towb) before he jumps her.
(Identified by Mike Richardson, August 2012)

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
N34: Home Farm, Aldenham Road, Elstree - Steed (Patrick Macnee) takes Melville (Barry Warren) to undergo a lie detector test inside Mother's (Patrick Newell) double decker bus HQ conducted by Dr. Grant (Arthur Pentelow) and observed by Rhonda (Rhonda Parker). Later an analysis report on the milk arrives back at Mother's HQ. The bus sets off (from Home Farm on to Aldenham Road).
(Identified by Mike Richardson, August 2012)

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
N33: Aldenham Road, Elstree - Steed (Patrick Macnee) gets off Mother's double-decker bus and gets into his Yellow Rolls which is parked on Aldenham Road. He drives off.

THE AVENGERS: False Witness (Charles Crichton: June 1968)
Detail of the route takes as Tara (Linda Thorson) follows the milkfloat in her Lotus Europa from Plummer's apartment:

Wilton Place, SW1 - As Tara follows the milk float from Plummer's apartmentin her Lotus Europa, the mikman, Lane (Rio Fanning), gets a message to make a special delivery to the home of Sir Joseph Tarlton.
(Identified by Mike Richardson, August 2012)

Belgrave Square, SW1 - Tara follows the milk float from Plummer's apartmentin her Lotus Europa to the home of Sir Joseph Tarlton (passing the junctions of Wilton Crescent, Grosvenor Crescent and Halkin Street).
(Identified by Mike Richardson, August 2012)

 

Wilton Crescent, SW1 - Tara (Linda Thorson) watches Lane make the dellivery to the home of Sir Joseph Tarlton then follows the milkfloat followed in her Lotus Europa (off Matcomb Street into Wilton Crescent).
(Identified by Mike Richardson, August 2012)

 

THE AVENGERS: Legacy of Death (Don Chaffey: July 1968)
M14: The Battleaxes, Aldenham Road/Butterfly Lane, Elstree - Sidney Street (Stratford Johns) and Humbert Green (Ronald Lacey) are changing a flat tyre on their Ford Tudor, Sidney complains while Humbert fixes the tyre and they set off down the road.
(Identified by Sam Denham, confirmed by Geoff Dodd, August 2012)

THE AVENGERS: Legacy of Death (Don Chaffey: July 1968)
Belsize Park Gardens, NW3 -  After his call to Tara's flat is interupted, Steed races round to Tara's flat in his yellow Rolls (Belsize Park Gardens looking towards the Lambolle Place).
(Suggested by Geoff Dodd with help from Tavistock and Sam Denham on the Britmovie forum, August 2012)

 

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: A Sentimental Journey (Leslie Norman: July 1968)
Glasgow, Scotland - Jeff arrives at a Glasgow tenement to find the courier (Maclean Street between Cragiehall Street and Rutland Place, demolished).

 

3rd August - After a long absence Marishka von Saatz has retuned with a number of hard to find locations. She has also provided a number of clarifications and suggestions.

GIDEON’S WAY: The Firebug (Roy Baker: September 1964)
Golborne Road, W10 - Gideon and Keen back on the trail of Tom Bishop again (back projection featuring the Golborne Grove at the Southam Street junction).

THE SAINT: The Smart Detective (John Moxey: February 1965)
Knightsbridge, SW1 - The Volvo, with Simon and Janice Dixon aboard is being hotly pursued by Swann and Miller’s car (Knightsbridge across the junction with Albert Gate).

THE SAINT: The Elusive Ellshaw (John Moxey: 1963)
Stanhope Mews West, SW7 - Simon and Anne go to 11 Duchess Place as no one answers the door Simon Goes round the back to break in (the alley up the side of the Stanhope Arms pub in Gloucester Road. The alley is no longer open to the public).

2nd August -

THE PERSUADERS!:The Gold Napoleon (Roy Ward Baker: 1970)
D22 above the town of La Peille, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France -

THE PERSUADERS!:Nuisance Value (Leslie Norman: 1971)
D22 above the town of La Peille, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France -

THE PERSUADERS!:Nuisance Value (Leslie Norman: 1971)
Pen-y-Gwryd, A498 nr.Snowdon, Gwynedd -

1st August - THE PERSUADERS!: Powerswitch finds based on work by Pierre Alfonsi and 'Trinity'.

THE PERSUADERS!: Powerswitch (Basil Dearden, June 1970)
D22 above the town of La Peille, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - Brett and Pico drive the side road where Julie's car had its accident (back projection, reversed).

THE PERSUADERS!: Powerswitch (Basil Dearden, June 1970)
Route du Mont-Chauve, Tourrette-Levens, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - Brett and Pico drive to the side road where Julie's car had its accident.

THE PERSUADERS!: Powerswitch (Basil Dearden, June 1970)
Route de la Revere/Route de l'Adret, Èze, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - Brett and Pico drive to the side road where Julie's car had its accident.

31st July - More detail of the French PERSUADERS! finds made by Pierre Alfonsi:

THE PERSUADERS!: Five Miles To Midnight (Val Guest: 1970)
D22 above the town of La Peille, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - While Danny drives the Citroen van with Sidonie and Frank Rocco aboard through Italy to their meeting place Sidonie takes photos of Danny (Back projection, reversed, inside van). Later, the van overheats and Danny (Tony Curtis) stops by a local taverna. Sidonie (Joan Collins) gets out and the ask the owner for water and food.  Danny warns Frank Rocco (Robert Hutton) to stay in the van. As they climb the hill they are shot at by Torino's men. Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) with Danny (Tony Curtis), Sidonie (Joan Collins) and Frank Rocco (Robert Hutton) continue their escape in a stolen truck, but Sidonie spots the two cars with Torino's men following. Sidonie and Frank Rocco are dropped off and told to make their way to the rendezvous on foot. Brett and Danny continue to drive the old van, but when it blows a tyre they retreat to a derelict chapel on the hillside (Chapel de Saint Pancrace). Torino's men arrive and a shoot out begins. Sidonie and Frank find themselves a mile from the rendezvous and contemplate Brett and Danny's situation. Torino's men suddenly retreat and drive off as a police car arrives.

 

 

THE PERSUADERS!: Five Miles To Midnight (Val Guest: 1970)
Route du Mont-Chauve, Tourrette-Levens, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - While Danny drives the Citroen with Sidonie and Frank Rocco aboard through Italy to their meeting place Sidonietakes photos of Danny. Later, after escaping from Torino's men, the car driven by Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) with Danny (Tony Curtis), Sidonie (Joan Collins) and Frank Rocco (Robert Hutton) aboard drives into the hills and pulls over so that Brett and Danny can assess the situation. Through binoculars they see Torino's men driving up the hill and a police road block ahead. They decide to walk after pushing the car down the hill.

 

THE PERSUADERS!: Angie... Angie (Val Guest, June 1970)
Route du Mont-Chauve, Tourrette-Levens, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - Angie drives up the hilll to Mont-Chauve for a meeting with his employer. Later Angie watches as Danny climbs the hill in his Dino.

24th July - More research fromPierre Alfonsi:

DEPARTMENT S: The Trojan Tanker (Ray Austin: June1968)
Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Stewart waits by the beach for the girl, but she is found dead.
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

RETURN OF THE SAINT: The Diplomat's Daughter (Charles Crichton: 1978)
Avenue des Platanes, Laroque, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France –
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

THE PROTECTORS: Disappearing Trick (Jeremy Summers: Summer 1971)
Avenue Foch and Avenue Raymond Poincaré Paris: The Contessa drives her car into an underground car park to exchange it for another.
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

THE PROTECTORS::Your Witness (Jeremy Summers: Summer 1971)
1 Rue du Fauconnier, Paris, Île-de-France: In order to avoid being followed, to Paul’s flat Harry arranges for China to use the Rolls to block the narrow streets behind him.
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

THE PROTECTORS::Your Witness (Jeremy Summers: Summer 1971)
Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Île-de-France: In order to avoid being followed, to Paul’s flat Harry arranges for China to use the Rolls to block the narrow streets behind him.
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

    

THE PROTECTORS: One and One Make One (Don Chaffey: Summer 1971)
Quai d’Anjou on Ile St. Louis, Paris: The Contessa (Nyree Dawn Porter) attempts to rescue (after crossing Pont de Sully)  Bennet who is being held in a house on the Rue de Leglise. Later, after Harry (Robert Vaughn) and The Contessa (Nyree Dawn Porter) and Paul (Tony Anholt) flee the house in the Rolls, Yanos (Antony Stamboulie) is left to watch and he follows Kramer (Christopher Dunham) as he leaves.
(Confirmed by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

17th July - Another bag of excellent finds by Pierre Alfonsi:

DEPARTMENT S: Dead Men Die Twice (Ray Austin: 1968)
Hôtel de Miramion, 47, quai de la Tournelle, Paris, France: After his death Stanley Reeves is taken to the Paris morgue. Whilst he is here Alain shoots him. Sir Curtis and Stewart Sullivan go to the morgue to investigate.
(Identified by Pierre Alfonsi, June, 2012)

 

THE PERSUADERS!: The Old, the New and the Deadly (Leslie Norman, 1971)
 Château de Grosbois, in Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France - Count Marceau's country home.
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

THE PROTECTORS::Your Witness (Jeremy Summers: Summer 1971)
L'Autoroute du Nord (A1) bewteen Junction 2 Saint-Denis and Junction 1 Boulevard Péripherique, Saint-Ouen Île-de-France: Harry drives Christie into town in his Mustang.
(Idenified by Pierre Alfonsi, July 2012)

15th July - Lots of location footage from THE PERSUADERS!: Five Miles to Midnight found by Pierre Alfonsion the D22 above the town of La Peille

13th July - Another tricky THE AVENGERS location found by Mike Richardson.

THE AVENGERS: My Wildest Dream
Clarendon Court, Sidmouth Road, NW2 - In his dream Paul Gibbons (Murray Hayne) climbs the fire escape of Aloysius Peregrine’s home and enters. Later, when his dream becomes a horrible reality, Gibbons jumps to his death and Steed goes to examine the body.

12th July - A classic Silver Hill shot has been overlooked until now, but Mike Richardson has come to the rescue.

THE AVENGERS: Look - (Stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...
N21: London Road (and Silver Hill), near. Shenley - Jennings' Austin cab drives to Vauda Villa and Tara followes it in her AC Cobra.

10th July - Two locations spotted by following the breadcrumbs…

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Money to Burn(Ray Austin: January 1969)
Parkgate Road, SW11 - Jeff is parked up watches from his car as the money being unloaded (opposite 40 Parkgate Road). He backs into a side street to avoid the police (Worfield Street).

    

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Just for the Record(Jeremy Summers: April 1969)
Anhalt Road, SW11 - Jeff waits in his Vauxhall whilst Marty checks the National Records archive to see what has been taken (Redeveloped).

6th July - A collection of locations from the first few minutes of THE SAINT: The Fiction Makers spotted by Geoff Dodd.

THE SAINT: The Fiction Makers
Sudbury House, 15 Newgate Street, EC3 - After the premier of 'Sunburst Five', Simon Templer (Roger Moore) drives Finlay Hugoson (Peter Ashmore) to Finlay's appartment in his Volvo. The two men leave the car and walk into the lobby of the building.

THE SAINT: The Fiction Makers
Leicester Square, WC2 -Simon Templer is attending the premierr of 'Sunburst Five' based on the novel by Amos Klein (Odeon Cinema, actually the premier of THE BLUE MAX, 1st July 1966).

THE SAINT: The Fiction Makers
Haymarket, SW1 - After the premier of 'Sunburst Five', Simon Templer drives Finlay Hugoson through London to Finlay's appartment (camera tracks car from London Pavillon Theatre to Piccadilly Odeon).

THE SAINT: The Fiction Makers
Regent Street, SW1 - After the premier of 'Sunburst Five', Simon Templer drives Finlay Hugoson through London to Finlay's appartment (pov from inside car passing Criterion Theatre into Piccadilly Circus).

THE SAINT: The Fiction Makers
Charring Cross Road, WC2 – After the premier of 'Sunburst Five', Simon Templer drives Finlay Hugoson (Peter Ashmore) through London to Finlay's appartment in his Volvo (back projection).

5th July -

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?
Remax House; 31/32 Alfred Place; London; WC1 - The offices of Hackley, Mathers and Jones, where the first robbery takes place

29th June - Two very nice locations near Nice spotted by Pierre Alfonsi. Both have proved very tricky to find previously, well done Pierre!

THE PERSUADERS!: Five Miles to Midnight
Route du Mont-Chauve on the way to Fort du Mont-Chauve d'Aspremont - While Danny drives the Citroen with Sidonie and Frank Rocco aboard through Italy to their meeting place Sidonie takes photos of Danny.

 

THE PERSUADERS!:The Gold Napoleon
Avenue de la condamine (D2564) - Danny races Pullicino from the foundery to the hospital where Michelle is recovering in his Ferrari.

5th June - Another coup for Mike Richardson and another missing THE AVENGERS location.

THE AVENGERS: Murdersville
J4: Ridge Hill Farm, Rectory Lane, Shenley - Hubert (John Ronane) and Mickle (Colin Blakely) pursue Mrs Peel (Dianna Rigg/ Cyd Child) in their helicopter (F-BNKZ aka G-AVEE) and eventually run her to ground.

1st June - Another short location sequence from THE AVENGERS has been found by Mike Richardson. Confirmation for the find comes from this British Pathe clip.

THE AVENGERS: The £50,000 Breakfast
G32: Waltham Cross - The wreck of Dusty Rhodes' car has been stolen by Pegram's assistant who has taken it to a scrap yard (W.C. Jones and Co., Britannia Road, redeveloped) where it is being crushed.

28th May - Another coup for Geoff Dodd, who after 16 months of reaserch has found this location from THE SAINT episode When Spring is Sprung. Geoff may have found this location just in time as the area is undergoing intensive redevelopment.

THE SAINT: When Spring is Sprung
L12: Durrants House, Lincoln Way, Croxley Green - Joanne drives spring to the safe house followed by Templar in his Volvo.Templar is captured. Later Joanne Dell (Toby Robins) and Colonel Hannerley (Allan Cuthbertson) leave in a hearse with Spring aboard. Before they leave Vulanin (George Pastell) orders a Russian guard (Peter Brace) to kill Simon Templar.

 

27th May - Another piece of the jigsaw that is Dead Man's Treasure has been identified by Mike Richardson.

THE AVENGERS: Dead Man's Treasure(Sidney Hayers: June 1967)
N18: Buckettsland Lane, Well End - After following a sign for 'Swingingdale' at the crossroads Alex (Edwin Richfield) and Carl (Neil McCarthy) drive up a country lane (Buckettsland Lane) and come to a junction (Buckettsland Lane/ Holmshill Lane) with a sign for 'Swingingdale' pointing in the direction they have just come. Carl comes to the conclusion that someone is cheating and they set off again (along Holmshill Lane).

 

22nd May - An amazing coincidence, Mike Richardson, has spotted this location exactly 45 after it was first filmed.

THE AVENGERS: The Return of the Cybernauts (Robert Day: 22nd May, 1967)
L5: Watford Town Centre - A strange spire is shown as the cybernaut approaches on it's first mission (St. John's Church, Sutton Road).

7th May - Geoff Dodd - Some very good detective work and some very obscure locations.

F52: Tilehouse Lane, Denham -

DEPARTMENT S: Who Plays the Dummy?
From his helicopter Gilford (Alan MacNaughton) watces as he drives Jason and Annabelle's white Jaguar by remote control (interior helicopter and aerial shots of Jaguar).

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: It's Supposed to be Thicker Than Water
Johnny Cracken drives his borrowed Jaguar along a country road (aerial shot from the above).

F53: Springwell Lane, Harefield -

MAN IN A SUITCASE: Brainwash
John projects an image of a car speeding down a narrow country lane into McGill's cell. The car appears to crash into a lorry blocking the road and McGill is sent crashing to the floor by the impact.

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: It's Supposed to be Thicker Than Water
Johnny Cracken drives his borrowed Jaguar along a country road (driver's point of view from the above).

5th May - Charles Regan has sent in details of a couple of locations from the film STARDUST with which he has a personal connection, he sang in the choir at the funeral which was filmed at St Bernard's RC church, Mandeville Road, Northolt in may 1974.

I5: Handley Page Factory/Radlett Aerodrome - Films:STARDUST (1974)

Q8: Edgwarebury Hotel, Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree - Films: STARDUST (1974)

22nd April - Another quick spot from Peter Astaire.

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Could You Recognise the Man Again? (Jeremy Summers: April 1969)
Harrow Road crosses Great Western Road, W9 - Jeff and Jean race to the courthouse in the Vauxhall.

21st April - The expert eye of Peter Astaire has come to the fore again with identification of a tricky piece of RANDALL AND HOPKIRK back projection and three SABER OF LONDON locations.

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: A Sentimental Journey
Chesham Place, SW1 - Seymour's chauffeur drives Dandy Garrison and Jeff Randall to Seymour's gym (back projection, they turn into Chesham Place from Belgrave Square,  pass Lowndes Place and start to turn into Lyall Street).

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]:The Trouble with Women
Chesham Place, SW1 - Paul Lang studies paperwork as he is driven in his limousine. Unknown to him he is being followed by Jeff Randall (back projection of Chesham Place, near the junction with Lyall Street).

SABER OF LONDON: The Penny Black
Godfrey Street, SW3 – Mark Saber arrives at the Roberts' stamp shop (12 Godfrey Street) in Pete's Vauxhall Victor to interview Mrs. Roberts.

SABER OF LONDON: Strong Man Out
Lancaster Gate, W2 – A man dressed as a guard and another steal the payroll of the Diamond Manufacturing Company (22 Lancaster Gate) administration office - a third man attempts to prevent the robbery but is fought off. The two robbers get into the car and drive off (the memorial cross was moved after it was damaged by the 1987 storm).

SABER OF LONDON: Come Out Fighting (Godfrey Grayson: 1960)
Lancaster Gate, W2 – Mark Saber (Donald Grey) drives to Chatsworth Court (100 Lancaster Gate) looking for Joe Ward the bookmaker.

17th April 2012 - A local knowledge and a good eye has produced a very unusual locaion form Charles Regan. Unusual because the THE SWEENEY didn't visit John Steed's manor very often and there are a number of very good location investigators on the trail of Sweeney locations. Charles was also able to point out that the experimental aircraft scenes from THE IRON MAIDEN were also shot at Radlet.also featured

THE SWEENEY: The Placer (Ted Childs: 1974)
I5: Handley Page Factory/Radlett Aerodrome  - Working underccover as a lorry driver Det. Insp. Jack Regan (John Thaw) is chatting to a hitchhicker, Fran (Susan Tracy), in his cab about his load of razor blades (they dirve north along the runway). Later Regan meets up with Det. Sgt. George Carter (Dennis Waterman) on a stretch of motorway as he has some information about Fran. Posing as a lift mechanic Sgt Carter does some snooping around the transport company looking for the stolen goods, he finds what he needs. When the lorry leaves, Carter follows in his van (the President furniture factory occupied part of the old aircraft factory).
(spotted by Charles Regan, April, 2012)

Film:
THE IRON MAIDEN (1963)

13th April, 2012 - Another SABER OF LONDON find from Greg Mishevski who has identified this rather distinctive scene from Strong Man Out.

SABER OF LONDON: Saber's Bow and Arrow
F51: Croxley Green, Hertfordshire - Linda (Ann Stephens) and Frank (Michael Bryant) attempt to get married so they drive to Gretna Green and book into an inn (The Coach & Horses, The Green). Pete Paulson (Neil McCallum), Mark Saber (Donald Grey) and Harold Gregson (Vincent Holman) arrive at the inn looking for Gregson's daughter in Saber's Porsche 356 cabriolet.

7th April 2012 - Thanks once again to Greg Mishevski, who is doing all his research from Meceonia, for finding this café location from the SABER OF LONDON episode Strong Man Out.

SABER OF LONDON: Strong Man Out
Craven Terrace, W2 – Mark Saber and Pete Paulson arrrive in Pete's Vauxhall Victor to visit the café managed by Ben Chou (11 Craven Terrace) to find out where he got the money he had recently deposited.

31st March - Thanks to Mike Richardson for help with finding this location. This is the opposite end of Clarendon Road to the other location seen in the episode despite similar buildings been found at both ends. Only two of the buildings in this photo are still standing!

THE AVENGERS: The Girl From Auntie (Roy Baker: October 1965)
L5: Watford Town Centre - An old lady (Mary Merrall) leaves the chambers of solicitors, Barrett, Barrett and Wimpole (30 Clarendon Road, redeveloped) on a bicycle just as Georgie Price-Jones and John Steed arrive by taxi. They find Barrett, Barrett and Wimpole stabbed to death in a car parked outside the building.

22nd March -

THE CHAMPIONS: Happening
N15: Maxwell Road- Richard Barret is caught in a warehouse fire and has to jump tens of meters down to the firefighters below (fire in Imperial Studios complex now car park for Imperial Place).

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Just for the Record
N15: Maxwell Road - Anne Soames and Jeff Randall are trapped in a burning warehouse while Marty tries to save them (fire in Imperial Studios complex now car park for Imperial Place).

THE AVENGERS: Homicide and Old Lace
N15: Maxwell Road- John Steed and Tara (Linda Thorson) make their way to the security vaults posing as security inspectors. Later Tara escapes from Intercrime and runs to warn Colonel Corf before the men from Intercrime arrive.

    

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: You Can Always Find a Fall Guy
Allitsen Road, NW8 - Jeff gets into Jean's Mini outside his flat and Edwards jumps in (back projection of 106 Allitsen Road). They talk about the documents before Jeff asks Edwards to leave. Later Jeff has arranged to collect Jean for another meeting with Douglas Kershaw. Jean gets into the Vauxhall (back projection of 98A Allitsen Road).

 

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: You Can Always Find a Fall Guy
St. John's Wood High Street, NW8 - Jeff has arranged to collect Jean for another meeting with Douglas Kershaw. Jean gets into the Vauxhall and Marty leaves (back projection of corner of Barrow Hill Road and St. John's Wood High Street).

18th March - I'm rushing this out as this is an improtant find by Alan Hayes.

Please follow this link to the Randall and Hopkirk Declassified site for the full, and very interesting story.

N59: Ewehurst, 37 Furzehill Road, Borehamwood (demolished)
(Idenified by Alan Hayes, March 2012)

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: But What a Sweet Little Room (Roy Ward Baker: Summer 1968)
Arthur de Crecy (Michael Goodliffe) arrives with Anne Fenwick (Frances Bennett) at his 'cottage in the country' in his Peugeot. They leave the car and enter the house. Later Arthur is forced to drive Jeff Randall to the house.

THE BARON: Portrait of Louisa (John Moxey: September 1965)
Louisa's Home where she waits for a call from the blackmailer. After the call she races off in her Volvo P800. Later Mannering arrives back at the house in his Jensen CV-8 Mk II to find David tied up and gagged.

THE CHAMPIONS: The Final Countdown (John Gilling: Early 1968)
Marshall Von Splitz arrives in a chauffer driven car at a country house near Hamburg after years of imprisonment in Russia.

GIDEON’S WAY: Boy With Gun (Jeremy Summers: May 1965)
Chris Kirk (Howard Knight) leaves his house with his father's gun.

Films:
NIGHTMARE AT ELM MANOR (1963)
VISIT FROM VENUS (1964)

12th March - Another shot of Aden identified by Dr S Straw:

DANGER MAN: Judgement Day (Don Chaffey: 1965)
Establishing shot of Middle East country.

11th March (original suggestion 11th May 2009) - Confirmatio from Goeff Dodd that Alan Field's suggestion that the Ministry of Defence Building in Loyalty Always Pays was BP Research Centre in Sunbury-on-Thames seen as Tranquilax factory in the film HEAVENS ABOVE. As the BP web site says "formerly the company’s research centre, the International Centre for Business and Technology has been transformed into a modern business centre. Nine imposing glass-fronted buildings". So nothing of the original remains.

DANGER MAN: Loyalty Always Pays
BP Research Centre, Chertsey Road, Sunbury – Drake goes to visit the Ministry of Defence Building to speak to Enugu. Later, when Drake and Major Barrington attempt to steal a copy of the treaty with China Enugu drives over to deal with the situation. With the help of Beyla (Johnny Seka), Drake is able to get a copy of the plans out of the building.

10th March - Another fine spot from Nick Cooper.

JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN: Eve
Leicester Square Underground Station, WC2 – After liberating Eve from the department store Albert Baker (Dennis Waterman) carries her through London. He enters a tube station and buys tickets for them both.

9th March -

DEPARTMENT S: The Man Who Got a New Face
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Boulevard JF Kennedy, Antebes, France: Sullivan telephones Jason at the hotel where he is watching Monique Grelle.

8th March - Spotted by Mike Richardson:

THE AVENGERS: The Grave-Diggers
RAF Fylingdales, Snod Hill, North Yorkshire - An early warning radar station suffers from interference from an unknown source (image flipped, the 'golf balls' were removed in 1989 and replaced by 'pyramids').

THE AVENGERS: Two's a Crowd
Canary Wharf, E14 - 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).

THE AVENGERS: Two's a Crowd (Roy Baker: May 1965)
Parliament Square, SW1 - A model Cessna flies over London to drop a message from PSEV into Brodny's punchbowl at the London embassy (aerial footage of  the Palace of Westminster).

23rd February - It's a strange, mixed up world….

THE SAINT: To Kill a Saint(Robert Asher: December 1966)
Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland - Simon and Sergeant Luduc continue to race through Paris after the car driven by Simon’s failed assassin (back projection of Quai du Mont-Blanc driving past the Brunswick Monument and down the Rue du Mont-Blanc).

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave(Cyril Frankel: Summer 1969)
Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin, Republic of Ireland - The morning after Jeff's visit to Marty's grave the papers are delivered.

RANDALL AND HOPKIRK [DECEASED]: Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave (Cyril Frankel: Summer 1969)
Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin, Republic of Ireland - The morning after Jeff's visit to Marty's grave the post is delivered.

22nd February - 10 years searching and two days solid on the internet…

THE SAINT: To Kill a Saint (Robert Asher: November 1966)
Avenue Marceau/Rue Quentin Bauchart, Paris, France – A car chase is in progress as Simon and Sergeant Luduc race through Paris after the car driven by Simon’s failed assassin.

21st February - One that has been searched for for many years, both on the Internet and on the ground. And yes, if you look very closely the actual address is in plain view.

THE NEW AVENGERS: The Lion and the Unicorn(Ray Austin: 1977)
Rue Eugène Sue /Rue Marcadet, Paris, France – Gambit chases Grimer's van in a rubbish wagon across a junction (Rue Simart/Rue Eugène Sue), along a road (Rue Eugène Sue) to a junction and down another road (Rue Marcadet).

 

20th February - A location that nearly got away from us! If it were not for Geoff Dodd this location woulkd have gone entirely unrecorded as we didn't even have it listed as an unknown.

THE AVENGERS: Get-Away! (Don Sharp: February 1968)
N58: Warwick Road, Borehamwood - Steed drives to the Magnus Importing Company Ltd. in his yellow Rolls Royce and enters the building (buildings on both sides of the road have been redeveloped).

Geoff has also found this location from THE SAINT which has been on the books for many years.

THE SAINT: The Covetous Headsman (Michael Truman: 1962)
Heathside, NW3 - Kaplan goes to report to Georges Olivant at Rue de Nord, St. Cloud (South Lodge). after the unsuccessful attempt to retrieve the second medallion. Later Simon Templar (Roger Moore) arrives at the house of Georges Olivant looking for Valerie North.

19th February

THE NEW AVENGERS: The Lion and the Unicorn (Ray Austin: 1977)
Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, France – Gambit chases Grimer's van in a rubbish wagon and in the process travells this road (looking east along Boulevard Rochechouart from Anvers).

14th February - Thanks to Hugh Drummond we have been able to track down a number Catalonian locations from THE PROTECTORS episdoes The Numbers Game, The Quick Brown Fox, and Brother Hood. More details on the Spain page.

THE PROTECTORS: The Numbers Game (Don Chaffey: Summer 1971)
The Vintage Hotel, Cap sa Sal, Girona, Spain - Harry (Robert Vaughn) watches Susan Crediton (Margareta Lee) from the hotel with binoculars. He is joined by The Contessa (Nyree Dawn Porter). After leaving for her rendezvous she is brought back to Harry and the Contessa by Carter (Sherwood Price).

6th February - We had this listed under the wrong station, but Nick Cooper has come to the fore and pointed out our mistake. Although the station has been alterd, the surrounding buildings have changed little.

GIDEON'S WAY: The Housekeeper
Golders Green Road, NW11 - Martha Smallwood (Kay Walsh) walks into the ladies at the tube station (Golders Green Station) to give herself an alibi after murdering Mr Henderson.

4th February - John Capel has at last managed to possitively identfy the high street and Woolworths shop featured in THE SAINT episode Escape Route. We had already identified unused footage from the episode as being filmed on Watford High Street, but could not match the actual footage used with any certainty. As John remarks, "Car chase in Queens Road (now pedestrianised and adjacent to the Harlequin Centre) heading towards Watford High Street with Woolworths (now McDonalds) on the corner of Kings Street. It has now been redeveloped and changed beyond recognition. Queens Road no longer runs into the High Street as it has been pedestrianised as part of the shopping centre. Boots the Chemist can be seen on the corner of Queens Road."

THE SAINT: Escape Route
L5: Queens Road, Watford -  The Saint manages to escape from Teal and is chased by the Inspector in a police car.

22nd January - Many thanks to Steve Cook for finding this location. It's in the heart of Pinewood location country, but was proving very difficult to track down.

THE PERSUADERS!: To the Death, Baby (Basil Dearden: June/July 1970)
H71: Alderbourne Manor, Fulmer Lane, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire - After Coady (Harold Innocent) and his men arrive at Carl Foster's (Terence Morgan) villa Foster makes a run for it past Coady's men and escapes in an MG. All this is witnessed by John Hatton.

 

7th January - At last we've tracked down this elusive location from THE PRISONER. This is Elstree Way just opposite the Maxwell Road junction. Don't go looking for it though, everything you can see here has been flattened and was redeveloped in the early 1970s. Thanks must go to Geoff Dodd for helping eliminate many other possible locations.

THE PRISONER: Many Happy Returns
N57: Elstree Way, Borehamwood - After leaving Mrs Butterworth at his old London house, the civil servant (Patrick McGoohan) continues his journey in the Lotus.

This is what the same shot would look like now.

6th January - Whilst looking for location from THE PRISONER we found ourselves studying footage from THE AVENGERS: Epic and were able to identify the following locations.

THE AVENGERS: Epic
Mrs. Peel is tricked into using a taxi driven by a disguised Stewart Kirby's. Mrs Peel soon realises that they are going the wrong way, but when she protests she is rendered unconscious by gas fed into her sealed compartment.

N21: London Road near the entrance to High Cannons

 

N12: Nicholas Hawksmoor Upper School - Cowley Hill, Borehamwood: Route for this sequence is: Shenley Road, near to the ABC Studios entrance (starting where council offices now stand) then along Shenley Road to Cowley Hill (past the Hertswood School a.k.a. Nicholas Hawksmoor Upper School, seen in this shot).

Cowley Hill, road crossing for the school:

N56: Cowley Hill/Gateshead Road:
(Identified Geoff Dodd, 16th May, 2011)

5th January - First-time contributor John Pizinas has used his exceptional skills to find this tricky London location.

GIDEON’S WAY: The State Visit
Euston Fire Station,  Euston Road and Eversholt Street, WC1 – Max Fischer (Alfie Bass) takes the bus into town where he intends to plant his bomb.

 

4th January - Yet another piece of stock footage has been run to ground, this time in Aden by Dr S Straw who wrote in to say - " I don't know the street, but given the era and events, footage of this place would have been widely available. The mountains are a give away."

THE CHAMPIONS: Desert Journey (Paul Dickson: Spring 1968)
Aden, The Republic of Yemen, Middle East - Establishing shot of a busy town.

3rd January -  Avengerland stalwart, Mike Richardson, has sent in this overlooked location from an early THE AVENGERS episode.

THE AVENGERS: The Grandeur That was Rome
Trafalgar Square, WC2 - Sir Bruno Luker watches television news footage of a violent demonstration in Trafalgar Square and comment on it to Octavia.

2nd January - With some fine detective work Antony Glauser can claim the first location find of 2012, He has manged to track down the rough location of the Swiss farmstead belonging to Bernard in the DANGER MAN episode A Room in the Basement. Some more detective work will be required to to find if the building still exists.

DANGER MAN: A Room in the Basement
Wilderswil, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Switzerland - Bernhard’s Swiss farmstead in the Mountains.

 

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