LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
FANCY a fun and informative trip around the highways (not forgetting the low ways) and byways of Great Britain?
The Notorious Guide To Britain by Paul Donnelley is a fascinating tour of the weird and wonderful and includes a visit to some of the locations of classic British films and television.
FAWLTY TOWERS
ton (William Russell), follow Susan Foreman (Carole Anne Ford), one of their pupils, and hear her speaking from inside what appears to be a police phone box.
They push the doors open and find themselves inside the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time machine, in the first episode of the sci-fi series, An Unearthly Child.
Susan was the granddaughter of the Doctor (William Hartnell), who would return to the junkyard several times in future adventures.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG City Varieties Music Hall, Swan Street, Leeds
For 30 years from 1953 until
December 31, 1983 Leonard Sachs presided verbosely over this BBC variety show for all but the first two episodes.
A Grade II listed building, the music hall was built in 1865 as an adjunct to the White Swan Inn and was originally named Thornton’s New Music Hall and Fashionable Lounge after its founder, local publican Charles Thornton.
It then became Stansfield’s Varieties before becoming the City Palace of Varieties.
CARRY ON SERGEANT
The first Carry On film began shooting on Monday, March 24, 1958. Carry On Sergeant was based on R.F. Delderfield’s script The Bull Boys about ballet dancers who were conscripted for National Service. Producer Peter Rogers saw potential in the idea and gave it to Norman Hudis (1922-2016) to fashion into a workable property.
The film stars Bob Monkhouse as Charlie Sage, who is called up on his wedding day to Shirley Eaton (Jill Sage). Their wedding was filmed at St Mary & All Saints Church.
BRIEF ENCOUNTER Carnforth Station, Carnforth, Lancashire
David Lean directed Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in this romantic drama written by Noël Coward based on his play Still Life (1936).
The film was actually shot at Carnforth Station, five miles north of Lancaster, because of its comparative safety from German bombs – it was shot in January 1945 and premiered in London on November 13, 1945. The station is still in use.
St Mary & All Saints Church, 10-12 Wycombe End, Windsor End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
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