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Post by Three Litre on Apr 13, 2020 8:41:00 GMT
I really enjoyed looking through these Peter. It''s nice to see that some of these locations have changed very little. I recognized the Bloomsbury location right away as I've stayed in hotels there over the years. The mews location in Belgravia where Drakes house is I've also been to a good few years ago now. Thanks a lot for putting these up Peter. Charles. Yes, in contrast to a lot of The Sweeney then and now these show much less change. Very interesting Peter!
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Post by Vienna on Apr 13, 2020 9:34:31 GMT
Brilliant THEN and NOW photos, and thanks for posting them Peter That church in Totteridge also featured in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) Vi
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Post by Sparky on Apr 13, 2020 10:24:49 GMT
This thread has inspired me to order the DVDs..... I've only ever seen a few episodes.
More threads like this before the end of the lockdown - I'll be bankcrupt and Network DVD sales will have rocketed! Anyone on here got shares in Network???!
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 13, 2020 10:57:36 GMT
Nor a series I am familiar with but these are great then & now shots Peter and I know a lot of time and effort goes into getting these. Thanks for posting
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Apr 13, 2020 15:25:19 GMT
Many thanks for the time and effort researching these Peter, quite interesting and impressive, I thought I recognised some of Borehamwood too. Even if I've hardly seen much of Danger man, a couple of black and white episodes I think.
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Post by Peter Picard on Feb 6, 2024 23:02:40 GMT
According to the Unmutual Website, (a site dedicated to The Prisoner), the hour long Danger Man episodes are being broadcast on London Live on Wednesdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 9am.
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Post by Nightfly on Feb 7, 2024 1:02:48 GMT
According to the Unmutual Website, (a site dedicated to The Prisoner), the hour long Danger Man episodes are being broadcast on London Live on Wednesdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 9am. Thanks for sharing, Peter. I must have missed this interesting thread. I'll have to catch up. One memorable episode is the 1966 Not So Jolly Roger, where Drake poses as a pirate radio DJ to infiltrate a station being used to transmit coded messages to enemies from an old abandoned WW2 Thames sea fort. Radio 390, an actual pirate station on air at the time, welcomed the film crew and co-operated with the making of the show, although 390 itself was an easy listening station as opposed to the swinging 60s pop outfit depicted in the episode. The Red Sands fort was one of a number of defence forts built around 1944 and shot down a number of enemy aircraft intent on heading for London. They were abandoned by the military in the 50s. Red Sands was also featured in a scene in the 1974 film Slade In Flame. https://www.instagram.com/p/C3BtnxiCjpD
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Post by Peter Picard on Feb 7, 2024 7:25:48 GMT
Not So Jolly Roger was a good episode, although there aren't really any poor episodes in the whole series. The fort is looking in very poor condition in your now photo, i'll have to find my location photos and replace my then and nows in this thread.
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Post by Nightfly on Feb 7, 2024 13:48:34 GMT
The fort is looking in very poor condition in your now photo, i'll have to find my location photos and replace my then and nows in this thread.
The catwalks were cut in the 80s, probably by the military to discourage visitors, but one of the towers has a mooring base, provided about 10 years ago by a charity which looks after their preservation. Lots of videos online of visits, both legit and not so legit, inside the towers etc. The Guy Maunsell designed forts, a few still left off the Kent/Essex coast, have a fascinating story including the Naval one which was taken over by a guy called Roy Bates in the late 60s. Bates declared it an independent state called "Sealand". It's still going. It has residents, its own stamps/currency/monarchy and there have been some hairy moments over the years when violent rivals have tried to board. Had this happened during the Danger Man era, it would have made an interesting episode to compete with the Jolly Roger one.
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