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Putney Film Locations

I’m compiling a list of films including scenes shot in Putney. Those I have found so far (and found Putney stills from) are, in chronological order: Fahrenheit 451 & Four in the Morning (1965), The Magic Christian (1969), Hoffman (1970), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Sitting Target & Tutti I Colori del Buio (1972), Theatre of Blood (1973), The Big Sleep (1978 remake), True Blue (1996) and Love Actually (2003). Does anyone know of others?

Philip John Evison ● 2562d18 Comments

1)Sliding Doors (on the river) and then in a rowing club just past Hammersmith Bridge on the opposite side.2)101 Dalmations, not sure which part of the film, but remember them being down on the Embankment opposite Leaders Gardens.

Bunny Payne ● 2562d

Love it when someone starts a thread like this.Not sure if this counts, but it is such a famous film.  The scene in Clockwork Orange where the droogs assault a down and out was filmed under the York Rd roundabout.

Martine Guy ● 2562d

The Sweeney filmed an episode on the foreshore. TV not cinema I know.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2562d

My dog Tulip (2009)- although not exactly filmed in Putney as it is an animated film of J.R.Ackerley's memoir of his relationship with his alsation bitch Tulip. They lived in The Star & Garter where you can see his Blue Plaque. A delightful film.

Caroline Whitehead ● 2562d

If you haven't tried it, try https://www.reelstreets.comInterestingly, "Love actually" is not indexed under "Putney", but under "SW15". "Roehampton" has some entries too. There is at least one false drop. One of the "Putney" items occurs because, in the description of a scene, there is a reference to the railway line running 'between Wandsworth Station and Putney Station', but the scenes are all only in Wandsworth (near the station).

David Ainsworth ● 2562d

Thanks for your responses. I haven’t excluded TV series, but it’s difficult to find stills. Bits of Minder were shot in the area, as Euston Films were based at Putney Wharf, though I don't think it’s true (as I've heard claimed) that Winchester House (now Club) was the exterior for ‘Arfur’s’ Winchester Club. However, premises no longer there, on Deodar Road, WERE, in ser.3. Exteriors for the very first episode, ser. 1 ep.1, ‘Gunfight at the OK Laundrette’ were filmed at the laundrette, still there, opposite the library on Danebury Avenue! Some of New Tricks season 9, ep. 9, ‘Part of a Whole’ (2012), was supposedly filmed at Kenilworth Court. Also, allegedly in/around Putney, scenes for The New Statesman, The Saint (old? new?), Some Mothers … & The Sweeney, but I can’t confirm.

Philip John Evison ● 2562d

I just bumped into this section on a TV history website:-http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/independent%20tv%20studios.htmIt may be of some use. The overall site lists TV studios in London, and on the Independents page it has two studios in Wandsworth and Battersea.I wonder where Merton Park Studios filmed their exterior shots?

David Ainsworth ● 2562d

The Imitation Game, about Alan Turing, with Benedict Cumberbatch on Putney Common, the road on All Saints church side whereby a local house was used

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2562d

"The kid who would be king", a kids film that came out last year was filmed at Eliot School/Ark academy/whatever it's called now.

Matt Palmer ● 2562d

Another one close to Putney:The church used in The Omen, Bishops Park.

Martine Guy ● 2562d

The house on the corner of Cambalt Road and Gwendolen Avenue is often used for filming.  Mainly interior shots though I think:https://goo.gl/maps/evoVQqQnyGMRBdBZ9And Whitnell Way estate has been used for filming quite a recently, I think a Channel 5 promo / ident:https://goo.gl/maps/zCuT6yVmp7rQtxKN7

Alan Sherman ● 2561d

The 1977 film of the Sweeney used felsham road car park and the embankment. Also used half the car park as their feeding station.

Andy Pike ● 2561d

Last night's "Newsnight" from about 27 minutes in...

Ben Rainbow ● 2561d

Not specifically a film, but the TV series' The Professionals, Minder, and The Sweeney, used a lot of Putney and the surrounding area for locations. The Winchester Club from Minder was located on Deodar Road.

James Green ● 2561d

The original Omen movie from 1976; the big scene where Father Brennan was impaled was filmed at All Saints Church just over Putney Bridge, on the Fulham side.

James Green ● 2561d

Re The Omen, I've got a still of Patrick Troughton speared by what is allegedly the church's lightning rod but which looks to me more like a length of steel reinforcing rod! I've also got a still of Denis Waterman leaving the 'Winchester Club' on Deodar Road, from ser. 3 of Minder, but despite walking the length of Deodar Road several times, I can't work out where it was. It's certainly not there any more. Thanks all. Keep 'em coming!

Philip John Evison ● 2561d

2 Deodar Rd https://www.google.at/maps/@51.4642095,-0.2122452,3a,60y,328.09h,89.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1v_UrR05Wt2IAggZB85xDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Freddie Francis ● 2561d

"I've also got a still of Denis Waterman leaving the 'Winchester Club' on Deodar Road, from ser. 3 of Minder, but despite walking the length of Deodar Road several times, I can't work out where it was."From a Minder site:-http://www.minder.org/locations/loc_winchester.htm#wc3

David Ainsworth ● 2561d