"was written. Main Wilson loved the script, and saw the potential for a series; it was put into production almost immediately as a pilot for ""Comedy Special""—a showcase for new talent, which had succeeded ""Comedy Playhouse""—under the title ""Citizen Smith"". The pilot was a success, and four series and a Christmas special were produced between 1977 and 1980. It has been claimed that the ""Tooting Popular Front""—fictionally based near to writer John Sullivan's childhood home of Balham—was partly inspired by a real-life fellow-South London far-left group, the Brixton-based Workers' Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung Thought, activities of which were reported in"
"Pembroke Square, London Pembroke Square is located in the Kensington area of southwest central London, England (postcode W8). The whole square is Grade II listed for its architectural merit. It was developed by the Hawks family. The Hansom Cab is a Grade II listed public house on the corner with Earls Court Road. 38 Pembroke Square was the house used as the surgery of Dr Hirsh in the movie ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"". The novelist Vernon Lee lived at No.13. Immunologist Sir Almroth Wright lived at No.6 There are two nearby underground stations, High Street Kensington and Earl's Court. Both stations"
"development including Crossrail expansion. The Astoria theatre on Charing Cross Road has been demolished and the original Central line entrances will also go. St Giles, London St Giles is a district of London, at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden. It gets its name from the parish church of St Giles in the Fields. The combined parishes of St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury (which was carved out of the former) formed the St Giles District of the Metropolis from 1855 to 1900. It is the location of the church of St Giles in"
"south and Charing Cross station to the west. The small set of streets east of Northumberland Avenue are included here for convenience. The Adelphi building was used for some scenes in ITV's ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" episode ""The Theft of the Royal Ruby"", and in episode ""The Plymouth Express"". Adelphi, London Adelphi (; from the Greek ἀδελφοί ""adelphoi"", meaning ""brothers"") is a district of the City of Westminster in London. The small district includes the streets of Adelphi Terrace, ""Robert Street"" and ""John Adam Street"". Of rare use colloquially, Adelphi is grouped with Aldwych as the greater Strand district (a main"
"is doubly appropriate as the district straddles the historic county boundary between Middlesex and Hertfordshire and forms the administrative boundary between Hertfordshire and Greater London. The name is reflected in the council's coat of arms, which shows a hart upon the battlements of a boundary wall. The district was awarded borough status by Royal Charter in 1977. The borough was originally in the Metropolitan Police District, despite being outside the modern Greater London boundaries. It was transferred to Hertfordshire Constabulary in 2000. Hertsmere is the location of Elstree Studios, which produces such shows as ""Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"","
"most interior and exterior church scenes of various churches, the snooker club, the County Court and Magistrates' Courts courtrooms, and the cemetery (where most of the deceased characters are interred). The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where one of the series' creators, Tony Holland, lived and a blend of Walthamstow, where Holland was born, and Stratford. The suffix 'ford' is also found throughout East London, for example, Ilford and Chingford]. Walford's London postcode district is E20 (real East London postcode districts only went up to E18 until 2011, when E20 was introduced to serve the London 2012"
"Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Paddington station, designed by the celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1847; St Mary's Hospital; and Paddington Green Police Station (the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom). A major project called Paddington Waterside aims to regenerate former railway and canal land between 1998 and 2018, and the area is seeing many new developments. Offshoot districts (historically within"
"Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in London, England. It is within Central and East London and located in the East End, and is divided between the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Islington. A historic entertainment quarter since the 16th century, today it hosts a number of nightclubs and bars to the west, while the east is primarily residential. In Tower Hamlets, a small part of Shoreditch is a small exclave separated by Bethnal Green from the rest of the district, it is considered part of the district due to the now-closed Shoreditch tube station location. The district itself lies"
"Lisson Grove Lisson Grove is a district and a street of the City of Westminster, London, just to the north of the city ring road. There are many landmarks surrounding the area. To the north is Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood. To the west are Little Venice, Paddington and Watling Street. To the north east is Primrose Hill and south east is Marylebone, which includes the railway station and Dorset Square, the original home of the Marylebone Cricket Club. It is west of the London Planetarium, Madame Tussaud's, Baker Street and Regent's Park. The postal districts are NW1"
"Bobbin"", is named after him. Steven Patrick Morrissey, former lead singer of The Smiths, was born here in 1959. Ian McShane, actor, grew up in Urmston and attended Stretford Grammar School Peter Noone, Singer with Hermans Hermits Eileen Derbyshire, Actress who plays Emily Bishop in Coronation Street Urmston Urmston is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 41,825 at the 2011 Census. Historically in Lancashire, it is about six miles (10 km) southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is the River Mersey, with Stretford lying to the east and Flixton to the west."
"the Peter Sellers comedy ""The Naked Truth"" (1957), ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976), ""The Krays"" (1990), ""Evita"" (1996), ""Bedazzled"" (2000), ""The Hours"" (2002), ""Finding Neverland"" (2004) and ""The Wolfman"" (2010). Richmond, London Richmond is a suburban town in south-west London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is on a meander of the River Thames, with a large number of parks and open spaces, including Richmond Park, and many protected conservation areas, which include much of Richmond Hill. A specific Act of Parliament protects the scenic view of the River Thames from Richmond. Richmond was founded following Henry VII's building of Richmond Palace in"
"House on Oxford Road, just south of the city centre. The hit series ""Cutting It"" was set in the city's Northern Quarter and ran on BBC1 for five series. ""Life on Mars"" was set in 1973 Manchester. Also, ""The Street"", winner of a BAFTA and International Emmy Award in 2007 is set in Manchester. Manchester is also the regional base for the BBC One North West Region so programmes like North West Tonight are produced here. The BBC intends to relocate large numbers of staff and facilities from London to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays. The Children's (CBBC), Comedy, Sport (BBC"
"London and the M25 London Orbital Motorway. The area falls within Transport for London's ""Zone 3"". The nearest railway stations are Blackheath, Eltham and Kidbrooke. Trains go to London Victoria, London Cannon Street and London Charing Cross. Famous residents have included comedian Jim Davidson, who grew up in Holburne Road; interior designer Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen, who lived in a bungalow on Kidbrooke Park Road until 2004; and singer Sandie Shaw. AFC Bournemouth player Junior Stanislas was born in Kidbrooke. Kidbrooke Kidbrooke is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is northwest of Eltham"
"the 'twenty-five pubs to the square mile' or two Music Halls: The King's Hall and, after 1915, the Empire Theatre. Music hall comedians were in the habit of making fun of the locale in which they appeared, and consequently Penge became the butt of many jokes. A small post office in east Penge was the location for Part 2 of ""The Stolen Policeman"" (series 8, ep. 11) and Series 8 episode 13 opens: Penge Penge () is a district of south-east London, in the London Borough of Bromley. It has entered popular culture as the archetypal commuter suburb, but was"
"Sands End Sands End is an area of the ancient parish of Fulham, formerly in the County of Middlesex, which is now the southernmost part of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. In a deep loop of the River Thames, between the tidal Chelsea Creek and the old Peterborough estate, west of Wandsworth Bridge, its northern edge is New King's Road. While wharves, industrial acres and workers' cottages gave way to intensive re-development such as Chelsea Harbour and Imperial Wharf in the last quarter of the 20th-century, it still contains some 300 year-old cottages and 19th century streets."
"City of Westminster, with a small part in the London Borough of Camden. W2 to W14 cover the northwestern part of the City of Westminster, the northern parts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the eastern parts of the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow as well as very small parts of the London Boroughs of Brent and Camden. The TV series W1A satirises the goings-on at the BBC's New Broadcasting House in Portland Place, whose memorable postcode is W1A 1AA. W postcode area The W (Western and Paddington)"
"Islington. There are train services to London Victoria (Westminster) and London Waterloo (the South Bank). See Clapham Junction. Shopping areas comprise: Clapham Clapham () is a district of south-west London lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. The present day Clapham High Street is an ancient ""diversion"" of the Roman military road Stane Street, which ran from London to Chichester. This followed the line of Clapham Road and then onward along the line of Abbeville Road. The ancient status of that military road"
"Waterloo, London Waterloo () is a district in Central London, and part of the Bishops ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated east of Charing Cross. The area is part of a business improvement district known as Waterloo Quarter, which includes The Cut and the Old Vic and Young Vic theatres. It includes some sections of the London Borough of Southwark. The area was marshland towards the northern tip of the ancient parish of Lambeth. It was known as ""Lambeth Marshe"", but was drained in the 18th century and is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name."
"century. This section of the city was rural for quite some time, with a few middle to upper middle class neighborhoods that began popping up in the late 1970s and the 1980s. The area has seen a recent skyrocket in suburban business and residential neighborhoods, becoming increasingly affluent and private. Since the early 2000s (decade), large, upscale single family homes have been developed in new neighborhoods extending to London Bridge Road, General Booth, Sandbridge Road, and the area known as Red Mill. Neighborhoods that are in the general area consist of those on Holland Road and London Bridge Road near"
"Clapham Clapham () is a district of south-west London lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. The present day Clapham High Street is an ancient ""diversion"" of the Roman military road Stane Street, which ran from London to Chichester. This followed the line of Clapham Road and then onward along the line of Abbeville Road. The ancient status of that military road is recorded on a Roman stone now placed by the entrance of the former Clapham Library in the Old Town, which"
"line with her red Raleigh Chopper bicycle. The station also appears in the films ""Kidulthood"" (2006) and ""Adulthood"" (2008). Ladbroke Grove tube station Ladbroke Grove is a London Underground station on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, between Latimer Road and Westbourne Park stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2 set in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Originally opened as part of the Metropolitan Railway on 13 June 1864, the station was originally named Notting Hill. With the extension of that line from Paddington to Hammersmith it was renamed Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove in 1880 and Ladbroke"
"II and were subsequently demolished in the early 1960s to make way for the Westway elevated road and the Warwick Estate housing redevelopment. Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Paddington station, designed by the celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1847; St Mary's Hospital; and Paddington Green Police Station (the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom). A major project called Paddington Waterside aims"
"Grey Court School. Scenes from ""Now You See Me 2"" were also filmed in Ham. Ham, London Ham is a suburban district in south-west London which has meadows adjoining the River Thames where the Thames Path National Trail also runs. Most of Ham is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and, chiefly, within the ward of Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside; the rest is in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The district has modest convenience shops and amenities, including a petrol station and several pubs, but its commerce is subsidiary to the nearby regional-level economic centre"
"houses the Waterloo Action Centre. Roupell Street is noted for its well-preserved Georgian housing and is often used as a TV and film location. Waterloo, London Waterloo () is a district in Central London, and part of the Bishops ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated east of Charing Cross. The area is part of a business improvement district known as Waterloo Quarter, which includes The Cut and the Old Vic and Young Vic theatres. It includes some sections of the London Borough of Southwark. The area was marshland towards the northern tip of the ancient parish"
"industrial and distribution services district to a partially abandoned post-industrial district. By the 1980s it was notorious for prostitution and drug abuse. This reputation impeded attempts to revive the area, utilising the large amount of land available following the decline of the railway goods yard to the north of the station and the many other vacant premises in the area. Relatively cheap rents and a central London location made the area attractive to artists and designers and both Antony Gormley and Thomas Heatherwick established studios in the area. In late 1980s, a group of musicians, mechanics, and squatters from Hammersmith"
"Haggerston Haggerston is a neighbourhood in central London, England, centred approximately on Great Cambridge Street. It is considered part of London’s East End. The adjacent neighbourhoods are Dalston (to the north), Hoxton (to the west) and Bethnal Green (to the south east). Haggerston historically formed part of Shoreditch borough, and was divided into the following ecclesiastical parishes: All Saints, St Chad, St Columba, St Mary, St Paul, St Augustin, and St Stephen. In 1965, the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch became part of the new London Borough of Hackney. There is an electoral ward called Haggerston within the borough. In the"
"Bryanston, Cavendish, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Lancaster Gate, Millbank, St George's, St James's, Victoria, and West End, and the City of London. 2010-present: The City of Westminster wards of Bryanston and Dorset Square, Churchill, Hyde Park, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, Marylebone High Street, St James’s, Tachbrook, Vincent Square, Warwick, and West End, and the City of London. The seat covers the entire City of London and most of the City of Westminster lying South of the Marylebone Road and the Westway. In the latter, more residential, city it covers Westminster, Pimlico, Victoria, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, St. James's, Soho, most of Covent Garden,"
"Lambeth Lambeth () is a district in Central London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area experienced some slight growth in the medieval period as part of the manor of Lambeth Palace. By the Victorian era the area had seen significant development as London expanded, with dense industrial, commercial and residential buildings located adjacent to one another. The changes brought by World War II altered much of the fabric of Lambeth. Subsequent development in the late 20th and early"
"include the large Art Deco Unilever House, and the Art Nouveau Black Friar pub. The area was once served by a station south of the river Blackfriars Bridge railway station, taking its name from Blackfriars Bridge. It was closed to passengers in 1885 when the current Blackfriars station was opened. The older parts of Blackfriars have regularly been used as a filming location in film and television, particularly for modern films and serials set in Victorian times, notably ""Sherlock Holmes"" and ""David Copperfield"". Blackfriars, London Blackfriars is an area of central London, which lies in the south-west corner of the"
"Custom House, London Custom House is a district in the Canning Town area of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England. The area is named after the custom house of Royal Victoria Dock. Today the dock is used for recreation. However, it dominated the industry and commerce of the area from 1855 until the 1940s before closing in 1980. The main economic building of the area is the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and thus the district is connected to the City of London directly by two stations on the Docklands Light Railway. Nearby offices, factories and storage premises form"
"London in the 1960s. Notable residents have included: South Kensington South Kensington is an affluent district of West London split between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster. It is hard to define boundaries for South Kensington, but a common definition is the commercial area around the South Kensington tube station and the adjacent garden squares and streets (such as Thurloe Square, opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum). The smaller neighbourhood around Gloucester Road tube station can also be considered a part, and Albertopolis around Exhibition Road, which includes the Natural History Museum, the Science"
"of the latter half of the twentieth century, was born in Radford at 2, Poultney Road. Another former resident of Radford was England boxer Errol Christie who went on to be European champion in the eighties and a regular fixture on ITV ""Fight Night"". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Christie Radford, Coventry Radford is a suburb and electoral ward of Coventry, located approximately 2 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West constituency. Radford ward is bounded by Holbrooks, Foleshill, St Michael's, Sherbourne, and Bablake wards. It is covered by the North East Neighbourhood Management area. It covers an"
"by Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus (Madeleine Hutin). They have had a community of Sisters at their council flat on the 13th floor of Fellows Court in Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston since the early 1990s. Haggerston Haggerston is a neighbourhood in central London, England, centred approximately on Great Cambridge Street. It is considered part of London’s East End. The adjacent neighbourhoods are Dalston (to the north), Hoxton (to the west) and Bethnal Green (to the south east). Haggerston historically formed part of Shoreditch borough, and was divided into the following ecclesiastical parishes: All Saints, St Chad, St Columba, St Mary, St"