Unforgotten (2019)
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar (The Kumars at No.42, Yesterday), Nicola Walker (Spooks, Last Tango in Halifax), Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly, Boon, Bob the Builder), Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen, The Crown), Peter Egan (Chariots of Fire, Ever Decreasing Circles) and Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean films).
In Series 3 Amersham is used as the fictional location of Hamhurst, home for one of the main characters.
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Series 3, Episode 1
4mins 2secs – aerial shot of Old Amersham as ‘Hamhurst, West Sussex’ then cuts to exterior of 106 Old Amersham high street
17mins 29secs – Market Hall in Old Amersham as woman walks past and into 39 High Street as ‘Hamhurst Medical Practice’
30mins 18secs – exterior of Michelin starred Artichoke restaurant in Old Amersham, cutting to scene inside
Series 3, Episode 3
21mins 33secs – Exterior of 39 High Street, Old Amersham as ‘Hamhurst Medical Practice’ followed by shot from inside looking out of the window with Kings Arms Hotel in the background.
Series 3, Episode 4
24mins 25 secs – Car drives by Kings Arms Hotel in Old Amersham High Street and parks opposite it with Market Hall in the background. Character Derran Finch, played by Siobhan Redmond (Between the Lines, The Smoking Room), walks to entrance of No.39 High Street (as Hamhurst Medical Practice).
25mins 47secs – Siobhan Redmond walks out from No.39 High Street back to her car and drives off with the Kings Arms Hotel in the background.
Series 3, Episode 5
27mins 09secs – exterior of 147 & 149 old Amersham high street
43mins 16secs – another exterior of 147&149 as milk float goes past
43mins 58secs – exterior shot from pavement of house 147 high street
Series 3, Episode 6
1mins 53secs – aerial shot of Amersham
44mins 22secs – Old Amersham High Street near 147
Antiques Road Trip (2023)
Series 26, Episode 12 – 2023
Antiques experts Irita Marriott and Mark Hill continue their road trip around England in a classic car, competing to make the most profit at auction.
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8mins 12secs, begins 5mins section on Amersham set at the fabulous Amersham Museum. A quick shot of the mobile museum Anthony before an interview in the lovely museum garden. The piece covers how Amersham was influenced by Goya perfume and cosmetics which became a big employer in the town for a time. Founded by Douglas Collins, Goya, came to Amersham in 1946 and bought a factory and named it Badminton Court, off Church Street in Old Amersham.
Metro-Land – Documentary (1973)
Written by and starring John Betjeman (poet, writer, and broadcaster) gives a tour of the Metropolitan Line from Baker Street to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire including the architecture of the suburbs and villages that grew up along its length since the line was opened in the 1890s.
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43mins 50secs – Amersham Station, followed by High and Over.
Belonging (2004)
Starring Brenda Brethyn (Secrets & Lies, Pride & Prejudice, Vera), Kevin Whately (Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis, Auf Wiedersehen Pet), Rosemary Harris (Spider-Man films) and Peter Sallis (Last of the Summer Wine, Wallace & Gromit).
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51secs – St Mary’s Church in Old Amersham seen before a market scene on The Broadway followed by characters sitting at table under Market Hall
Three Hats for Lisa (1965)
Starring Joe Brown (Mona Lisa), Sophie Hardy (The Trygon Factor), Sidney James (Carry On films, Hancock’s Half Hour), Una Stubbs (Sherlock, Wurzel Gummidge, Till Death Do Us Part), Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born, Blow-Up).
As shown by the website ReelStreets (Capture 56-60), a scene in the film takes place at Market Hall and Market Square in Old Amersham.
The Time of Their Lives (2017)
Starring Joan Collins (Dynasty), Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine), Ronald Pickup (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Darkest Hour), Franco Nero (Django, Die Hard 2, John Wick 2) and Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck, The Patriot, Event Horizon, Lady Chatterley).
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42mins 01secs – Exterior of front of High and Over (as character Alberto’s house) followed by scenes interior
50mins 02secs – Scenes at the exterior of rear of High and Over
52mins 29secs – Characters leaving from the exterior of High and Over
Circus of Horrors (1960)
A horror film starring Anton Diffring (Where Eagles Dare), Donald Pleasance (You Only Live Twice, The Great Escape, Halloween) and early uncredited role for Kenny Baker (R2D2 in Star Wars films).
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19mins 54secs – characters come out of what is now Artisan Limited Edition in Amersham Old Town posing as a French café with Market Hall in the background. The scene continues with a violent robbery taking place underneath Market Hall and then continues outside. You can see the corner of Church Street shown as ‘RUE DEL EGLISE’.
Make Me an Offer (1955)
Peter Finch (Network, Sunday Bloody Sunday), Adrienne Corri (Clockwork Orange, Doctor Zhivago)
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19mins 25secs – exterior of Shardeloes, an 18th Century country house just outside of Amersham
21mins 51secs – exterior of Shardeloes and view of Misbourne Valley
58mins 53secs – shots of exterior of Shardeloes
1hr 5mins 00secs – exterior shot of Shardeloes (from side with Misbourne Valley in background)
1hr 12mins 55secs – view of Misbourne Valley from Shardaloes
As website ReelStreets shows, Shardeloes is also featured in 1952’s film ‘Treasure Hunt’ starring Jimmy Edwards and in the 1935 film ‘Lazy Bones’ starring Claire Luce.
Password is Courage (1962)
Starring Dirk Bogarde (The Servant, Death in Venice) and Maria Perschy (Man’s favourite Sport?)
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59mins 23secs – Polish optician ‘Optyk’ is 19 Whielden street in Old Amersham. Followed by a scene inside.
1hr02mins 35secs – leaving the shop
1hr12mins 03secs – back to the opticians in Whielden street followed by a scene inside with a view of the street
1hr13mins 35secs – exterior of other side of Whielden street (current 30A Whielden street), cutting to exterior of 19 Whielden street.
Harnessing Peacocks (1993)
Starring Serena Scott Thomas (The World is Not Enough, Inherent Vice), Peter Davison (Doctor Who, All Creatures Great and Small), John Mills (Great Expectations, Swiss Family Robinson).
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35mins 40secs – Serena Scott Thomas’s character parks her Mini outside shops in Market Square Old Amersham by Market Hall. She enters 25 Market Square which is a hat shop (next to Old Town Jewellers) in the film. It cuts to a shot from inside as she enters with Market Hall visible in the background. Followed by scene inside the shop.
59mins 37secs – walking under Market Hall before a short scene in Market Square.
The Fast Lady (1962)
Starring Leslie Phillips (Scandal, The Navy Lark, Carry On films & the voice of the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter Films), Julie Christie (Doctor Zhivago, Don’t Look Now, Fahrenheit 451) and James Robertson Justice (Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Murder She Said). Also featuring Formula 1 champions John Surtees and Graham Hill.
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29mins 46secs – From point of view of the car, driving up Hill Avenue, Amersham on the Hill, towards Oakfield Corner where there are currently two mini roundabouts, connecting with Sycamore Road. It cuts to a shot of nearby Chesham Rd as we see a cyclist turning off as the car drives up to Oakfield Corner and disappears onto Sycamore Road. We then see several shots of two cars driving down Sycamore Road, not quite reaching the junction with the Rickmansworth Road.
The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)
Starring Tommy Steele (Half a Sixpence, The Happiest Millionaire) and June Laverick (It Happened in Rome).
The website ReelStreets shows shots of the film were filmed at Shardeloes, just outside of Amersham.
The Professionals (1977-83)
Starring Gordon Jackson (The Great Escape, Upstairs Downstairs), Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed, The Chief) and Lewis Collins (Jack the Ripper, The Final Option, The Cuckoo Waltz).
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Series 1, Episode 3 ‘Old Dog with New Tricks’ (1978)
Featuring a young Phil Davis (Vera Drake, Bleak House, Quadrophenia) and Pamela Stephenson (Superman III, Not the Nine O’Clock News).
11mins 39secs – Scene at Gilbert Scott Court, a former workhouse, on Whielden Street Old Amersham, posing as a hospital, where a nurse is taken hostage
13mins 30secs – characters Bodie and Doyle arrive in a car at Gilbert Scott Court followed by an 8mins scene at this location.
Hammer House of Horror TV Series (1980)
Episode 6 ‘Charlie Boy’
Starring Leigh Lawson (Tess, Casanova), Angela Bruce (Bad Girls, Press Gang, Doctor Who) and Marius Goring (The Red Shoes, Stairway to Heaven, The Barefoot Contessa).
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35mins 58secs – scene inside an antique shop (where C.P.Hart Bathrooms is currently), looking out at Hill Avenue
42mins 17secs – Another scene from inside the antique shop looking out at Hill Avenue
Episode 9 ‘Carpathian Eagle’
Starring Suzanne Danielle (Flash Gordon, Carry On Emmanuelle, Doctor Who), Anthony Valentine (Callan, Coronation Street), Siân Phillips (Dune, I, Claudius, Goodbye Mr Chips) and also featuring a young Pierce Brosnan (James Bond films, The Thomas Crown Affair, Mamma Mia) in an early role.
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30mins 31secs – House on Devonshire Avenue, Amersham
31mins 06secs – Short scene at outside of St John’s Methodist Church, Woodside Road, Amersham as a Police Station
33mins 56secs – Exterior of 14 Bois Lane, in the neighbouring parish of Chesham Bois
35mins 15secs – Exterior of 14 Bois Lane again and characters go inside
37mins 19secs – Anthony Valentine’s character leaves 14 Bois Lane and in next shot drives past what is now Londis and Mayo Brothers on Bois Lane
40mins 41secs – exterior of 14 Bois Lane again
This episode also features locations in nearby Chesham, Great Missenden and Little Chalfont.
New Tricks (2003-15)
Series 7, Episode 2 ‘It Smells of Books’ (2010)
Starring Alun Armstrong (The Mummy Returns, Sleepy Hollow), James Bolam (The Likely Lads, When the Boat Comes In), Amanda Redman (Sexy Beast, At Home with the Braithwaites) and Dennis Waterman (Minder, The Sweeney).
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26mins 54secs – exterior and then interior of The Kings Arms Hotel in Old Amersham
Murder Ahoy (1964)
Starring Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell as well as a young Nicholas Parsons and Derek Nimmo
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3mins 7 secs – High Street with Swann inn in background as Miss Marple walks up to and into 130 High Street (as Milchester house)
9mins 18secs – scene in Cherry Lane, just off the High Street
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Starring Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Robert Powell, and Charles Gray
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43mins 47secs – 24-28 The Broadway, Old Amersham – currently the British Vein institute, as a chemist. Michael Caine walks out of chemist on other side from memorial gardens with market hall in the background. Scene lasts approximately 1min 20secs as a police officer talks to him
1hr 06mins 41secs – car drives past at St. Mary’s Church to Market Hall roundabout into the Crown Hotel
Taskmaster (TV series)
Starring Greg Davies and Alex Horne (from Chesham)
Series 2 final (episode 5)
Featuring Richard Osman, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, Ben Bailey-Smith.
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7mins 0secs – a task involving a broken shopping trolley is carried out in Church Mead in Amersham Old Town by Saint Mary’s Cemetery.
Jonathan Creek
Episode ‘Gorgons Wood’, Series 4, episode 6 – 2004
Starring Alan Davies, Celia Imrie, Julia Sawahla, Michael Cochrane and Bamber Gascoigne
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6mins 5secs – St Mary’s Church in Amersham Old Town, Church Street, then cuts to Whielden Street.