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Old 05-03-2008, 10:17 PM
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It's from an episode of 'The Professionals' filmed in October 1977 around a 15-mile radius of Harefield, Middx.

Anyone have an idea to what village would have this type of house whether it be Watford, or Beaconsfield, I'd apprecaite any help or ideas, no matter how vague.

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Looks like one for Alan F's sleuthing. I suspect more images putting it into a wider context would help.
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Somewhere nthat's been posh for about a hundred years, but farmland before that. Has a Weybridge/Banstead/Wimbledon look, but if you want somewhere further North, Golders Green??
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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Somewhere nthat's been posh for about a hundred years, but farmland before that. Has a Weybridge/Banstead/Wimbledon look, but if you want somewhere further North, Golders Green??
More Weybridge/Banstead than Wimbledon. Wimbledon is more built up.
Maybe Ewell/Bookham/Epsom or somewhere like that.
That is, if you've looking to the SW of London. But Harefield is NW

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It might be worth having a look around this website for locations,I would also recommended this site to Professional fans too. although it has not been updated since August 2007.

I have nothing to do with this website so it is not a blatant plug for it either.


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Thanks for the help - I know the site very well, and have contributed to it in the past.

I was thinking the location was actually more Herts (Watford), Bucks (Beaconsfield), then south of the River.
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Thanks for the help - I know the site very well, and have contributed to it in the past.

I was thinking the location was actually more Herts (Watford), Bucks (Beaconsfield), then south of the River.
Whenever possible filming locations should be as close to the studio base the film unit is using otherwise it starts getting expensive if you go too far from the studio what with transport costs and mobile dressing rooms etc etc, and I believe "The Professionals" had a fairly tight budget so the area you mention would seem about right as the series used a converted farm as a studio base near Pinewood. I think the reason they didn't use Pinewood was that it was too expensive!
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Could be somewhere in the area such as the town of Northwood, there's a 'Good life' type look there!

Kewferry Road is where the Good life houses are, could be in one of the surrounding roads......
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I was thinking along the lines of Gerrard's Cross.
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More Weybridge/Banstead than Wimbledon. Wimbledon is more built up.
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There are a few streets of Edwardian mansions that look similar, and are similarly spaced....Arthurs Road was one IIRC....
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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There are a few streets of Edwardian mansions that look similar, and are similarly spaced....Arthurs Road was one IIRC....
Possibly, but it also looks like some houses in Surbiton (think of "The Good Life") and many other places. I think more clues are needed

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Mid 50s to early 60s I would say, Penfold - decades away from Edwardian !! Trash-styled front door and pseudo columns almost look DIY ! - It must be somewhere near a B&Q



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Mid 50s to early 60s I would say, Penfold - decades away from Edwardian !! Trash-styled front door and pseudo columns almost look DIY ! - It must be somewhere near a B&Q
The Tudorbethan frontage next door, with the half-timbered look (stuck on, not structural) does suggest that it could be more modern than real Edwardian. But that style has been used since the mid 1800s. We've got a road full of then near us, and they were built in the 1930s.

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I have had a lead on this missing house (which is driving me crazy) from a crew member who worked on the episode:

"I seem to recall it being very near to the Fulmer Rise Estate, not far from Mount Fidget. May have even been on the estate itself but can't swear to it."

I've looked, but still can't see it. Anyone know the area well enough from the past, because there do appear to be lots of new buildings around this area.
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Have you tried up as far as Fulmer Drive/Duke's Wood Drive? It was the area that first sprung to mind on seeing the pics for the first time as I spent quite a long time searching around there for a MIAS location.
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