Bachelor of Arts
Date: 1971
Director: Harry Booth
Production Company: Cresswell
Stars: Michael Bentine, Norman Vaughan, Melvyn Hayes, Johnny Briggs, Una Stubbs, David Lodge, Bob Todd
Location(s): Berkshire, Surrey, Sussex, Greater London
Region(s): London A-B, South East A-D
Storyline:
Miklos Durti (Michael Bentine), an artist from the Continent, arrives in England and meets a variety of somewhat quirky locals, including a flirtatious policewoman, a barload of boozers, nudists and the police.
Additional Information:
Stills grabbed by Simon Wells, loaded by SJ
Filmed in 1969 but shelved for a couple of years.
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- Capture 1
- 25 Sep 2025
Exterior of a port somewhere… Newhaven, Sussex at the mouth of the Ouse.
This is viewed from Newhaven Fort. (SD)
- Capture 2
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Disembarking from the ferry. Newhaven Harbour can also be seen in 'Tim Driscoll's Donkey' as well as 'Never Mention Murder'.
- Capture 3
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Miklos Durti, with his art equipment and bottles of fortutitude, cycles along the quay.
- Capture 4
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He approaches the customs office for some tortured clearance from David Lodge and Norman Vaughan.
- Capture 5
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Customs are negotiated. Newhaven Harbour in Sussex.
- Capture 6
- 27 Jan 2020
The approach to a pretty village.
Upper Street, Shere looking west. SJ
- Capture 7
- 27 Jan 2020
That old favourite Shere, recognised by Simon W.
Church Lane, Shere, geographically unlikely given the previous shot. SJ
- Capture 8
- 27 Jan 2020
Shere Lane in Shere, Surrey. The village and it's church feature in numerous films including ‘The Earth Dies Screaming’, ‘On the Fiddle’, ‘Monster of Terror’, 'Small Town Story', ‘The Ruling Class’, 'Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason', ‘Dick Barton Special Agent’, ‘Trouble with Eve’, 'The Late Edwina Black', 'On the Fiddle', 'The Wedding Date', 'My Wife's Lodger', ‘The Galloping Major' and 'A Matter of Life and Death'.
A busy afternoon on Shere Lane looking south past the White Horse pub. SJ
- Capture 9
- 27 Jan 2020
Una Stubbs as a beleaguered traffic warden at the junction of Shere Lane and The Square.
Looking east up Church Lane from The Square (more of a triangle really). SJ
- Capture 10
- 27 Jan 2020
Miklos encourages her to pose as he sketches her, while the traffic waits.
The White Horse pub, Shere. SJ
- Capture 11
- 27 Jan 2020
Alongside the river Tillingbourne in Shere, Surrey.
The riverside today. The bakery Crumbs became a sweet shop for "To Olivia" in 2020. SJ
- Capture 12
- 27 Jan 2020
Miklos approaches a young fisherman to give a few tips.
Lower Street. SJ
- Capture 13
- 03 Mar 2022
A country pub, where a wheelchair patient wearing a leg cast is left outside ... This is suggested as being by the river in Shere but is actually The Thatched Tavern, Cheapside Road in Ascot, Berkshire. The building can also be seen in 'Further Up the Creek'.
Steve Randall matched the scene, observing after 53 years they still haven't closed that window. (SJ)
- Capture 14
- 27 Jan 2020
The wheelchair takes off through Shere, as Miklos' hook get caught in the cast.
And this is back on Shere Lane. SJ
- Capture 15
- 27 Jan 2020
A vicar leaves Shere’s St. James’ church.
Oft seen: by the end of 2019, an RS search for Shere gave 20 odd results. SJ
- Capture 16
- 27 Jan 2020
The wheelchair continues through Shere.
Just a little further north of capture 14. SJ
- Capture 17
- 27 Jan 2020
A vicar gets caught in the chase.
Looking up to the intersection of Gomshall Lane and Upper Street from Middle Street. SJ
- Capture 18
- 27 Jan 2020
More wheelchair, more Shere.
New building has obscured part of the William Bray pub. SJ
- Capture 19
- 27 Jan 2020
The vicar starts to lose control as the wheelchair threatens collision on Middle Street, Shere.
Looking north. SJ
- Capture 20
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He loses control of his bicycle and enters a Sainsbury supermarket ... This branch was at 76-80 High Street, Feltham, Greater London between 1966 and 1993. (SR)
- Capture 21
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... and continues out through the rear.
- Capture 22
- 27 Jan 2020
A postman (Briggs) avoids the wheelchair on Shere’s river bridge.
Now. SJ
- Capture 23
- 27 Jan 2020
The wheelchair comes to a brief rest on Middle Lane, Shere, before hooking onto the back of the vehicle.
Perhaps a little too close but it was a busy day for visitors! SJ
- Capture 24
- 27 Jan 2020
The chase continues… Shere? Eventually the wheelchair finds itself back in the forecourt of the Thatched Tavern.
Yes, Shere. Looking east on Gomshall Lane. SJ
- Capture 25
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Miklos sets up his easel, chancing upon a nudist colony in a field somewhere.
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Escaping the nudists but losing his clothes, Miklos emerges near a country lane.
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Miklos traverses the lane.
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A police car has Miklos Durti in its sights.
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Miklos draws up outside a country house.
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The police apprehend Miklos.
- Capture 31
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Miklos and the police arrive back at the docks, after he has plied with his bottles of potent drink.
- Capture 32
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Custom officers Lodge and Vaughan run away at the sight of Miklos.
- Capture 33
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Miklos views the boat before leaving the UK.
- Capture 34
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Exterior view of the dock, departing from Newhaven.