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Dr. John Hughes narrates "The University of Ockham is one of Britain's most venerable institutions. It is, and it is not, like any other University." Anthony Spencer identifies this view as of The Charterhouse on Charterhouse Square, London EC1.

The Fellows of St. Simeon's College file through the quad. The Charterhouse in London located by Anthony Spencer. The Charterhouse also features in 'Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment', 'Das Verrätertor' and 'The Brides of Fu Manchu'.

At the start of the college day, a Young Woman walks towards the Sir Robert Boyle Laboratory at St. Simeon's. Chiswick House on Burlington Lane in London W4.

The south-eastern façade, also seen in A Nice Girl Like Me. SJ

Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery (Leo McKern) follows the pair of legs to the laboratory where research assistant Delia Brooks and Fred the lab technician are already at work. Chiswick House on Burlington Lane, Chiswick.

Looking towards Burlington Lane which is well beyond the ornamental gate. SJ

When the Professor’s nephew is threatened with expulsion from the college, half a dose of a newly created potion is administered to the Senior Proctor Dr. Brass (Duncan Macrae) with alarming results.

Following the arrest of Dr. Brass for dancing naked in the streets, Professor Bowles-Ottery arrives for work on another morning. The steps of Chiswick House in W4.

The grounds beyond can be seen in Velvet Goldmine, The Servant and Vanity Fair, as well as the promo films for The Beatles' Paperback Writer and Rain. SJ

On an evening when the Professor’s team take it in turns to watch a rat that has been given the distillate, Willie Pugh-Smith (Mervyn Johns) comments to Dr. Possiter (Lloyd Pearson) that the chemist is still at work. Chiswick House was designed and built by Richard Boyle, the 3rd Earl of Burlington.

The other side of the above. SJ

The camera moves towards the window of the laboratory where Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery and Delia Brooks begin to get closer. The Grade I listed Chiswick House was completed in 1729.

I should've arrived earlier to catch the same sun position. SJ

With a dose of the toxin given to the annoying Mrs. Pugh-Smith (Patricia Jessel), she runs from a meeting at the Corn Exchange and marches through the streets of Ockham draped in Union Jack. The junction of Baker Street, Church Street and High Street in Weybridge, Surrey identified by Nick Boorman.

Nick proves the location with this view.

Followed by other Members of the meeting, the town gossip continues her hysterical journey. Located by Nick Boorman, this is Baker Street in Weybridge with Church Street in the background.

A quieter moment captured by Nick.

After Mrs. Pugh-Smith drops dead in the street, Professor Bowles-Ottery visits a florist to arrange a suitable tribute. Temple Market off Queen’s Road in Weybridge, Surrey, which is also seen in 'The Love Ban'.

Nick Boorman captured the same location.

A solemn occasion, the funeral of Mrs. Pugh-Smith takes place. St Mary Magdalene church, Squire's Bridge Road, Littleton, Middlesex. Other views of the church can be seen in 'Craze', 'The Dock Brief', 'The Jigsaw Man', 'The Horror of It All', 'Adventures of a Private Eye' and 'Once in a New Moon'. (SD)

The church is conveniently placed next to Shepperton Studios. Viewed from the Street(View). Image copyright Google. (SD)

Professor Bowles-Ottery walks home when an approaching police car drops Inspector Butt off to ask questions about Mrs. Pugh-Smith’s odd behaviour.

Telling his wife Clarina that he has been called away at the request of the Prime Minister, the Professor returns to a draughty seaside hotel after his constitutional. Littlestone Greens between Romney Sands and Grand Parade in Littlestone on Sea, Kent with the still extant Littlestone Court and the since replaced Claverley providing the background.

Photographed in 2014 when I was here for 'The Dark Man'. The gap between Littlestone Court and Grand Court has now been filled with an apartment block which has kept the name Claverley. (SD)

The shot pans as the Professor continues across the lawn. The Greens on Grand Parade with the side wall of Claverley standing to the left and properties on Queen’s Road in the distance.

From 2014, the site of the old Claverley, which has now been replaced by the new Claverley. (SD)

Stepping over the low fence, Professor Bowles-Ottery enters Grand Hotel where he is joined for dinner by his assistant Delia posing as Miss Barrington. Facing the Grand Hotel at the corner of Grand Parade and Littlestone Road in Littlestone on Sea, Kent. The hotel closed in the late 60s and was demolished in 1973 when the apartment block ‘Grand Court’ was built on the site.

Grand Court seen in 2014. The Grand Hotel was used as Walsham Bay police station in 'The Dark Man'. (SD)

The Professor and Delia Brooks (Janet Munroe) walk along the promenade and discuss the forthcoming John Aubrey professorship that is about to be bestowed by the college. Sandgate, Kent, at the eastern end of the Esplanade. (SD)

The shelter was situated where the benches are now. Image copyright Google. (SD)

When Professor Bowles-Ottery learns that he has a competitor for the professorship, Dr. John Hughes (Dennis Price) is subjected to a measure of the toxic potion.

Dr. Woolley (Miles Malleson) watches as Dr. Hughes hurls himself into the ornamental pool after reciting Lewis Carrol’s 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'.

Another of the Professor’s victims is laid to rest. St Mary Magdalene church, Squire's Bridge Road, Littleton, Surrey. Also seen in, 'Adventures of a Private Eye', 'Dad's Army' (1971), 'The Dock Brief', 'The Jigsaw Man', The Magnificent Six and 1/2, (Children's Film Foundation) - Pee Wee Had a Little Ape', 'Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter' and 'The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'. (SD)

A rough approximation. To be replaced when we are once again free to travel this land. Image copyright Google. (SD)

Professor Bowles-Ottery recalls the time spent at the coast with Delia before the young girl becomes demanding of his time and affections. The eastern end of Sandgate Esplanade. (SD)

The shingle has since been cleared from the "solarium" area. Image copyright Google. (SD)

Inspector Butts (George Benson) pays a visit to Bowles-Ottery in order to discuss the increasing number of deaths which are apparently linked by an unknown illness.

Following the demise of Delia, Inspector Butts, Chief Inspector Armstrong (Jerome Willis) and Superintendent Rastleigh (Ralph Michael) call on the Professor to ask questions.

After inadvertently smoking one of the drugged cigarettes used to dispatch Delia, the Professor runs from house and jumps into his car before driving away.

The Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio flies over a bridge.

In a state of euphoria, the Professor speeds through the countryside.

Turning a corner at the bottom of a hill, Professor Bowles-Ottery heads straight for a traction engine as it pulls onto the road from a field.