Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

As the soundtrack plays Mrs. Thatcher's opening address we see an area of wasteland adjoining Westway, with Westbourne Bridge on the left.

Danny (Roland Gift) a free-spirited itinerant, passes a set of musicians as he walks along a tube platform. This is the disused Aldwych Underground Station, which features in many productions.

Police set up a cordon. Bravington Road W10 looking north at the junction with Mozart Street.

The corner shop is now an end of terrace house, and the trees are flourishing.

The police storm the house and shoot an unarmed black woman in a scuffle. 1 Mozart Street W10.

A large extension has been built on the Bravington Road side.

Rafi Rahman (Shashi Kapoor), a corrupt Pakistani politician, arrives to visit his son Sammy. He waits at Heathrow Airport. Unconfirmed location.

Sammy's wife Rosie (Frances Barber), a community social worker, leaves a council flat after finding an old man dead in a bath. Unidentified location.

Rosie steps out onto the walkway in the apartment block.

Down below, youths have started a fire.

When Sammy fails to arrive, Rafi takes a taxi from the airport. Facing east on Westway, approaching the junction with Harrow Road.

Police vehicles hold up Rafi's arrival. Bravington Road W9 at the junction with Mozart Street.

The junction today. There goes another corner shop.

Sammy drives home. Westway W2, passing the Paddington British Rail Maintenance Depot, West Block. This was converted into offices in 2000 and is now known as the Battleship Building. It can also be seen in 'Give My Regards to Broad Street', 'Saving Grace', 'Side by Side' and 'Entertaining Mr. Sloane'.

Rosie walks down a line of riot-stricken shops. This is 10 Mozart Street, now converted into a terraced house in the style of its neighbours.

The result of conversion.

Panning with Rosie, we pass the doorway to number 6, which still stands as The Mozart Dairy.

A new look, but still a shop.

A family pulls their child away from the riot.. 130 Ashmore Road.

Everyone safely inside.

The rioting intensifies. Unidentified location.

Rafi stares as Sammy finds his car overturned. Bravington Road looking south from the junction with Shirland Road.

A calmer scene.

Rafi heads away from the fighting. Unidentified location.

Sammy and Rafi continue walking between unidentified railings.

The unrest continues in Mozart Street, looking east.

Offices replace shops on the left.

Finding shelter in a doorway, Sammy looks out at two men discussing business. Mozart Street.

Just the raw pillar remains of the wall in the capture.

Rafi goes to meet Alice, an old flame, and comes across Danny who takes the role of a self-appointed guide to Rafi. 3 Branstone Road, Richmond, Greater London.

Different car, same house.

They cross the street to Alice's house. 4 Branstone Road.

Nice porch added.

Danny jumps over the back garden wall to spy on the couple.

Police vans make their presence felt. Mozart Street facing west towards Lancefield Street, with The Royal Lancer pub on the left.

The view now dominated by the Jubilee Community Leisure Centre in Lancefield Street which opened in 2023.

Rafi, Sammy and Rosie return from a restaurant following a political argument. Cheyne Walk SW3, with The King’s Head & Eight Bells on the left, which closed its doors in 2002. The building survives as the restaurant "50 Cheyne".

Rather hidden away in the greenery.

They arrive at Rosie's car, with Albert Bridge in the background.

Somewhere around here I think.

Rosie drives Sammy and Rafi home. Portobello Road W11, passing the Electric Cinema.

Portobello Road on a summer's day.

Sammy describes to his father a typical day with Rosie starting with a walk along the towpath, Castelnau SW13, with Hammersmith Town Hall seen across the Thames.

Hammersmith Town Hall now replaced by the even more imposing Hammersmith Civic Campus, and the trees to our left prevent us seeing more of the opposite riverbank.

A few yards further, the couple reach Hammersmith Bridge W6.

Hammersmith Bridge, now open to pedestrians only.

They walk past the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore SW7.

I can't get to the point where the scene was shot, forward to the right and smothered in vegetation, so I settle for a clear view of stairs, lamp and hall.

Then they catch a play at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square SW1.

A bolder presence nowadays.

Rafi goes shopping for wine. Mozart Street facing west.

About half the properties exhibit changes. The scaffolding is unfortunate.

Rafi spends the night with Alice. Branstone Road, Richmond, looking northwest.

The view today in daylight.

Sammy drives a party guest home and stays with her. The British & Foreign Wharf, St. Katherine's Way E1, which has been converted into apartments and renamed Millers Wharf. Also seen in 'The Stateless Man'.

A camp has been set up on the wasteland under Westway.

Campers awake to greet the new day. In the background stands the Trellick tower.

Campers under the curve of Westway with tower blocks in the distance.

Aftr a confrontation Rafi makes an escape down a drainpipe. 132 Ashmore Road, with Shirland Road running to the right.

Nowadays you can shin down the scaffolding.

Rosie and Danny embrace on a motor bike. The view is across Shirland Road from the previous capture.

Today's view with no one in the way.

An injured Rafi visits Alice. 4 Branstone Road.

A fine clump. The house is behind it, believe me.

Rafi wanders through an underground station where he is mugged. This is the mid-level concourse that existed at Tottenham Court Road Station with escalators on the left descending from the booking hall and on the right leading down to the Northern line platforms. The concourse was later demolished in the Crossrail development.

Rafi is followed through a tunnel by Ghost (Badi Uzzaman), a spectral figure. Westway appears in the distance.

Rafi walks through the camp to visit Danny. The distinctive buildings to the rear include the Earl of Warwick pub at 36 Golborne Road which is now the home of the Sister Jane womanswear brand.

The only place you can stand to get the bridge and building in the same shot.

Representing Rafi's violent past, Ghost follows him. In the background, behind the Hammersmith and City line train, stands Tavistock Crescent and the Frog and Firkin pub (formerly The Tavistock Arms). This appeared as the Mother Black Cap in 'Withnail and I' in 1987, and can also be seen in 'The Spaniard's Curse', 'Seventy Deadly Pills' and 'Duffer'. The footbridge can also be seen in 'Col cuore in gola', 'La Coda Dello Scorpione', 'Violent Moment' and 'The Knack . . . and How to Get It'.

Bulldozers move in. Acklam Road runs along to the right.

The campers are moved on. The view is looking north towards Trellick Tower from Westway.