All Coppers Are . . .

Credits appear over a pan featuring the London skyline. Westminster, Hungerford and Waterloo Bridges span the Thames from SW1 and WC2 across to SE1 with the Houses of Parliament on the left and County Hall standing to the right.

The shot continues towards St. Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace and Lambeth Bridge.

Zooming in, the camera focuses on Joe (Martin Potter), a young Policeman, as he descends the steps onto Albert Embankment in SE1.

Joe continues his Saturday morning beat through a more industrial area. Looking south-east on Imperial Road SW6 with Fulham Gas Works to the left. The road and gas works can be seen in 'Eye of the Needle'.

The entire area has been, and continues to be, extensively redeveloped as Peter Bywaters found during his visit.

A little further along the road, Joe hears glass being smashed. Facing north-west on Imperial Road with Broxholme House on New Kings Road SW6 in the left distance.

Peter Bywaters points out Broxholme House which can still be seen in the distance.

Having managed to open the driver’s door, Simmy (Robin Askwith) sprawls across the front seats of a Ford Prefect as he struggles to remove the radio. Townmead Road in SW6.

A completely new world has been built as can be seen in Peter Bywaters' comparison.

Joe chases Simmy onto railway sidings. The sidings of Chelsea Basin with Townmead Road visible through the bridge. The bridge can also be seen in 'Urge to Kill'.

Peter Bywaters found that Imperial Wharf railway station stands on the rebuilt embankment.

In a coal yard, Joe grabs Simmy but he manages to break free. The coal yards of Chelsea Basin in SW3 from which. in the top right distance across the Thames, can be seen Lindsay Court on Battersea High Street next to the spire of the Sacred Heart of Jesus church on Trott Street SW11.

Peter Bywaters found the area all very upmarket today and across the river the church spire can still be seen.

Near the river, Simmy is finally caught and taken into custody. Peter Bywaters points out that on the far side of the Thames stands Lombard Road Power Station while Battersea Railway Bridge crosses towards the right. The power station was decommissioned in 1972.

Peter notes that the foreshore looks much tidier today.

Railway horns sound as the camera looks down onto a street where Barry corners in his Plymouth. Looking down onto Ascalon Street SW8 with Stewart’s Road to the top right.

Standing on a wall, Peter Bywaters still doesn't attain the height for the right angle.

The shot follows the American car. Ascalon Street in SW8 with Thessaly Road crossing the centre.

Not particularly satisfactory as it's from ground level but here's the view looking along Ascalon Street now. SJ

After stopping to check what time a particular lorry passes, Barry (Nicky Henson) drives on. Bondway looking towards Miles Street in SW8.

"Railway arches are a permanent feature." comments Peter Bywaters.

Barry pauses again, outside the tobacco warehouse where he's planning a robbery. This is the Carpenter's Shop at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.

Looking beneath the railway bridge carrying the South Western Main Line over Miles Street from the corner of Bondway.

Peter Bywaters found a no through road today.

Patcham Terrace in SW8 with Battersea Park station on Battersea Park Road in the distance.

Battersea Park station remains in the distance of Peter Bywaters' comparison.

Barry parks his battered Plymouth outside the house where he lodges with Mrs. Briggs and her son Ronnie. Patcham Terrace also appears in ‘A Study in Terror’.

Peter Bywaters came across a business unit rather than a car parking place.

Once inside, Ronnie hands Barry an invite to a wedding that he and his Mother are attending. Patcham Terrace in Battersea SW8.

The old terraced houses have long gone, as Peter Bywaters discovered, but new homes have been built within the same boundary.

A pan right sweeps over south London. Looking across Nine Elms towards Pimlico with Tidemore House and Thessaly House standing either side of Savona Street SW8 in the foreground.

In the flat that she shares with her Mother and Jock, Sue wakes up with a hangover. Moving further brings focus on Ascalon House with Loco Junction gantry signalbox spanning the South Western Main Line to the right.

John Harwood took to the skies for this comparison.

In the shopping precinct, a Street Trader sells shirts to likely Punters before Joe appears and the small crowd scatters. The sign to the top left of centre reads Wallis Supermarket.

Joe's beat takes him nearer home. Facing north-east on the bridge taking Battersea Park Road over the South Western Main Line in Battersea SW8.

Same wall, different background, captured by Peter Bywaters.

Turning a corner, Joe comes across a Man and Woman fighting. The steps down from Battersea Park Road to Stewart’s Road.

No domestic disputes in progress when Peter Bywaters visited.

Seeing the pair off after they turn on him when he breaks up the brawl, Joe makes his way to a nearby block of flats. Facing Battersea Park Road from Stewart’s Road.

Little pockets of yesterday cling on against the new builds in Peter's comparison where, in the background, part of the redevelopment for the Battersea Power Station site stands.

The camera moves to fins the stairwell of a low-rise block. To the bottom left stands the still extant block containing numbers 103 to 125 Battersea Park Road and in the background stands a since demolished block on Savona Street.

Peter Bywaters found a replacement block of flats.

Climbing the stairs at the end of his night shift, Joe reaches the landing and the flat where he lives with his wife Peg and their baby daughter Sally before changing to attend Paul and Barbara's wedding reception. In the right distant rise the chimneys of Battersea Power Station while Thessaly House stands to the bottom right.

Fed up with the reception, Joe leaves Peg and follows Barry and Sue (Julia Foster) from the venue. This is the Market House on High Street in Uxbridge, Greater London identified by Antony Blair.

Antony captured the view today showing that the layout has changed over time, but the newel post and stairs can be seen behind the glass doors along with the post tops above the shop fronts.

Carrying food and drink, the three run out into the street. Located by Antony Blair, this is the Market House on High Street, Uxbridge, which also makes an appearance in 'Nothing But the Night'.

Antony looked through the coffee shop window for this view.

Barry leads Sue and Joe into daylight. Queen Caroline Street in Hammersmith W6.

Tricky with all the development but this would seem the right angle looking south-east from the traffic island. SJ

Sue dodges cars as Joe attempts to cross a busy road. Facing a since redeveloped Queen Caroline Street from Hammersmith Bridge Road.

The direction is as the previous shot but now showing most of the traffic island. The bollard in the foreground is still there. SJ

Joe waits for a suitable cap in the traffic. The junction of Hammersmith Bridge Road and Queen Caroline Street with St. Paul’s Green in the background.

The traffic island is, unusually after all the passing years, the same shape. And incidentally the bench in the middle has become iconic for TV's "Bottom" fans, re-erected after Rik Mayall's death in 2014 to celebrate the opening credit sequence which was the only outside location. SJ

More careful than his new acquaintances, Joe eventually manages to cross the junction towards them. Looking along Hammersmith Bridge Road from Queen Caroline Street.

Looking west. SJ

Peg looks out of the wedding venue window to see Joe get into Barry’s car with Sue. The junction of Hammersmith Bridge Road and Queen Caroline Street in W6.

The flowers have gone and the railings rearranged on the island. The background has been rebuilt in this view taken from as much height as I could muster. SJ

Lagging behind again, Joe continues to follow Barry and Sue. The eastern end of Upper Mall as it opens onto Furnivall Gardens in Hammersmith.

And the passageway to the riverside pub The Dove. SJ

The pair find a suitable place to sit on the grass. Furnivall Gardens with Hammersmith Bridge crossing the Thames in the right distance.

About here. SJ

Barry lights a cigarette as Sue opens a bottle of bubbly.

Looking roughly in the direction of River House to the east of Furnivall Gardens but this would welcome a winter retake. SJ

Joe arrives with a tray of pastries.

Looking west towards the passageway seen in capture 33. SJ

Barry kicks a football with a group of Lads. Lower Mall W6 with the Rutland Arms public house at the corner of Mall Road to the top left.

All the industry beyond the bridge has gone. SJ

As they head towards a riverside pub, Joe and Sue dodge the ball game. Lower Mall in Hammersmith.

Looking west towards Furnivall Gardens. SJ

The two find a table outside the pub before Barry catches up with them. Outside the Rutland Arms on Lower Mall. The pub can be glimpsed in a number of films including ‘Curse of the Golem’, ‘Life at the Top’ and ‘Cassandra’s Dream’.

Still busy. SJ

While Sue goes over to admire her friend Beryl's baby, Barry and Joe talk about the young woman that they both find attractive. Lower Mall W6 with Hope’s Wharf to the right.

The embankment has seen some changes here and there. SJ

After returning to the wedding reception, Joe and Sue are driven away in a taxi to reveal this scene.

Feeling guilty about spending the afternoon in bed with Sue, Joe stops to look over at the block where she lives as he takes flowers home for Peg. Looking from one now demolished block, across the roof of Thessaly House to another since demolished block.

The view from the landing outside Sue's flat where Barry calls on her. To the left stands South Lambeth Goods Depot, moving right we see the Park Tavern at the corner of Battersea Park Road and Thessaly Road then Thessaly House to the bottom right. In the top right, the white dome is one of the holders at Nine Elms gas works.

Whilst out at the local where Sue and Barry bump into him, Joe gives mouth to mouth resuscitation to a Man (Michael Balfour) when he suffers a heart attack before Ambulancemen arrive on the scene.

Landlady Mrs. Malloy (Queenie Watts) follows the stricken Man to the ambulance.

After the ambulance pulls away, Mrs. Malloy tells Sue and Barry that Joe is a copper.

Joe walks away to get ready for his 10pm shift.

After information about a suspected tobacco warehouse raid is circulated at roll-call, Joe and his Colleagues set out on their beats. Facing Acton Technical College on Locarno Road in Acton W3 identified by Steve Randall.

Barry steers his Plymouth around a corner as he takes Sue for a night of ten pin bowling. Looking south-west from the corner of Harefield Road and High Street in Uxbridge, Greater London.

After 50 years, nothing original remains in Antony Blair's comparison.

The car is parked and the two entre the bowling alley. Facing the Odeon on High Street which opened in 1938. The cinema can also be seen in ‘Carry On at Your Convenience’.

Antony Blair captured the cinema's replacement.

Joe spots the familiar car as Barry meets with fence Sonny Wade inside the building. The Odeon in Uxbridge was closed in June 1982 with the building being demolished in September 1984.

The location now by Antony Blair.

Watching from the shadows, Joe sees Barry and Sue leave. Outside the Odeon on High Street in Uxbridge, dressed as a bowling alley for the film.

Antony Blair matches up the distant buildings in his daylight view.

Returning to the police station on Sunday morning, Joe is told that there is a demonstration that afternoon and he's required to be back at 2. Steve Randall found that this is the view from Acton Technical College on Locarno Road in W3 with Acton Town Hall at the corner of High Street and Winchester Street in the background.

Trying to sleep in his noisy flat, Joe tosses and turns until he gets angry at Sally's crying. Looking across Battersea with Stewart's Road to the bottom left and flats 1 to 82 of the Stewart’s Lane Estate to the bottom right.

When Peg is worried about Sally's high temperature, Joe leaves the flat to fetch a Doctor. Peter Bywaters advises that Ascalon Street crosses the background where the lift motor rooms of Drury House on the Patmore Estate can be seen to the left.

Peter explains that the train service seen running in the screen capture still operates along a line on the embankment which is now squeezed between a railway flyover and a new block of flats.

Joe runs towards the surgery. Looking southward on Stewart's Road SW8 as it passes beneath the bridge carrying the South Western Main Line.

As it is today, taken by Peter Bywaters, with the new buildings just beyond the tunnel.

Crossing the road, Joe turns back on himself to enter the street on which Barry lives. Facing northward on Stewart's Road.

A bit more greenery in the background of Peter Bywaters' shot.

Seeing Sue taking cases out of the Plymouth, Joe finds learns that she's moving in with Barry. Seen from Patcham Terrace, Peter Bywaters points out Turpin House on Strasburg Road SW11

Peter discovered that Turpin House is now obscured by this row of new homes.

Back on duty that afternoon, a row of Policemen protect the embassy at the end of a quiet street as they await the Protestors. This is a set built at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.

Announced by their chanting, the Demonstrators appear. The street was constructed at Pinewood Studios for ‘The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes’ and can also be seen in ‘Penny Gold', 'Go for a Take’, ‘Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width’, ‘The Amazing Mr. Blunden’ and ‘Carry on at Your Convenience’.

When he sees the number of Protestors, Joe tells his Colleague (Graham Weston) that he hopes reinforcements have been arranged.

Battle commences outside the embassy.

Police and Protestors are injured as the melee continues.

Arrested Demonstrators are taken to the police station. Looking towards Acton Town Hall through the archway of the since demolished Acton Technical College on Locarno Road W3 identified by Steve Randall.

Wanting to help her boyfriend, Sue drives Barry to his planned robbery. Stewart's Road SW8.

Peter Bywaters admits that this isn't the right angle and explains that new buildings have replaced those opposite Drury House which is hidden out of view on the left.

Getting out of the car, Barry makes his way to the tobacco warehouse.Looking south along Stewart's Road in Nine Elms with the railway bridge carrying the South Western Main Line to the top left of centre.

Still recognisable in Peter Bywaters' shot.

Following Barry's instructions, Sue drives away. Facing north-west on Stewart's Road with Battersea Power Station in the distance beyond flats on Battersea Park Road and Seldon House to the right.

Peter Bywater found that the road is now a dead end.

Sue approaches Sonny Wade's yard to wait for Barry. The junction of Goswell Place and Goswell Hill in Windsor, Berkshire.

Steve Randall's comparison shows that this junction has been built over by the King Edward Court Shopping Centre, now Windsor Yards. Goswell Hill still runs across the foreground

Joe continues to work into the evening following the demonstration. Looking eastward up Goswell Hill in Windsor.

The angle of the road and the point at which the cobbles stop helped Steve Randall to locate this spot.

Reaching a railway viaduct, Joe spots Barry's car outside the gates of Wade's yard. Looking into Bridgewater Way from Goswell Hill.

Steve Randall found a different car waiting.

Suspicious, Joe walks towards the Plymouth. Bridgewater Way as it passes beneath Windsor & Eton Central station.

Steve Randall explains that, at the end of the tunnel is the junction seen earlier.

Joe questions Sue before looking around the car. Bridgewater Way with the rear of properties on Bridgewater Terrace in the right background. This tunnel features in ‘Penny Gold’ and 'Allez France!'.

Satisfied with the young woman's answers, Joe leaves the viaduct as Simmy cycles past on his paper round. Goswell Hill in Windsor, Berkshire. The location has been used before in films such as ‘On the Beat’, 'The Gambler and the Lady', 'From Beyond the Grave' and ‘The Quatermass Xperiment’.

Steve Randall found that the top of Goswell Hill hasn't changed too much.

Simmy is questioned as Barry beats up the Lorry Driver inside the tobacco warehouse. Outside the Carpenter's Shop at Pinewood Studios.

Joe spots an articulated lorry through the open gates of the warehouse. The scene may look familiar as it was used as the location for W. C. Boggs’ factory in ‘Carry on at Your Convenience’.

As he gets into the cab of the lorry, Barry sees Joe standing at the entrance to the yard. Looking towards Stills Road from the Carpenter's Shop at Pinewood Studios.

The film ends with police and ambulance sirens sounding and the start of another panning shot, this time over Battersea and Nine Elms with Battersea Gas Holder Station to the top left, Stewart’s Lane in the bottom left corner and Seldon House to the bottom right.

So much has changed in Peter Bywaters' comparison but the railway infrastructure remains a constant.

Moving right, the camera finds Battersea Power Station.

Moving right, Peter Bywaters had difficulty in finding the power station!!