Bobbikins

Mrs. Barnaby holds Bobbikins in her arms as her husband’s ship brings him home after an eighteen month enlistment.

Approaching their rented house, Betty (Shirley Jones) walks ahead of Ben Barnaby (Max Bygraves) as he holds the hand of his son Bobby (Steven Stoker).

The family enter the house where Betty’s friend Lydia Simmons is staying after being fired from her job at a fashion house.

Ben takes Bobbikins along when he approaches Jock Fleming to get his position back at the Garden of Eden club. The rear of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada building on Warwick House Street in London SW1, the western end of which can be seen in ‘Fragment of Fear’ and ‘Murder Without Crime’.

This doorway appears to have stood the test of time. (PW)

Allowing Luke Parker, a widower with three children, to remain in his former job, Ben walks through St. James’s Park with Bobbikins where they meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Jason Crandall. St. James’s Park in SW1 with Horse Guards in the right distance.

Some winter planting going on while I was there. SJ

Ben leaves the station in Piccadilly Circus after Bobbikins starts passing over secrets that he’s overheard whilst in the Chancellor’s company. Piccadilly Circus in W1 with Coventry Street and the top of Haymarket SW1 in the distance.

Stockbroker Gregory Mason contacts his Wall Street counterpart when Ben wants to buy shares in an American company.

News of Ben’s successful dealing spreads to the City. Facing the corner of Lombard Street EC3 and Mansion House Place EC4 from the entrance to bank Underground station at the corner of Mansion House Street and Princes Street in EC2.

After Ben is arrested when Scotland Yard, the Sûreté and the FBI investigate a government leak, Betty and Jock head to the police station where he is being held. Looking south-east on Bow Street WC2 with the Floral Hall to the extreme right and Wellington Street in the distance.

London just wouldn't be the same without the incessant work going on. (PW)

Ben comes out of the police station with Gregory Mason (Lionel Jeffries) and Valerie (Barbara Shelley). Outside Bow Street Police Station on Bow Street. The location also appears in ‘Rude Boy’, ‘The Informers’, '21 Days', ‘The Weapon’, ‘Take My Life’ and ‘Davy’.

A very obstructed view of the police station's entrance. (PW)

Looking along the street, Betty sees the group leave the police station. Facing north-west on Bow Street towards the corner of Broad Court.

Is this the new red light district? (PW)

Betty tells Jock Fleming (Rupert Davies) that it appears her husband doesn’t need their help. Bow Street with The Royal Opera House filling the right background.

Taken from a similar position. (PW)

Ben is driven away in Gregory’s Rolls Royce. Bow Street in WC2 with the Floral Hall and Royal Opera House to the top right.

Temporary fences in front off the former police station make a better shot almost impossible. (PW)

At home, Lydia is having lunch with Luke when Sir Jason knocks at the front door

As he and Betty drift further apart, Ben heads to his partner Gregory Mason's office after selling everything to buy shares in Supertrans Railroad on his son's advice. Facing Cornhill EC3 with the Royal Exchange to the left.

Discovering that the railroad shares have plummeted causing the business to go bankrupt, Ben sits with his head in his hands. The west side of Parliament Square in SW1 with the statue of Gordon Canning to the right and Westminster Abbey in the background.

Canning (and Lincoln behind) hidden in the autumnal foliage). SJ

Now penniless, Ben is unable to face Jock or Betty and walks away from the Garden of Eden club. Warwick House Street with Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square in the right distance and The Two Chairmen public house to the extreme right.

The pub closed in 2016 and has since been converted into flats. (PW)

Alone with his thoughts, Ben sits beneath the statue of The Duke of Wellington outside the Royal Exchange. The streets around appear in many other productions including 'The Mackintosh Man', 'What's Good for the Goose', 'The Salvage Gang', 'Circus of Fear', 'Heaven's Above', 'The Passionate Friends', 1951's 'Scrooge', 'Wanted for Murder', 'Der Gorilla von Soho', '28 Days Later . . .', 'The Lavender Hill Mob', 'Monsieur Ripois' and 'Two Gentlemen Sharing'.

As is evident, the railings have gone. (RL)

Ben looks up at the statue before moving to the other end of the seat. To the bottom right can be seen part of the Bank of England’s roof.

I don't think that anyone really expected to see any changes. (RL)

After a cup of tea at street stall, Ben walks onto Westminster Bridge. Westminster Bridge crossing the River Thames from SE1 to SW1 with the Houses of Parliament as the backdrop.

Possibily I could've been a little more to the left for this but a lovely day nevertheless. SJ

Looking down onto the river, Ben decides to rejoin the Navy. Looking from Westminster Bridge downriver towards Hungerford Bridge with Shell Mex House at 80 Strand to the centre top.

Not too dissimilar eseentially. SJ