Flying Sorcerer, The (Children’s Film Foundation)

Date: 1974
Director: Harry Booth
Production Company: Anvil Films

Stars: Kim Burfield, Debbie Russ, John Bluthal
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire

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Storyline:

A boy gets transported back in time to the Middle Ages where he meets a magician and battles a dragon.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Uncle Charlie flies over the countryside towards the aerodrome where he's experimenting with time travel inside one of the disused hangars. Above Lynsters Lake to the north of Copper Mill Lane in Harefield, Hertfordshire with Maple Cross sewage treatment works to the top right.

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Shouting out "Hawkins", Crabtree (Bob Todd) marches across to demand to know why the lad is wandering around the airfield as if he owns the place. Denham Aerodrome near Denham in Buckinghamshire.

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David Hawkins (Kim Burfield) tells Crabtree that he's waiting to see his Uncle Charlie. Denham Aerodrome can also be seen in 'You Can't Escape', 'Sex and the Other Woman', 'Reach for the Sky' and 'The Wrong Arm of The Law'.

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Uncle Charlie touches down. Denham Aerodrome off Denham Green Lane, Denham.

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Putting his arm around his nephew's shoulders, Uncle Charlie (John Bluthal) thanks him for the peanut butter he has brought as they walk towards the laboratory. This is one of the hangars at Denham Aerodrome.

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Accidentally sent to the Middle Ages by Uncles Charlie's time machine, David runs from the path of two Jousters. Knebworth House near Stevenage in Hertfordshire.

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Reaching the castle, David looks through a window to see the magician Astrolabe at work.

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David meets Lady Eleanor (Debbie Russ) and her Companion who ask him if he's a messenger from the dragon. Knebworth House appears in many productions including ‘The Lair of the White Worm’, ‘Wilde', ‘Decline and Fall . . . of a Birdwatcher’, ‘The Wings of the Dove’, ‘She’ll Have to Go’ and ‘Horror Hospital’.

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Back in the present, Uncle Charlie asks David if he's alright as he prepares to go back in time again. Denham Aerodrome to the east of Gerrards Cross.

Antony Blair took this view looking south across the airfield.

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On his second visit to the past, Lady Eleanor tells David that Astrolabe is about to attempt to fly. Knebworth House at Knebworth, Hertfordshire.

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Sir Roger (Erik Chitty), Sir Griswold (Will Stampe) and others from the castle look on as Astrolabe (Tim Barrett) prepares to fly. Knebworth House in Knebworth Park.

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Transported to the present along with Astrolabe and Lady Eleanor, Dormantus the dragon chases Crabtree. Denham Aerodrome near Denham, Buckinghamshire.