Slags (The Comic Strip Presents . . . )

Date: 1984
Director: Sandy Johnson
Production Company: Comic Strip Productions

Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Peter Richardson, Lee Cornes, Anthony Head, Mandi Symonds,
Location(s): London

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Storyline:

Teenage gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison and discover that their once fearsome crew, the Slags, has collapsed after a rival group of laid back but ruthless “Hawaiians” seized control of their territory.

Additional Information:

Page compiled by Steve Randall

A television film from ‘The Comic Strip Presents . . . ‘ series.

Series 2, episode 6.

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The film starts at a prison. The decommissioned Bankside Power Station, London SE1 which was to open its doors as Tate Modern in 2000. Its imposing architecture can also be seen in 'Aksar' and 'Richard III'

The Switch House was added in 2016 and renamed the Blavatnik Building the following year.

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Passion (Dawn French) and Little Sister (Jennifer Saunders), leaders of teenage gang the Slags, are released. Bankside Power Station.

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They walk towards the precinct where the gang once held sway. Shad Thames SE1, looking southeast from the Cardamom Building.

Shad Thames today.

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The girls turn as they hear a cyclist approaching. Shad Thames, used as a location in many films.

The area has been much updated. The most likely match I could find.

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It is the pervert Arch Crippledick (Lee Cornes) taunting them. They leave him sprawling in the road and continue on their way. A near-identical view of Shad Thames appears in 'Give My Regards to Broad Street'.

The warehouse on the right is now a Pizza Express.

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The girls arrive at the precinct and are shocked by what they find. The Brunswick Centre on Bernard Street WC1.

The north-west side of the centre running alongside Marchmont Street. SJ

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The place has been taken over by rival gang 'The Hawaiians' who are in party mood. The Brunswick Centre.

Panning right towards Handel Street behind the centre. SJ

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Squealer (Peter Richardson) rushes to inform the Hawaiians of the return of the Slags. He runs past a set of steps also seen in 'The Passenger'.

With all the redesign in the middle of the busy centre with access via steps to flats now more limited, this is hard to pinpoint but this is a possible approximation. SJ

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Squealer runs through an alley. Brunswick Centre (probably).

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The film's climax is a rumble between the two gangs.The leader of the Hawaiians, Ricki (Anthony Head) and his girlfriend Pearl (Mandi Symonds) oversee proceedings. Hackney Public Baths, now the Kings Hall Leisure Centre, 39 Lower Clapton Road E5.

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As the gangs line up for the rumble, we see architectural features confirming the location as Hackney Public Baths.