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Slough on Screen Slough on Screen Themes Homepage > Slough on Screen Slough at Leisure Slough at Leisure Theme Sections Slough on Screen Slough on Screen previous section next section When Beatlemania came to Slough Many people will be familiar with Slough from the opening credits of 'The Slough in Verse Office', and possibly from the recent 'reality' TV show 'Making Slough Henrietta Ward, Victorian Artist Happy'. However, Slough has a much longer history of appearing on the The Sound of Slough - Keith small screen. Mansfield Gerry Anderson Cinema comes to Slough Several locations in Slough were used for filming 'The Professionals', including the Red Cow pub, which was renamed the Black Bull for the programme. Slough Library was used in an episode of 'An Independent Man', starring George Cole. John Thaw filmed scenes for two More Themes The Red Cow Pub, 1977 series here, at the Town Hall for 'Kavanagh QC' and at the County Court for 'Inspector Morse'. Picture Gallery More recently, Slough has been used as a Slough Through the Ages location for 'Down to Earth', 'Ultimate Force' Living in Slough with Ross Kemp, and the Christmas special of Famous Slough 'As Time Goes By'. Smoke, Steam and (Computer) Chips Slough's most famous connection with the small screen is probably Gerry Anderson, whose Century 21 Studios were based on the Trading Estate. Bricks & Mortar It was there that series like 'Thunderbirds', 'Captain Scarlet', 'Joe 90' and Green Fields of Slough 'Stingray' were filmed. Victorian Slough Slough at Leisure Slough has also made several appearances in feature films. The first film Special Days that Gerry Anderson directed, 'Crossroads to Crime', included scenes shot in Slough. 'The Family Way', starring Hywel Bennett and Liz Frazer, used View all themes the Ambassador Cinema in Farnham Road as a location, and Slough Railway Station could be seen in 'The Last Journey'. Slough can also be seen in a couple of 'Carry On' films. In 'Carry On Abroad', the Wundatours shop is on Slough High Street. And in 'Carry On Girls', the Mayor's house was a house on Lansdowne Avenue, and the town hall was Slough Town Hall. One of the most famous films to use Slough as a location was 'Dr Strangelove', which starred Peter Sellers. Scenes were shot on the Trading Estate, as producer Stanley Kubrick thought that it looked like an American Air Force base. More recently, scenes for 'V for Vendetta' were shot in Britwell, and Slough has become a popular location for Bollywood movies, with favoured locations including the High Street, Upton Court Park and Baylis House. http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=qu...3dtheme_record_id=sl%2dsl%2dscreen&s=T0UHivIkgJ7 (1 of 2) [22/02/2008 15:32:01].
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