Films set in Watford. Know any?

Discounting leavesden, know of any films made in Watford?

 

Not exactly films, but Eastenders is quite often filmed in Bushey or sometimes Watford if they're not using the studio.

 

Nuns on the Run had a sequence in Watford I believe

Star Wars Ep 1 used Whippendale Woods

 

Oxhey is getting used more and more now.

The dire BBC3 series 'The Fades' had a lot of scenes done here and around Watford.
There was a two-part BBC 'yoof' drama, the title escapes me but it was also woeful viewing, filmed around Watford where Oxhey Playing Fields was used a fair bit as the teenagers sat around being all young & good looking.
Another one using Oxhey was 'The Kid' by Nick Moran.

Every so often the car park at the Brookdene Arms, formerly The Pavillion (or The Pav if you were monosyllabic) is filled with vehicles to do with filming locally.

 

The original Village of the Damned was filmed in Letchmore Heath in 1960

 

My Hero was filmed around pinner and surrounding areas. Might've had a scene or two in watford.

 

The History Boys was filmed at Watford Boys Grammar School.

 

I think Monty Python the meaning of life had the school scenes filmed at the old Masonic School in Bushey

as did Space Vampires

 

Avatar was mostly filmed in Cassio Park.

 

Michael Caine's "Alfie" has scenes filmed at the Busy Bee Cafe, famous for Mods and Rockers.

It was on the A41 Elton Way, where the Hilton Hotel now is.

 

'Shine On Harvey Moon' had scenes at what was then Grange Park school, now Bushey Hall.

 

Im sure a part of Kevin & Perry Go Large was filmed in Charter Place.

 

Not a film but the Inbetweeners used the local area such as Abbots, and the school used, although not in Watford, is actually Ruislip High.

 

It was. I remember that (not that I'm proud to have watched that awful film).

They were in the Flag one episode.

Several scenes in Alien Vs Predator were filmed in Uxbridge's Chimes shopping centre.

 

I thought that was just the outside shots not the inside ones?

 

No, I recognised the inside. It was when they were trying to buy drugs.

 

thats actually true.... I got it on video one day

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Yep, I was sitting on a bench with my mum as a kid when they filmed that part and you can see us in the background.

 

The tv series Saxondale with Steve Coogan was set in Stevenage but filmed in Watford.

 

Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 AD. 1966 film starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins and Ray Brooks. Watford was overrun with Daleks.

After surviving the invasion, in 1973 Norman Wisdom and Harry Fielder were filming outside Watford Junction, although I can't remember the film.

 

Lawrence of Arabia was partially filmed in Bushey.

 

'Green Street', featuring Elijah Wood, was based on The Yellow Order wasn't it?

 

There's a great line in that film where London has been invaded and the Dr says something like "we must escape to the country - lets go to Watford". The next scene has them outside Watford Met station.

 

Again, not a film but an episode of "Peep Show" included some scenes at the top of the Parade. Jeremy i think it was had some interview or meeting in one of the offices and there's definitely a shot of that coloured glass structure just beyond the pond.

 

PS I refused to believe the Star Wars filming done in Cassiobury park/Whippendell Woods for ages!

 

It was The Norman Wisdom Show.. http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/no..._Wisdom_s_visit_/?action=complain&cid=8127946








PS Watford overun with daleks.. for some reason that doesnt sound out of place!

 

Apocalypse Now.

 

Catch me if you can was based on bassini's dealings with the club wasn't it?

 

Dream Team at Vicarage Road and the Old Masonic school and Little Britain at the Old Masonic school

 

A comprehensive list of filming in Watford can be found here.. http://www.imdb.com/search/text?realm=title&field=locations&q=watford

 

Llanddewi Brefi!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanddewi_Brefi#Popular_Culture

 

Most lf the film Notting Hill was shot in Carpenders Park.