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High Adventure That's Beyond Compare!

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The Original Sun Hill Station (S1&2)

For fans of the old London/curious as to how the area round the old Sun Hill station in Wapping (Pennington street/Artichoke Hill) looked in 1985, Hostage (02x05) had this rather nice little view from Roy as he drove in.

These two below are the cobbles at the back of the old station on Pennington Street (both directions) that the 'walking feet' credits were filmed walking along. This is how they looked in 2008 (the furthest back that Google Maps go)

At the end of this series (series 2) the station then moved to Kensington.

It's round about now I start to wish I'd started a stand-alone TB Tumblr... (as I bet those who follow me who don't watch The Bill do too 😂 eta: have just started a new personal blog @omfgshiny and this is now dedicated to The Bill. Feel free to unfollow if you're not interested in The Bill posts.)

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Sierra-Oscar - a Tumblr community for all fans from Woodentop to Respect Part 2.

At the minute the settings and functionality are a little basic and lacking but hopefully, once it is out of beta we will all be able to do a lot more.

This does mean that it is invite only at the minute and we cannot change this setting.

Please click HERE to visit. If you would like an invite please click like or comment on this post and we will be more than happy to invite you!

The buildings opposite the old station on the corner of Artichoke Hill and Pennington Street in London haven't changed too much other than a grey extension on top of one. They could be the same windows! The streets behind it too are also very similar and don't appear to have changed that much

The old station itself has however completely changed(!!)

The building behind it seems to be pretty much the same though, still has the balcony on the top floor with the metal rail above the small brick wall (though downstairs is now a Domino Pizza)

I have no idea why looking into this stuff fascinates me so much, especially when I'm 14 mins 30 into a recap and I've spent the last half hour looking up the old station and it's surroundings on Google Maps (!)

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Sun Hill Views - Front Office and CID (2nd Studios - Kensington)

CID from Ted's desk mostly.

Front Office view from the desk/shows waiting area where people had to wait to be buzzed inside.

Behind the Front Desk

More views of this station here

Views of the Wapping based station here.

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Sun Hill Canteen Views (2nd Studios - Dalgano Gardens, Kensington)

Views from each side of the hatch/counter.

Views around the tables

View from the other side near the far tables.

More pictures of other parts of the studio can be seen here.

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The Bill facts, props, articles and information

Just a reminder if you're not on the Sierra-Oscar community for The Bill on Tumblr, come and play!! (CLICK HERE FOR INVITE CODE!)

There's lots of behind-the-scenes info and props alongside facts from cast and crew, discussions, polls, newspaper/magazine articles, and more!

A must for any fan of The Bill!

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The Second Sun Hill Police Station - Series 3 to 06x41 (Trojan Horse)

The former warehouse on the corner of Artichoke Hill and Pennington Street had served as Sun Hill station for 2 series, however, it had several faults that became more noticeable now the show had been guaranteed future series.

More staff had to be taken on, behind the camera as well as in front of the camera and space was already limited. The offices already doubled as production offices as well as the set and this meant a lot of disruption and delays whilst things were moved and sets were dressed.

The building itself was very close to the News International building which stood on 1 Pennington Street. During the Winter of 1985/1986 there was lengthy industrial action in response to Rupert Murdock sacking almost 6000 print workers and clerical staff from News International Titles. During the strike there were many violent clashes with the police and the actors started to report altercations between them and the strikers who thought they were real police officers.

Series 3 used an office building on Freston Road (119-121) as exterior shots for Sun Hill station on the rare occasions it was shown. Freston Road is approximately a mile away from Dalgarno Gardens where the 2nd studios were.

There was a plot of wasteland opposite the Freston Road building and, in 1986 Thames Television submitted planning permission to build a TV/Film studio there. Permission was refused and social housing went on to be built instead. A scramble then went up for Thames Television to find and prepare another building to film in.

This led to a move to a second building called Clement House, the office of an old car factory turned record distribution center. The address was Clement House, Dalgarno Gardens, London W10 5JB. This was acquired by Thames as part of a larger acquisition of 85 Barlby Road which is now the Shaftesbury Center where they would go on to film other Thames Television Shows. Dalgarno Gardens has now been converted into homes.(As of Jan 2024 the rent for a 1 bed flat was 1.5K per month!)