Top 20 filmmakers' favourites

Evening Standard10 April 2012
TOP 20 FILM-MAKERS' FAVOURITES

1. HYDE PARK

A Different Loyalty; Nickelodeon

2. PARLIAMENT SQUARE

Thunderbirds; Love, Actually

3. BATTERSEA PARK

Silent Witness; Wife Swap

4. BA LONDON EYE

Wimbledon; Rimmel TV Commercial

5 TATE MODERN

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London; The Constant Gardener

6. WIMBLEDON COMMON

William and Mary

7. LONDON AQUARIUM

Closer; Polo car commercial

8. MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

Faking It; Family Business

9. VICTORIA PARK (TOWER HAMLETS)

The Grid; The Lenny Henry Show

10. LONDON ZOO

Wimbledon; The Vice

11. SOMERSET HOUSE

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London; Spooks

12. BETHNAL GREEN TOWN HALL

Foyle's War, Poirot

13. CUTTY SARK AND GARDENS

A Question of Sport, Dr Martens Commercial

14. GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL

London (Peter Ackroyd), Prudential TV Commercial

15. TOWER BRIDGE

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

16. CRYSTAL PALACE

Gardeners' World; Silent Witness

17. GREENWICH NAVAL COLLEGE

The Bill; Barclays TV commercial

18. HAMMERSMITH TOWN HALL

The Football Factory; Trial & Retribution

19. FREEMASONS HALL

Spooks; Hustle

=20. HOXTON SQUARE

Top Gear; Smirnoff Ice commercial

=20. HACKNEY MARSHES

Dead Fish; Murphy's Law

Compiled by Film London, ranking the most-used locations for feature film, TV, commercials and pop promos - from May 2003 to present, with selected productions listed, made by an average 27 crews filming on the streets of the city each day. The London Underground network is one of the capital's busiest locations - seen in films such as Love, Actually; Sliding Doors and Billy Elliott - but, as a collection of sites, is ineligible for the Top 20.

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