I'm one of those people who really likes to get into
a programme in a big way when
it catches my imagination. Bugs is one of the many
TV obsessions I've had over the
years and lasted longer than any other, almost 4
years in fact. As I've mentioned,
I like to get into things in a big way and in this
case it meant scouring London for
Bugs filming locations and photographing them. I've
produced maps and location
lists for a few people and even held two tours around
the main sights .
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Bugs may have finished now but it lives on in the
minds and video tapes of it's fans,
hence the many fan sites around on the net. As there's
so much information
available already out there I've decided to focus
on the locations rather
than the show itself. Here's a collection of some
of the most frequently
used locations I've found, with photographs and lists
of the
episodes they can be seen in. If you use this guide
to help you find some of the
buildings, let me know how you get on!
Location: Uxbridge, right next to the tube
station
Nearest Station: Uxbridge tube station, Metropolitan
line.
Used as: Bureau 2 - the team's offices
in series 3-4
Real use: Offices for several companies
Location: Near Nutmeg Lane,
East India
Nearest Station: East India on Docklands Light
Railway
Used as: Primarily used as The Hive,
but also used from other angles as the
Central Records Archive and a few other buildings. Keep an eye
out!
Real Use: Financial Times building
Location: Clove Crescent, East India
Nearest Station: East India, DLR
Used As: Many different things, including:
Global Bank in Must Come Down
Helicopter landing point in The Bureau of Weapons
The area Ros escaped into in Fugitive
and as various backgrounds in Down Among the
Dead Men, Newton's Run and Pandora's Box.
The inside of at least one of the buildings has also been used
many times,
including Down Among the Dead Men and Identity Crisis
(see pic above)
Real Use: Actually, I don't have a clue!
Location: Leading down from East India station
Nearest Station: Take a wild guess....
Used As: The bridge Beckett took Newton along
in Newton's Run
Real Use: Just a bridge, I'm afraid. Not too
exciting, huh?
Location: Queen Elizabeth Street, London
Nearest Station: London Bridge
Used As: Ros and Ed's apartments, season 1
Real Use: Apartments
Location: Glengall Bridge, Pepper Street
Nearest Station: Crossharbour on the Docklands
Light Railway
Used As: Beckett's apartment and scene of
car chase, 'Out of the Hive'
Real Use: A mix of apartments and offices
Location: Harbour Exchange Square
Nearest Station: Crossharbour, DLR
Used As: The blue buildings here have been
used often including:
Assassins Inc.
Shotgun Wedding (as Anna Fabrizi's hotel)
Manna From Heaven (as premises of Hennessey Brock)
Schrodinger's Bomb
Real Use: Office and Conference Facilities
Location: Near Pepper Street
Nearest Station: Crossharbour
Used As: Seen often in the background of episodes
and also used
prominently in Shotgun Wedding and as the Bureau of Weapons
field
testing facility in The Bureau of Weapons
Real Use: London Arena
Location: Millharbour
Nearest Station: Crossharbour
Used As: New Earth Foods in Manna From
Heaven
Real Use: A business of some kind
Location: Millharbour
Nearest Station: Crossharbour or South Quay
Used As: Jean Daniel's HQ in Pulse
Real Use: Something to do with a bank I think,
but don't quote me on it!
Location: Millwall Inner Docks
Nearest Station: Crossharbour
Used As: The Chinese Restaurant blown up in
Out of the Hive
Real Use: Floating Chinese restaurant
Location: Stewart Street
Nearest Station: Crossharbour (is anyone noticing
a pattern here?!)
Used As: The rather odd building in Schrodinger's
Bomb
Real Use: Water pumping station
Location: Poplar Bridge
Nearest Station: Poplar, DLR
Used As: The tunnel seen in Out of the
Hive and Absent Friends
Real Use: Bridge at Poplar Station
Location: Broadgate, Liverpool Street
Nearest Station: Liverpool Street
Used As: Technopolis in A Cage for Satan
and seen prominently in
The Enemy Within. Also used in Down Among the Dead Men
Real Use: Offices and banks
Location: Elstree Way, Boreham Wood
Nearest Station: Elstree & Boreham Wood
(or you could be an idiot
like me and do a 2 hour walk from Stanmore....)
Used As: The building Ros and Carly were held
in, in Girl Power.
I think some scenes may be filmed inside the studios, too.
There's a Carnival Films sign beside the door.
Real Use: Millennium Studios
I wouldn't mind betting there are locations I've
forgotten to include that I
know of so if there's a building that's not here
and you'd like to know about
you can always drop me a line and ask!
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