This week, Lights, Camera…Islington! is back in Clerkenwell on the lookout for the A Fish Called Wanda (1988) gang.
We already saw that while the robbery was going on in Hatton Garden Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) was waiting for the gang in a getaway car on Clerkenwell Green, and how shortly afterwards they swapped cars on Clerkenwell Close before vanishing.
However, to make it the perfect robbery our culprits had to make sure that no clues remained behind them, in particular Wanda’s fake moustache! And this is where Ken (Michael Palin) came in. When Wanda & Co. leave Clerkenwell Close in a car, Ken gets on a motorbike and with the bin bag to get rid of.
Before you know it, he rides under St John’s Gate and throws the bag into a skip.
Originally built in 1504, the Gate was the south entrance to the inner precinct of the Priory of the Knights of Saint John. Quite a stunning structure, St John’s Gate was selected to represent Islington for the London 2012 Games.
Since you are there you might as well visit the Museum of the Order of St John.
As you can see, the 3 sequences we talked about were all shot within yards of each other, and probably on the same day!
That’s the Wrap!
With this post we say goodbye to A Fish Called Wanda in Islington, unless you do happened to know otherwise. In which case feel free to let us know!
Fade Out
Related A Fish Called Wanda posts
Clerkenwell Green: Fishy Wanda on the Run
Clerkenwell Close: A Fish Called Wanda Returns
How to get there?
St John’s Gate EC1M 4DN
Farringdon Station (Zone 1)
Many buses to Clerkenwell Road, Farringdon Road and St John’s Street
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