As
well
as
Auf
Wiedersehen,
Pet,
this
high-rise
building
is
regularly
featured
in
background
footage
and
storyline
of
‘EastEnders’
(referred
to
as
‘Walford
Towers’)
in
addition
to
the
1971
British
science
fiction
crime
film
‘A
Clockwork
Orange’.
Image
12
:
Elstree
Studios
back
lot
in
Borehamwood
prior
to
the
construction
of
Auf
Wiedersehen
Pet’s,
‘BECO Building Site’ film set looking north-east towards Canterbury House tower block
Image
13
(above)
Oz
(Jimmy
Nail)
offers
the
lads
a
‘Friday
afternoon
lecture
on
the
deficiency of German workmanship in episode 5, Home Thoughts From Abroad
’
Image 14 (left)
:
Canterbury House, Canterbury Road following recent refurbishment
DISCOVER FASCINATING FACTS, TRIVIA AND SURPRISES AS WE
DIG DEEP INTO TELEVISIONS MOST FAMOUS CONSTRUCTION SITE!
beco TRIVIA #5
Walking
a
few
paces
forward
whilst
looking
over
your
left
shoulder
you’d
register
another
landmark
building
situated
approximately
300
yards
in
a
north
easterly
direction
(image
12,
below)
which
appears
in
the
background
of
many
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, series 1 scenes.
An
example
of
this
prominent
60’s
tower
block
called
‘Canterbury
House’
can
be
clearly
identified
in
episode
5,
‘Home
Thoughts
from
Abroad’
as
Oz
offers
the
lads
a
‘Friday
afternoon
lecture
on
the
deficiency
of
German
workmanship’
(image 13, below).
Walking
a
few
paces
forward
whilst
looking
over
your
left
shoulder
you’d
register
another
landmark
building
situated
approximately
300
yards
in
a
north
easterly
direction
(image
12,
below)
which
appears
in
the
background
of
many
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, series 1 scenes.
As
well
as
Auf
Wiedersehen,
Pet,
this
high-rise
building
is
regularly
featured
in
background
footage
and
storyline
of
‘EastEnders’
(referred
to
as
‘Walford
Towers’)
in
addition
to
the
1971
British
science
fiction
crime
film
‘A
Clockwork
Orange’.
Image
12
:
Elstree
Studios
back
lot
in
Borehamwood
prior
to
the
construction
of
Auf
Wiedersehen
Pet’s,
‘BECO
Building
Site’
film
set
looking
north-east
towards
Canterbury House tower block
Image
13
(above)
Oz
(Jimmy
Nail)
offers
the
lads
a
‘Friday
afternoon
lecture
on
the
deficiency
of
German
workmanship in episode 5, Home Thoughts From Abroad
’
beco building site TRIVIA #5
An
example
of
this
prominent
60’s
tower
block
called
‘Canterbury
House’
can
be
clearly
identified
in
episode
5,
‘Home
Thoughts
from
Abroad’
as
Oz
offers
the
lads
a
‘Friday
afternoon
lecture
on
the
deficiency
of
German
workmanship’
(image 13, below).
This
building
along
with
several
other
blocks
of
flats
on
‘Stratfield
Road’
have
since
undergone
significant
refurbishment
and
now
appear
a
little
different
to
how they appeared in 1983 (image 14, left)
