In this episode, we tell three stories about a murder and a reputation restored.
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Piazza
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Covent Garden
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London
‘Frenzy’
Written by
Joanna
Clarke
Performed by
Stephen
Fry
Delve Deeper
Watch the shot of walking through the flower market and the innovative long shot on YouTube. YouTube has a 1925 film of costermonger Jim Salisbury practicing his record of balancing baskets on his head, a feat Hitchcock might have seen in his youth.
About this story
In 1971 filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock returns to London to direct a new thriller, Frenzy. Filming in his father’s old haunts of Covent Garden fruit and veg market, an old friend of his father makes himself known.
The Thames
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Houses of Parliament
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London
The Master of Promotion
Written by
Joanna
Clarke
Performed by
Stephen
Fry
Delve Deeper
YouTube has the original Frenzy trailer.
About this story
Director Alfred Hitchcock edits a trailer for his new 1972 film ‘Frenzy’.
3 Henrietta Street
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London
The Critic and the Long Shot
Written by
Joanna
Clarke
Performed by
Stephen
Fry
Delve Deeper
About this story
Penelope Houston, editor of ‘Sight and Sound’ magazine, reviews Alfred Hitchcock’s new film Frenzy in 1972, and is particularly impressed with his innovative, now famous long shot.
