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Hitchcock: Always a Londoner

Hitchcock: Always a Londoner

Hitchcock: Always a Londoner

In this episode, we tell three stories about a murder and a reputation restored.

Hosted by

Dame

Joanna

Lumley

Sound Editing

Will

Jacob

Listen Now:

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Covent Garden Piazza, London, United Kingdom

‘Frenzy’

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

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.

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.

The Thames, by the Houses of Parliament, London, United Kingdom

The Master of Promotion

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

About this story

Director Alfred Hitchcock edits a trailer for his new 1972 film ‘Frenzy’.

Delve Deeper

YouTube has the original Frenzy trailer.

3 Henrietta Street, London, United Kingdom

The Critic and the Long Shot

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

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.

Delve Deeper

Internet Archive has the full Penelope Houston ‘Sight and Sound’ film review. Duckworth Books looks at the history of 3 Henrietta St.

Covent Garden Piazza, London, United Kingdom

‘Frenzy’

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

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.

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.

The Thames, by the Houses of Parliament, London, United Kingdom

The Master of Promotion

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

About this story

Director Alfred Hitchcock edits a trailer for his new 1972 film ‘Frenzy’.

Delve Deeper

YouTube has the original Frenzy trailer.

3 Henrietta Street, London, United Kingdom

The Critic and the Long Shot

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

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.

Delve Deeper

Internet Archive has the full Penelope Houston ‘Sight and Sound’ film review. Duckworth Books looks at the history of 3 Henrietta St.

Covent Garden Piazza, London, United Kingdom

‘Frenzy’

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

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.

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.

The Thames, by the Houses of Parliament, London, United Kingdom

The Master of Promotion

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

About this story

Director Alfred Hitchcock edits a trailer for his new 1972 film ‘Frenzy’.

Delve Deeper

YouTube has the original Frenzy trailer.

3 Henrietta Street, London, United Kingdom

The Critic and the Long Shot

Written by

Joanna

Clarke

Performed by

Stephen

Fry

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.

Delve Deeper

Internet Archive has the full Penelope Houston ‘Sight and Sound’ film review. Duckworth Books looks at the history of 3 Henrietta St.

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