HELP needed with finding an airfield used on TV

03 Mar 2013 21:19 #1 by 45doyle
Hi all;
Hope you can help....this airfield was featured on a TV series in 1997 called 'The New Professionals' and I can't seem to be able to find it.....does anybody recognise any of the attached images. The unit base was Teddington, Middx....and filming took place in Slough and at Brands Hatch race-course. The plane we see (g-roch) is registered to a guy in Cambridge who was a director of companies in Slough at the time. I've searched airfields in Berks and Kent but to no avail.....note the hilly background and farmouse/houses on the outskirts.
Thanks in advance....

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03 Mar 2013 21:47 #2 by Aeronut
Seventh photo down (distant buildings). Is that the Martin Baker ejection seat test rig at Chalgrove on the far right?

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03 Mar 2013 22:10 #3 by REF
I was thinking Dunsfold but I think you may be on to something with Chalgrove

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03 Mar 2013 22:15 #4 by bvs
Definitely not Dunsfold,still in use by Wastospace until 2000 but background wrong as well!

rgds baz

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03 Mar 2013 22:18 #5 by 45doyle
Thanks for the replies; I'm looking at aerial shots of Chalgrove now....

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03 Mar 2013 23:21 #6 by 45doyle
Thanks all - I think its definitely Chalgrove...nice one 'Aeronut'....:-D

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08 Nov 2016 00:16 - 08 Nov 2016 00:24 #7 by netcompsys
Replied by netcompsys on topic HELP needed with finding an airfield used on TV
.sorry an old thread, but
Chalgrove, Oxon. The Professionals “Lots of Capri’s”
Chalgrove, Oxon. The Professionals “Tyre-squealing”

kevin

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08 Nov 2016 13:57 - 08 Nov 2016 15:08 #8 by Harboda77
Replied by Harboda77 on topic HELP needed with finding an airfield used on TV
The Lotus is R registered ~ 97 to 98 ? ~ On line film locations for episode title ' High Speed ' listed as Brands Hatch & Brannon Airport.

www.mark-1.co.uk/Professionals/new_a09.htm

Remember the series well Kevin ~ before the Capri's I believe it had been Dolomite Sprints & Escort RS 2000's.

The houses & barns being that close to the airfield ~ it does not remind of Chalgrove ~ to avoid expensive location shots they would have looked for and if possible would have used an airfield nearer to the studio's.

I believe the very first series ( 1977 ? ) used the old Leveasden film location site that became Warner Brothers Studio location and the later series ( 1980 ) were at White Waltham.

My colleagues at that time worked over at the Elstree studio's and if they could have arranged a filming location at Chalgrove they would have taken home more money for an away night than I took home in a month.

To track down the actual location you would need the episode title ~ I'll see if I can locate a list of series location sites on the web.

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