Roddy Martindale's Club - Tinker Tailor Location
There are some iconic locations in Tinker Tailor that are easy to find and others that are a little more obscure and hard to track down.
As they leave the club it's possible confirm from the architecture of the buildings and signage for J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd (specialists in antique and modern silver, who are still round the corner in Masons Yard) that they are in Ryder Street. The club they are leaving is the Eccentric Club (9-11 Ryder Street) which closed in 1986. They turn right out of the door and walk down Ryder Street. Martindale shouts after Smiley as he walks off towards Duke Street St James's.
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ReplyDeleteMore brilliant detective work. I think all the bars, restaurants and clubs in the series look awful - but I suppose that's the 70s for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Just to provide an update on this article, we now know that the interior scenes at Roddy's Club were filmed in Lansdowne Road, Holland Park. You can find more details about this location here: https://guinnessissmiley.blogspot.com/2025/02/guinness-is-smiley-five-years-on.html
DeleteGreat information and another place for me to visit!
ReplyDeleteRoddy Martindale, what a brilliant character. Polite, rude, obsequious, threatening and duplicitous. Great writing and acting.