An Englishman Abroad [SEP] narrative location
An Englishman Abroad
An Englishman Abroad is a 1983 BBC television drama film, based on the true story of a chance meeting of actress Coral Browne, with Guy Burgess (Alan Bates), a member of the Cambridge spy ring who spied for the Soviet Union while an officer at MI6. The production was written by Alan Bennett and directed by John Schlesinger; Browne stars as herself.
Plot.
The film is set in Moscow in 1958, after Burgess had defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 with Donald Maclean
the detail on the dome visible from the other floors, as well as portraits of former Lord Provosts.
Popular culture.
The Chambers were used as part of the location for "The House of Mirth" an adaptation of the novel by Edith Wharton by Terence Davies starring Gillian Anderson and Dan Aykroyd.
They were also used as a stand in for the Kremlin in the film "An Englishman Abroad" and as the Vatican in "Heavenly Pursuits".
The Chambers featured in the "Still Game" episode