10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Made In Britain

By Hamish Crawford /

5. Goldeneye

Don€™t get smart; I know you know the MI6 HQ is the real one on Vauxhall Road (oops, I do hope the SAS don€™t kill me). But remember that showpiece tank/car chase through St. Petersburg? Well, surprising as it may seem, Eon Productions couldn€™t just trash Russia€™s capital in the name of 007 spectacle (it would have made the Cold War a lot easier if they could). So, with little more than a few Cyrillic plaques, production designer Peter Lamont constructed an elaborate square around the back of Leavesden Studios. And Trevelyan€™s wonderfully grim Soviet train€”the one that looks like an evil Thomas the Tank Engine€”was actually traversing Peterborough€™s Nene Valley railyard. Now, this is a fascinating place€”trains from around the world are stored there, and so with minimal fuss, your showpiece train chase can be affordably filmed in Cambridgeshire! It can also be seen€”doubling as East Germany€”in Octopussy (1983). Giveaway British Character Actor: Okay, that would be cheating on this one.