Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - Sai Kung Waterfront, Sai Kung

Another spot from Thomas, this time from Shirley's World when Shirley has her camera stolen and we are led to believe that the thieves live on a boat in Aberdeen Harbour. The terrain just didn't look right to me and I figured it must have been elsewhere with a lively waterfront. Thomas has managed to identify the spot as the waterfront in front of Sai Kung town along Sai Kung Hoi Pong Street. The concrete jetty seen in the TV show is still there although the bit of land on the opposite side of the bay is now vastly more crowded with new development over in Tui Min Hoi.

One particularly recognisable land,mark is the small church over the right shoulder of actor John Gregson in the lowest picture. It's the Chinese Full Gospel Church (Chinese name: 中華完備救恩會, although, sadly, I notice the link I have just given uses Simplified Chinese) over in Tui Min Hoi.

Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - The Peninsula Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui

Having previously cropped up in the episode Figuratively Speaking, The Peninsula Hotel also makes an appearance in Evidence in Camera.

Hong Kong film fans might recognise the chap in the bottom screen shot. It's Ho Li-yan who was a prolific local actor throughout the 50s/60s/70s and is perhaps most recognisable from playing Angela Mao's chaperone in Enter the Dragon when they are attacked by Han's henchmen. In this episode, he plays the fisherman father of the thief who stole Shirley's camera.

Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - Former Marine Police HQ, Tsim Sha Tsui

When Shirley has her camera stolen, she goes to report the theft at the Marine Police HQ in TST.

Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - Connaught Road, Central

This is the section of Connaught Road in front of where the old Star Ferry pier used to be. You may remember it from The World of Suzie Wong, but by the time Shirley's World was being filmed the old Queen's Building had already been replaced by the Mandarin Oriental (seen in the background on the left).

Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - Kowloon KCR Terminus, Tsim Sha Tsui

We haven't had this building for a while. For those who don't realise, this was the train station that used to stand along the Kowloon waterfront and whose sole remaining artifact is the famous clocktower.

In Evidence in Camera we get to see a fair bit of the place, mainly from the inside which I don't think I have seen on this blog before.

Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - KCR railway, Tai Wai

The opening scene of Evidence in Camera is a really nice shot of the northbound KCR train rumbling through what is now Tai Wai in the southern part of Shatin District. Some examples of these old green carriages can still be found at the Hong Kong railway Museum in Tai Po. It's still my favourite HK museum despite being quite small, so if you get the chance to go then I recommend you do.

From the angle of the track and the fact that I can't see the old bridge that used to cross Keng Hau Road, it looks as though the camera was positioned somewhere along Tai Po Road near the Shatin heights section.

Shirley's World (TV Series) - Shirley MacLaine (1972) - Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeen

Next up is a series that originally ran in 1972. It consisted of 17 episodes shot largely in London and the UK but with several episodes shot overseas - including three filmed on location in Hong Kong.

So first up is some of the locations from Follow That Rickshaw including this opening scene of Aberdeen Harbour. This footage is also re-used in Evidence in Camera (so I won't repeat a post for that episode).

As you can see there is a nice closeup on the old Aberdeen Police Station on the hill and the old Shek Pai Wan estate behind. Autostitch has done a fairly nice job on the panorama below.