AS LL - SPIES INTRODUCTION - THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACE

I found out exactly where Michael Frayn set Spies!

Check out Hillside Road, Ewell in google maps.

and check out the links below to a film written by Michael Frayn in 1978/9.

It makes a really good companion piece to Metroland - the film I recommended to you by John Betjeman.

So take a break from your revision for an hour and enjoy the film. It's absolutely fascinating. If you like this sort of stuff.

About 4 minutes and 20 seconds into Part 4 of the film you'll find the tunnel he writes about in the novel.

Three Streets in the Country by Michael Frayn

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLIjShYwVUc

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpp0Mq8mSVg

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKK-znNcERo

Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjoTkX_H5W4