THE MOTHER

GB
2003
1hr 52mins
Dir: Roger Michell
Starring: Anne Reid and Daniel Craig

A recently widowed older woman begins a relationship with a young builder that has disastrous consequences

This drama has a number of random railway shots. Towards the beginning and the end there are scenes filmed onboard Mk2 air-cons, and in one shot, Kings Langley station is briefly glimpsed through the window with a passing Class 321 EMU (this scene depicts the couple travelling to London though the view is of the country end of King’s Langley station, i.e. the train is travelling away from the capital). There is a shot of LT C stock passing over the entrance to Goldhawk Road Underground station on the Hammersmith & City Line and several brief shots of London Euston, though no trains feature. Late towards the end, in one dramatic scene filmed at the house that forms the centre-piece of the story, a pair of Class 455 EMU’s pass by in the background running behind the fence at the bottom of the garden.

Peter Vaughan and Anne Reid heading to London. In reality this train is heading north. The country end of King’s Langley station can be glimpsed through the window of the Mk.2 in which they are travelling.
A moment later and a Class 321 EMU passes by on its way into the capital
The couple have now arrived in London and make their way to the Underground. This is one of the ramps that lead up from the platforms to the concourse at Euston station.
The entrance to Goldhawk Road Underground station and a C Stock train rumbles overhead on a Hammersmith & City Line service
Daniel Craig looks out of the conservatory window as a pair of Class 455 EMU’s pass by behind the fence