My Fav Spot in London (City of London, England, United Kingdom)
Population: 8 308 370
The Sherlock Holmes Museum 221b Baker Street
The Sherlock Holmes Museum 221b Baker Street in London - the heroes of novels and short stories of Arthur Conan Doyle lived under a non-existent in reality the more...
Trafalgar Square
Formerly known as Charing Cross, the large open space in the center of London. The central element is Nelson’s Column that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar more...
St Pancras railway station
Built as 1868 still is one of the most impressive train stations with huge train shed and interesting design. more...
Wembley Stadium
Legendary stadium of British football - since 1923 used to host FA Cup finals and many international games, also rugby games and other sport events. Demolished more...
Movies and series about London
Men from the Ministry 1962-1980
Fictional General Assistance Department was created to help other ministries with often trivial problems. Incompetent civil servants that are running it get into trouble ...
Billion Dollar Brain 1967
In the middle of cold war former MI5 agent gets involved in plot to destabilize the Soviet Union.
Murder by Decree 1979
Famous detective Sherlock Holmes gets involved in the Jack the Ripper investigation.
Only Fools and Horses 1981-1989
Del Trotter runs a family business called Trotters Independent Traders, but he tries to avoid any formalities, like licences, taxes or business ethics. The whole operatio...
Jack the Ripper 1988
Miniseries based on real events that took place during the investigation of the famous case of serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Goodnight Sweetheart 1993-1999
Gary Sparrow, the TV repairman living with his wife in London in the 1990s accidentally finds the portal that would allow him to move in time to 1940s London and back. Th...
From Hell 2001
Film very loosely based on the real investigation of Jack the Ripper case, following a comic book series instead.
Whitechapel 2009
120 years after the killings of Jack the Ripper someone is copying his murders.
Famous people born in London
Joss Ackland
British actor
Born 29 February 1928
Francesca Annis
British actress
Born 14 May 1945
Lysette Anthony
British actress
Born 26 September 1963
Ben Aris
British actor
Born 16 March 1937
Died 04 September 2003
Richard Ayoade
British actor, writer
Born 12 June 1977
John Barron
British actor
Born 24 December 1920
Died 03 July 2004
Alfie Bass
British actor
Born 16 April 1916
Died 15 July 1987
Dirk Bogarde
British actor
Born 28 March 1921
Died 08 May 1999
Peter Bowles
British actor
Born 16 October 1936
Died 17 March 2022
Bernard Bresslaw
British actor
Born 25 February 1934
Died 11 June 1993
Peter Bull
British actor
Born 21 March 1912
Died 20 May 1984
Simon Cadell
British actor
Born 19 July 1950
Died 06 March 1996
Michael Caine
British actor
Born 14 March 1933
Kenneth Connor
British actor
Born 06 June 1916
Died 28 November 1993
Abigail Cruttenden
British actress
Born 23 March 1968
Candy Davis
British actress
Born 02 January 1962
Leslie Dwyer
British actor
Born 28 August 1906
Died 26 December 1986
Paul Eddington
British actor
Born 18 June 1927
Died 04 November 1995
Dexter Fletcher
British actor
Born 31 January 1966
Edward Fox
British actor
Born 13 April 1937
Liz Fraser
British actress
Born 14 August 1930
Stephen Fry
British actor, writer
Born 24 August 1957
John Gielgud
British actor
Born 14 April 1904
Died 21 May 2000
Tom Goodman-Hill
British actor
Born 21 May 1968
Jack Hawkins
American actor
Born 14 September 1910
Died 18 July 1973
David Jacobs
British actor
Born 19 May 1926
Died 02 September 2013
David Jason
British actor, writer
Born 02 February 1940
Emily Joyce
British actress
Born 12 April 1969
Belinda Lang
British actress
Born 23 December 1953
Dilys Laye
British actress
Born 11 March 1934
Died 13 February 2009
Christopher Lee
British actor
Born 27 May 1922
Died 07 June 2015
Matthew Leitch
British actor
Born 19 March 1975
Damian Lewis
British actor
Born 11 February 1971
Jeremy Lloyd
British actor, writer
Born 22 July 1930
Died 23 December 2014
Andrew Marshall
British writer
Born 27 August 1954
Larry Martyn
British actor
Born 22 March 1934
Died 07 August 1994
Helen Mirren
British actress
Born 26 July 1945
Dudley Moore
British actor, writer
Born 19 April 1935
Died 27 March 2002
Christopher Neame
British actor
Born 12 August 1947
Katherine Parkinson
British actress
Born 09 March 1978
Jon Pertwee
British actor
Born 07 July 1919
Died 20 May 1996
Leslie Phillips
British actor
Born 20 April 1924
Died 07 November 2022
John Prebble
Canadian / British writer
Born 23 June 1915
Died 30 January 2001
Vanessa Redgrave
British actress
Born 30 January 1937
Gavin Richards
British actor
Born 03 July 1946
George Sewell
British actor
Born 31 August 1924
Died 01 April 2007
Mel Smith
British actor, writer, director
Born 03 December 1952
Died 19 July 2013
Imelda Staunton
British actress
Born 09 January 1956
Sylvia Syms
British actress
Born 06 January 1934
Antonia Thomas
British actress
Born 03 November 1986
Frank Thornton
British actor
Born 15 January 1921
Died 16 March 2013
Gary Waldhorn
British actor
Born 03 July 1943
Died 10 January 2022
June Whitfield
British actress
Born 11 November 1925
Kenneth Williams
British actor
Born 22 February 1926
Died 15 April 1988
Barbara Windsor
British actress
Born 06 August 1937
Sophie Winkleman
British actress
Born 05 August 1980