LONDON

Bond returns home, but it isn’t the same. ‘He’s not quite as comfortable and secure as he’s been before,’ says location manager Charlie Hayes. ‘We see him open his old lock-up and dust off his old things. He goes back to his old place of work where he’s given short shrift.’ Familiar places in the capital include Hammersmith Bridge, where he meets M, and Whitehall. As well as being granted permission to shoot the exterior of the Ministry of Defence building, a troop of the Household Cavalry star in the background as Madeleine Swann walks across The Mall (left). Filming also took place aboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Dragon, one of the most advanced warships in the world, which plays a crucial role in the film.