Its the stunning £40m penthouse flat overlooking the Thames belonging to Jeffrey Archer where Royals, MPs and Prime Ministers have partied with Krug Champagne and shepherds pie.
Now its playing a leading role in hit Netflix thriller Black Doves, staring Keira Knightley. Ben Wishaw and Sarah Lancashire.
Many wouldnt find it a huge leap of the imagination for the plush riverside pad of convicted perjurer and jailbird, novelist and former politician Archer to be at the centre of an international criminal conspiracy.
But this time its all fiction, and the multi-millionaire has found a side-line renting out the split-level penthouse to film crews.
As boss of the shadowy mercenary private spy outfit the Black Doves, Sarah Lancashire can be seen sipping Champagne in the flat in episode five of the explosive series, currently sitting in the number one spot on Netflixs UK platform.
Lord Archer told MailOnline it was only the second time hed allowed filming in the penthouse in 30 years.
The previous occasion was an advert for BT in 1998 where I was talking on the phone to a Hollywood producer in his bath while I stood at the window of the apartment. The tag line was Its good to talk.
Lord Jeffrey Archers (Pictured with wife Mary Archer in 2017) plush penthouse has served as a party pad to societys most elite - from MPs to Prime Ministers and even Royals
But now his lavish abode is taking centre stage in Netflixs new hit show Black Doves (Pictured: Sarah Lancaster in Archers Penthouse on the show)
I wasnt there for the filming of Black Doves because Mary and I were in Mallorca, but Ive seen the show and I think its terrific – Ben Wishaw is the next Lawrence Olivier to my mind, hes a fantastic actor.
I dont know if well have a procession of directors beating down the door to film in the penthouse now, but if they do, then all the better.
All the fees, Im not exactly sure how much, but Im guessing about £20k, went to the fund-raising for Cambridge Childrens Hospital, because Mary is co-chair of the campaign board for the new hospital, which would be the first of its kind in the East of England.
Shes also President of Addenbrookes Charitable Trust, and if anyone else wants to film at the penthouse, then that money will also go to the same charity.
Last year, Archer told the Mail his 2023 Champagne and shepherds pie party would be the last one at the flat overlooking the Thames and the Houses of Parliament.
The festive parties, at the best-selling authors penthouse overlooking the Thames, became the stuff of legend, with Tory prime ministers and most of their cabinets in attendance.
I am 83, Lord Archer said. Mary and I felt that, after 40 years, now was the right time to hold the last one.
Among the guests at the couples first bash in 1983 was John Profumo, the defence minister whose 60s affair with nightclub dancer and model Christine Keeler led to the scandal that rocked Harold Macmillans government.
It is only the second time in the last thirty years the multi-millionaire has allowed camera crews to film inside his luxurious pad (Pictured in 2011)
Last year, Archer told the Mail his 2023 Champagne and shepherds pie party would be the last one at the flat overlooking the Thames and the Houses of Parliament
Boss of the private spy outfit the Black Doves, Sarah Lancashire can be seen sipping Champagne in the lavish flat during the series
Jack Profumo came to our first party, Archer says. Who will come to our last one? Margaret Thatcher never missed one. Weve had five prime ministers and several members of the Royal Family here over the years.
When asked for directions to the lavatories at the sumptuous flat, which is decorated with expensive paintings, Archer was known to advise guests to go, just past the Picasso and turn left at the Matisse.
He said he would miss the planning involved. I like giving parties, he says. I enjoy the organisation.
Archer says they had a no-smoking policy long before that became fashionable yet it was ignored by the husband of Baroness Thatcher: Denis Thatcher took absolutely no notice. I had someone follow him round with an ashtray.
In 2001, Archer was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at a libel trial in 1987. He was released in 2003 after serving half of his sentence.
When he and Lady Archer resumed their festive parties, there was a full house. He said at the time: The Evening Standard ran a cartoon with one guest saying to another, But I read that you werent coming...
Archer switched to Pol Roger from Krug champagne about 20 years ago, but doesnt touch the stuff himself. I dont like champagne, he tells me. though Im told its very popular.
The building, originally constructed as office space, but long since residential, has also been home to Bond theme composer John Barry, in a 10th floor flat where Archer and his scientist wife Mary rented before buying the penthouse.
He once told an interviewer: Thats why weve got the telephone number 0077. Weve been stuck with it ever since.
Our current flat was previously leased by the former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. He had his own views on how the flat should look and they werent quite in line with Marys, so she got to work. The shag pile on the walls had to go.
It has a beautiful view because the bend in the Thames makes it look as though youre in the river. The view is even more staggering at night. Guests just stare out of the window.
Archers parties became a thing of legend with Tory ministers and their cabinet in attendance
At the age of 83, Lord Archer said he and his wife felt that after 40 years of holding the annual bash that it was time to bring the tradition to a close
He added: I look out this window in the morning and think, you lucky bastard, he says. You got a gift to tell a story, and you get all this. I live this unbelievable life.
As well as the London flat, the Archers also own a £5m vicarage in Grantchester, once home to the poet Rupert Brooke, and a spectacular £30 million house on the Mediterranean in Mallorca.
In Black Doves, Knightley plays Helen Webb, a spy employed by the organisation which offers its intelligence to the highest bidder, rather than any particular nation.
Webb has infiltrated the top levels of the British government by assuming a false identity and marrying an MP who would go on to become defence secretary.
There are many jokes in the black comedy about dull Tory wives as she passes on her information to the cold-hearted queenpin of the Doves, Mrs Reed, played by Sarah Lancashire.
Wishaw plays Sam Young, a trigger man with a heart.