London continues to suffer from a jet-stream of rain that is watering the whole of the UK, so I ran out of time to bring you fresh pictures of the UK's capital. Instead I offer you some of the best from my archive of footage over the last four months.

Yes I was dressed in my cycling gear in the hope of bringing you some new footage but the rain prevailed, alas. This explains my on-screen excuses at the start of this episode.

Fresh film of London next week, I promise!

As the Summer In The City 2007 journey continues, we step 100 metres east from Piccadilly Circus to one of the world's most famous squares.

Leicester Square is at the heart of London's West End - a district dedicated to the best food, drink, entertainment, theatre, cinema, and night-club experiences.

In this visit we "people-watch", checking out what the visitors to the square are doing. We also see what's on at the massive cinema billboards around the square, the home of the Odeon Leicester Square and Empire Leicester Square theatres used for most movie premieres.

If you're looking for a feast of entertainment in London, this square is the place to start!

Technical note:
Would you look at that picture quality! The wide-angle lens uses in previous episodes of the Summer.. journey has been... well... "archived".

As our Summer In The City journey continues, we take one last look at the busy Oxford Circus before heading south down Regent Street.

We pass several well-known stores (including the fabulous new Apple store - a must-visit for all Apple computer / iPod / Apple TV / iPhone fans!).

Its great seeing all the people in Regent Street milling around, window-shopping; some laden with bags, some noticing the camera and  trying to seek attention!

All too soon we are at Piccadilly Circus, famous for its Statue of Eros and also the great advert hoardings, most now digital movie screens which the camera lingers to watch for a while.

Just as we turn back for one last look at Eros, I suffer sudden battery failure! The camera tries a couple of time to capture more footage but in vain as video of Piccadilly Circus is replaced dramatically with a TV test card! Ok... a bit of artistic licence to advertise the launch of the forthcoming HD 1080 service but I did actually suffer sudden battery failure which explains the very short episode this week and the drop in pictures at the end of this episode.

Yes HD video picture lovers, message received: its back to the original Sony lens and that tripod-based 'locked-off and look' from next week...!

As our Summer In The City journey continues, we start where we left off last time, at the north entrance to Portland Place.

This road is well-known for its large old town houses, now mostly embassies and office headquarters.

Particular buildings are highlighted, including RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), the Chinese embassy with its huge shortwave antenna, the British Telecom tower in the distance, the luxurious Langham Hotel, and All Souls Church.

Portland Place is most well-known as the home of the BBC's Broadcasting House.  LondonArchitecture.co.uk describes this building as "reflecting the height of Art Deco architecture, it is something of a parody of itself with its transmission towers and wires. The broad sweep of Portland stone running along Portland Place gives an impression of strength and permanence." (for more click here )

Filming notes:
Several of you have contacted me about seeing colour aberrations in some shots of the Summer In The City journey episodes so far. Hands up, I bought an, ahem, inexpensive wide-angle lens ... and it sometimes shows up as slight red or blue colour fringing at the edges of the picture.

From episode 5 of Summer In The City (publishing in two weeks time) I will be filming with just the normal Sony lens - and with the tripod to get back the highly-detailed and rich pictures of my normal 'locked off and look' filming technique. Apologies to videophiles out there, I promise to get LLTV back as your source for the finest pictures of London ASAP.