On previous occasions when Hitchcock filmed Piccadilly Circus he left it intact:
The 39 Steps (1935)
Blackmail (1929)
Blackmail (1929)
Though in Blackmail he did tamper with the electric advertising:
Piccadilly Circus is sometimes shown in an unfamiliar state of abandon:
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
28 Days Later (2002)
And it is sometimes completely destroyed:
Gorgo (1961)
Here is a small sample of films that show Piccadilly Circus:
