THE LONDON UNDERGROUND IN FILMS & TELEVISION

by Nick Cooper © 2004-2008

For any film or television writer or director, nothing identifies a location as being in London quicker than the inclusion of an Underground station or train. Some have chosen real examples, whether as originals, stand-ins, or back-lot and studio sets; others have created their own, again with a variety of methods of realisation. A few have even used more unfamiliar examples of Underground architecture to portray something different.... or even quite alien....

For more on general British locations used in films, check out John Tunstill's Reel Streets site.

European dating convention used: DD/MM/YY.

LATEST ADDITIONS/UPDATES
FICTIONAL STATIONS
"GREY AREA" STATIONS
REAL STATIONS - PORTRAYALS
REAL STATIONS - USED AS LOCATIONS
DEEP LEVEL SHELTERS & MISCELLANEOUS
A-Z OF PRODUCTIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Deep Level Shelters are large air raid shelters built adjacent to eight London Underground stations during WW2. See The Underground at War for furthur details. Other locations connected with or with close similarity to the London Underground and London Transport are also covered in this section.

Adam Adamant Lives!: A Vintage Year for Scoundrels [23/06/66#1 BBC1]
Adulthood [2008 feature film]
An Affair in Mind [05/01/88 BBC1]
Agent Cody Banks 2 - Destination London [2004 feature film]
Airwaves Active: Alien [2006 TV commercial]
All or Nothing [2002 feature film]*
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [1936 feature film]*
An American Werewolf in London [1981 feature film]
Aqua: Turn Back Turn [music video]
The Arsenal Stadium Murder Mystery [1939 feature film]†
Atonement [2007 feature film]
B Monkey [1998 feature film]*
The Bank Job [2008 feature film]
Battle of Britain [1969 feature film]
The Bed Sitting Room [1969 feature film]
Bend it Like Beckham [2002 feature film]
The Betrayal [1983 feature film]*
Between the Lines: Private Enterprise [04/09/92#1 Island World Productions/BBC1]
Bhowani Junction [1956 feature film]
The Bill [ITV/Thames Television]
Billy Elliot [2000 feature film]
Black Joy [1977 feature film]*
Black Windmill [1974 feature film]
Blake's 7: Ultraworld [10/03/80 BBC1]
Blitz - London's Firestorm [27/10/05 Channel 4/Darlow Smithson Productions for Channel 4 & PBS]
The Blue Lamp [1949 feature film]†
Born Equal [17/12/06 BBC1]
Born Romantic [2000 feature film]
The Bourne Ultimatum [2007 feature film]
The Boy Who Turned Yellow [1972 feature film]
Breakfast on Pluto [2006 feature film]*
Bridget Jones's Diary [2001 feature film]†
Bulldog Jack [1934 feature film]
Bullseye [1990 feature film]*
Butley [1973 feature film]*
Cage of Gold [1950 feature film]*
Captives [1994 feature film]*
Castaway [1986 feature film]*
The Chain [1984 feature film]*
Cheer Boys, Cheer [1939 feature film]
The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian [2008 feature film]
The Chemical Brothers: Believe [2005 music video]
Citizen Smith [From 12/04/77 BBC1 - title sequence]
Climbing High [1938 feature film]*
Close My Eyes [1991 feature film]
The Clouded Yellow [1950 feature film]
The Code 46 [2003 feature film]
The Collector [1966 feature film]
The Conspirator [1949 feature film]
Counterblast [1948 feature film]*
Creep [2005 feature film]
Croupier [1997 feature film]
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150AD [1966 feature film version]
Darling [1965 feature film]†
Dead Gorgeous [22/10/02 Carlton for ITV1]
Death Line [1972 feature film]
The Deaths of Ian Stone [2007 feature film]
Department S: Last Train to Redbridge [14/01/70 ITC for ITV]
Die Another Day [2002 feature film]
Different for Girls [1996 feature film]*
Dirty War [26/09/04 BBC1]
Doctor Sleep [a.k.a. Close Your Eyes, a.k.a. Hypnotic, 2002 feature film]
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [21/11-26/12/64 BBC1 version]
Doctor Who: The Chase [22/05-26/06/65 BBC1 TV]
Doctor Who:The Web of Fear [03/02-09/03/68 BBC1]
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [12/01-16/02/74 BBC1 TV version]
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers [26/11-17/12/77 BBC1]
Doctor Who: The Trial of Time Lord parts 1-4 (The Myterious Planet) [06-27/09/86 BBC1]
Doctor Who: Rose [26/03/05#1 BBC1]
Doctor Who: The Rise of the Cybermen [13/05/06#5 BBC1]
Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth [28/06/08#12 BBC1]
The Doctor Who Hears Voices [21/04/08 Channel 4]
Dog Eat Dog [2001 feature film]
Don't Go Breaking My Heart [1998 feature film]*
Downhill [1927 feature film]†
Driving Lessons [2006 feature film]
EastEnders [BBC1 various episodes]
The Edge of Love [2008 feature film]
Elephant Juice [1999 feature film]*
The End of the Affair [1999 feature film]†
Everything But The Girl: Missing [1994 music video]
Everything But The Girl: Five Fathoms [1999 music video]
An Eye for a Tooth [2005 feature film]
Face [1997 feature film]
Family Life [1971 feature film]*
Fever Pitch [1996 feature film]†
First Sign of Madness: Stormin' Norman [??/??/93#2 ITV]
Five Seconds to Spare [1999 feature film]*
Four in the Morning [1965 feature film]*
The Fourth Protocol [1987 feature film]
Fragment of Fear [1970 feature film]*
Game On: Big Wednesday [27/03/95 BBC2]
Gasbags [1940 feature film]
The Gentle Gunman [1952 feature film]
Georgy Girl [1966 feature film]
Gert and Daisy's Weekend [1942 feature film]
Ghost Story [1973 feature film]
Gideon's Day (vt Gideon of Scotland Yard [1958 feature film]
Girl with Green Eyes [1963 feature film]*
The Glass Cage [1955 feature film]*
The Good Die Young [1954 feature film]†
The Good Shepherd [2006 feature film]
The Great Rock 'n'Roll Swindle [1979 feature film]*
Green Street [a.k.a. Hooligans, a.k.a. Green Street Hooligans, 2005 feature film]
Gumshoe [1971 feature film]
Halls Mentho-Lyptus : Commuter [1992 TV commercial]
Hanover Street [1979 feature film]
Harry & Paul [05/09/08#1 Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC1]
Harry & Paul [19/09/08#3 Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC1]
Harry's Game [25/10/82#1 ITV/Yorkshire Television]
Hidden City [1988 feature film]
Home at Seven [1952 feature film]*
Honest [2000 feature film]
Hot Fuzz [2007 feature film]
The Hours [2002 feature film]*
Hudson Hawk [1991 feature film]
The Human Jungle: Struggle for a Mind [20/02/65 ITV/ABC]
I Thank You [1941 feature film]
If Only [1998 feature film]*
Inadmissable Evidence [1968 feature film]*
The Infinite Worlds of H.G.Wells: Night One - Brownlow's Newspaper [2001#1B Hallmark Channel]
Intimacy [2001 feature film]*
It Happened Here [1963 feature film]
It's a Great Day [1956 feature film]*
Jack and Sarah [1995 feature film]
Jane Hall (a.k.a. Jane Hall's Big Bad Bus Ride) [12/07/06#1 ITV]
Jane Hall (a.k.a. Jane Hall's Big Bad Bus Ride) [16/08/06#5 ITV]
Jane Hall (a.k.a. Jane Hall's Big Bad Bus Ride) [23/08/06#6 ITV]
Harry & Paul [19/09/08#3 - Tiger Aspect productions/BBC1] Kate Bush: The Line, the Cross and the Curve [1993 music video]
Kidulthood [2006 feature film]
Killing Me Softly [2002 feature film]†
The Kinks: Don't Forget to Dance [1983 music video]
The Kinks: Do it Again [1985 music video]
The Knack [1965 feature film]†
The Krays [1990 feature film]
Lamb [1986 feature film]*
The Last Yellow [1999 feature film]
The Lavender Hill Mob [1951 feature film]
Law and Order: The Detective's Tale [06/04/78#1 BBC1]
The Liquidator [1965 feature film]
Lifeforce [1985 feature film]
Londinium (a.k.a Fourplay) [2001 feature film]
London's Burning [Series 4, 10/11/91#7 ITV/London Weekend Television]
Lost: Fire + Water [Season 2: 25/01/06#12 Touchstone Television, Bad Robot Productions & Grass Skirt Productions for ABC]
Lost: Flashes Before Your Eyes [Season 3: 14/02/07#8 Touchstone Television, Bad Robot Productions & Grass Skirt Productions for ABC]
Lost: Greatest Hits [Season 3: 16/05/07#21 Touchstone Television, Bad Robot Productions & Grass Skirt Productions for ABC]
Love, Actually [2003 feature film]
Love on Wheels [1932 feature film]
Love Soup: Smoke and Shadows [01/03/08#1 BBC1]
Love Soup: The Menaced Assassin [22/03/08#4 BBC1]
Love Soup: Kiss of Death [26/04/08#9 BBC1]
Lunch Hour [1962 feature film]*
Mad Cows [1999 feature film]
Mad Dogs [2002 feature film]*
Mad Dogs and Englishmen [1995 feature film]*
Madonna: Hung Up [2005 music video]
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins [1972 feature film]
Man About the House [1974 feature film]*
Man Hunt [1940 feature film]
The Man in the White Suit [1951 feature film]†
Man Stroke Woman [04/12/05#3 BBC3]
The Man Who Couldn't Talk [1957 feature film]*
Mantrap [1953 feature film]*
Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence [1998 feature film]*
Metroland [1997 feature film]
Midnight Man [15/05/08#2 ITV1]
The Miniver Story [1950 feature film]*
Mission Impossible [1996 feature film]†
The Mother [2003 feature film]
Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (Will you be my friend?) [2002 feature film]†
The National Lottery: Thunderball/Tube Station [2007 TV commercial]
Neverwhere [12/09-17/10/96 BBC2/Crucial Films]
Nil By Mouth [1997 feature film]*
No Heroics: The Fantastic Chore [From 18/09/08#1 - Tiger Aspect productions/ITV2]
Nuns on the Run [1990 feature film]
O Lucky Man! [1973 feature film]
On the Beat [1962 feature film]
One Way Pendulum [1964 feature film]*
Orlando [1992 feature film]
Orphans [1999 feature film]*
Otley [1968 feature film]
Panorama: Countdown to Killing [08/03/06 BBC1 - dramatised scenes]
Paper House [1988 feature film]*
Parting Shots [1998 feature film]*
The Passionate Friends [1948 feature film]
Passport to Pimlico [1946 feature film]
Patriot Games [1992 feature film]
The Perfect Woman [1949 feature film]*
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls [1986 music video]
Piccadilly Third Stop [1960 feature film]
Play for Today: Circle Line [14/01/71#12 BBC1]
Poirot: Hickory Dickory Dock [12/02/95 ITV/Carnival Films for London Weekend Television]
Postman's Knock [1961 feature film]
A Prayer for the Dying [1987 feature film]*
Press for Time [1966 feature film]*
Prick Up Your Ears [1987 feature film]
Primeval [17/02/07#2 ITV]
The Prodigy: Firestarter [1996 music video]
Quadrophenia [1979 feature film]
Quartet [1948 feature film]*
Quatermass and the Pit [1967 feature film version]
The Rachel Papers [1989 feature film]*
Reign of Fire [2001 feature film]
The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce Partington Plans [27/04/88 ITV/Granada Television]
Return to Waterloo [04/11/84 Channel 4]
Rich and Strange [1931 feature film]
Rimmel London: Tube Train [2008 TV commercial]
Ring of Spies [1963 feature film]*
Rise of the Footsoldier [2007 feature film]
Rogue Male [22/09/76 BBC1]
Rotten to the Core [1965 feature film]
Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole's Return [30/12/80 ITV/Thames Television]
Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Children of the Devil [29/10/92#1 ITV/New Penny Productions for Thames Television]
A Run for Your Money [1949 feature film]*
Runners [1982 feature film]
Sabotage [1936 feature film]
Scissor Sisters: Mary [2005 music video]
Screen One: Black and Blue [27/09/92 BBC1]
Seance on a Wet Afternoon [1964 feature film]
Secrets and Lies [1996 feature film]†
Seven Days to Noon [1950 feature film]
Sex Traffic [21/10/04#2 Channel 4]
Shaun of the Dead [2004 feature film]
Shelley: Tubes Help You Breed More Easily [02/12/82#5 ITV/Thames Television]
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans [17/04/65 BBC1]
Shoot on Sight [2008 feature film]
Silver Dream Racer [1980 feature film]
Sliding Doors [2001 feature film]
The Smallest Show on Earth [1957 feature film]
Soft Cell: Bedsitter [1981 music video]
Solitaire for Two [1994 feature film]*
Some Voices [2000 feature film]*
Sony PlayStation: Double Life [1999 TV commercial]
Sorted [2000 feature film]
Spaced: Gone [30/03/01#5 Channel 4]
Spiceworld - The Movie [1997 feature film]*
Spooks: Who Guards the Guards? [25/10/05#3 BBC1]
Spooks [Season 5 - 16/10/06#7 BBC1]
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold [1966 feature film]*
The Squeeze [1977 feature film]*
Stevie [1978 feature film]*
The Strange Affair [1968 feature film]*
Strange Report: Report 0649 SKELETON Let Sleeping Heroes Lie [28/09/69 ITC/Arena Production for ITV]
Strange Report: Report 0846 LONELYHEARTS Who Killed Dan Cupid? [12/10/69 ITC/Arena Production for ITV]
Strange Report: Report 2493 KIDNAP Whose Pretty Girl are You? [28/12/69 ITC/Arena Production for ITV]
Superman IV - The Search for Peace [1986 feature film]
Survivors: The Lights of London parts 1 & 2 [14-21/04/76 BBC1]
The Sweeney: Supersnout [15/09/75 ITV/Thames Television]
The Sweeney: Poppy [20/10/75 ITV/Thames Television]
Sweeney! [1976 feature film]
Sweeney 2 [1978 feature film]
Sweet William [1980 feature film]*
Swimming Pool [2006 feature film]*
Take It or Leave It [1981 feature film]
Terror [1979 feature film]
That Summer Day [07/07/06 BBC1]
Theatre 625: Seek Her Out [04/07/65 BBC2]
Things to Come [1936 feature film]
This Life [from 18/03/96 BBC2/World Productions]
This Year's Love [1999 feature film]†
Three And Out [2008 feature film]
Three Hats for Lisa (vt On the Town [1965 feature film]
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death [23/12/65#13 ITC/ATV for ITV]
The Times: Commuter [2006 TV commercial]
Thin Air: One: Thursday 24 September 1987 [08/04/88#1 BBC1]
Thursday's Child [1943 feature film]*
Till Death Us Do Part [1968 feature film]
The Tomorrow People [1970- 198? Thames Television - various episodes]
The Tripods [Season 1 - 10/06/84#4]
Tripping Over [13/11/06#3 Channel 5]
Tripping Over [20/11/06#4 Channel 5]
Tripping Over [04/12/06#6 Channel 5]
Tube Tales [1999 feature film]
Turn the Key Softly [1953 feature film]*
Turtle Diary [1985 feature film]*
28 Days Later... [2002 feature film]
28 Weeks Later... [2007 feature film]
Underground [1928 feature film]
Ultraviolet: Habeas Corpus [15/09/98#1 Island World Productions/C4]
V for Vendetta [2006 feature film]
Vauxhall Nova: Big in the City [1984 TV commercial]
A Very British Sex Scandal [21/07/07 Channel 4]
Virtual Sexuality [1999 feature film]†
Waking the Dead: Double Bind, Part Two [05/02/07#10 BBC1]
Waterloo Road [1945 feature film]
A Window in London [1939 feature film]*
Wings of the Dove [1997 feature film]
The Wisdom of Crocodiles [1998 feature film]*
Would You Believe It? [1929 feature film]
The Year London Blew Up [01/09/05 Channel 4/Blast! Films in association with RTÉ & Discovery Channel]
The Yellow Balloon [1952 feature film]
The Young Americans [1993 feature film]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

With thanks to my ever observant wife, Claire Cooper; Alex Farlie; Michael T. Greene; Annie Mole at Going Underground; Julian Knott; Rafael Nogueira; Zimena Percival; Paul Shields; Col. M Volestrangler; and all the boys and girls at The Mausoleum Club Forum and the uk.transport.london newsgroup.

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