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Film and television

Filming is now managed all over the system but most commonly takes place at stations like Aldwych (a disused tube station), formerly on the Piccadilly Line, or the non-operational Jubilee Line complex in Charing Cross. The Waterloo and City Line has occasionally been used for filming as it is closed on Sundays. Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. ... London Transport Portal The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured blue on the Tube map. ... London Transport Portal The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground (the Tube), in England. ... Charing Cross London Underground station serves both the Northern and Bakerloo lines and provides an interchange with the National Rail network at Charing Cross station. ... The Waterloo & City Line is a short underground metro line in London, formally opened on 11 July 1898. ...

The London Underground Film Office handles over 100 requests a month which proves that this iconic brand is now more important than ever to film makers producing a film in the Capital.

• The 1926 film The Lodger was the first feature directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which he makes a cameo appearance as a passenger on a tube train.
• The 1928 film Underground, directed by Anthony Asquith, is a murder mystery set in the tube, much of which was shot on location in London Underground stations and on trains.
• The 1967 film Quatermass and the Pit (U.S. title: Five Million Years to Earth) revolves around alien bodies and spacecraft being discovered in the fictional Hobbs End tube station.
• The 1968 Doctor Who serial The Web of Fear is set in the tunnels of the Underground and deals with an invasion by robotic Yeti. In the 1986 serial The Mysterious Planet, the Doctor and his companion discover an underground civilisation in the ruins of Marble Arch tube station on a future Earth.
• There is a sub-genre of horror based on subterranean humans living in disused sections of the London Underground and preying on any unlucky commuters they find. These include the 1972 film Death Line and 2004's Creep.
• The secret lab in the 1970s TV series The Tomorrow People was in a disused Underground station.
• In the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London, Tottenham Court Road Underground station is among the many London landmarks where the titular werewolf attacks.
• The 1987 film The Fourth Protocol features a double agent being followed on the Piccadilly Line between Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, although shot on the Jubilee line between Charing Cross and Green Park. Later in the film, Michael Caine takes his vengeance out on two racist yobs who are causing disruption in the carriage in which he is travelling.
• According to Kevin Kline's character Otto in the movie A Fish Called Wanda, the London Underground is a political movement.
• The 1998 film Sliding Doors shows two parallel universes, hinging on whether the central character (Gwyneth Paltrow) catches a particular Tube train or not.
• The 1999 film Tube Tales features nine stories based on true-life experiences of London Underground passengers
• Die Another Day (2002) features the fictional defunct Vauxhall Cross tube station.
• In the 2002 film 28 Days Later, two of the characters use a sweetshop in the Underground station at Canary Wharf as a hideout in the early part of the film.
• In the 2006 film V for Vendetta, Aldwych is used for some of the scenes in the film.
• The Good Shepherd (2006) and Atonement (2007) include scenes shot at Aldwych.
• The 2007 ITV thriller series Primeval featured the Underground in the second episode of the series. In it, a time anomaly leading to the Late Carboniferous era opens and releases giant extinct insects such as Arthropleura and an unknown species of spider.
• The 2007 Sky Three documentary series "The Tube" use the London Underground in all of their episodes, including the London Underground depot (21st July 2007) and the London Transport Museum (28th July 2007)
• The 2008 feature film Three and Out, starring Mackenzie Crook, is centered around a London Underground driver.

Although not "filmed" as such on the Underground, there have been two animated children's television series set on and around it. The first was Tube Mice, a 1988 series concerning the adventures of a group of mice living on the Underground. The second was the 2006 series Underground Ernie, set on a fantasy version of the network and featuring a friendly Underground supervisor and his talking trains. There was also a 2004 animated short, also called Tube Mice, about mice who keep the Underground in order. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog often just called The Lodger was a 1927 silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... The Honourable Anthony Asquith (November 9, 1902-February 20, 1968) was a respected British film director. ... The 1967 advertising poster for the films UK release. ... Green people redirects here. ... Hobbs End is the name of a fictional location used in several works of speculative fiction. ... This article is about the television series. ... The Web of Fear is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 3 to March 9, 1968. ... The Yeti of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, although resembling the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, are in actuality alien robots. ... The Mysterious Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 6 to September 27, 1986. ... Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Death Line. ... Creep (2004) is a British slasher film directed by Christopher Smith, starring the German actress Franka Potente. ... The Tomorrow People is a childrens science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price and produced by Thames Television for Britains ITV network between 1973 and 1979. ... An American Werewolf in London is a comedy/horror film released in 1981, written and directed by John Landis. ... Tottenham Court Road is a station on the London Underground, serving as an interchange between the Central Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line. ... For other uses, see Werewolf (disambiguation). ... The Fourth Protocol is a novel written by Frederick Forsyth and published in August 1984. ... A double agent pretends to spy on a target organization on behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact is loyal to the target organization. ... Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park. ... Jubilee Line platform, with train arriving, at Green Park underground station Unique tilework at this station represents the many trees in nearby Green Park Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park itself, on Piccadilly close to its intersection with the... Charing Cross London Underground station serves both the Northern and Bakerloo lines and provides an interchange with the National Rail network at Charing Cross station. ... Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor. ... A Fish Called Wanda is a movie released in 1988 by MGM. It was written by John Cleese and directed by Charles Crichton. ... Sliding Doors is a 1998 film written and directed by former actor Peter Howitt. ... Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972)[1] is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actress. ... Tube Tales is a 1999 collection of short films with the common setting of the London Underground. ... For the theme song of the same movie, performed by Madonna, see Die Another Day (song). ... Vauxhall Cross is a fictional tube station in the James Bond 2002 film Die Another Day. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article is about the film. ... This article is about the 2006 film. ... Atonement is a 2007 film adaptation of Ian McEwans critically acclaimed novel of the same name, directed by Joe Wright, and based on a screenplay by Christopher Hampton. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Cast of Primeval: (left to right:) Hannah Spearritt, Andrew-Lee Potts, Douglas Henshall, Lucy Brown, James Murray and Mark Wakeling. ... Episode Two is an episode of the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval. ... Time anomalies are fictional phenomena which occur in the science fiction television series Primeval and are a specific type of time portal. ... The Pennsylvanian is an epoch of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly 325 Ma to 299 Ma (million years ago). ... The following is a complete list of creatures from the universe of ITV science fiction television series Primeval. ... The following is a complete list of creatures from the universe of ITV science fiction television series Primeval. ... Sky Three is a television station from BSkyB broadcasting to the the UK, designed to accompany their existing Sky One and Sky Two subscription channels. ... Londons Transport Museum, formerly known as the London Transport Museum, is a museum which seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... Three and out is an American Football term used to describe a game situation where the team with the ball is unable to get a first down on their possesion and is forced to punt after they run 3 plays. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tube Mice was a 1988 childrens animated series. ... Underground Ernie is a Computer-animated childrens television series produced by Joella Productions in the UK and shown by the BBC on both CBeebies and BBC Two. ...

The Tube has also been used for many other major films including Bridget Jones' Diary I & II , Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Code 46, Agent Cody Banks II, Love Actually, Bourne Ultimatum, to name just a few, as well as BBC dramas such as Spooks and Hustle, and the upcoming film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Bridget Joness Diary is a novel by Helen Fielding. ... HPSS redirects here. ... Code 46 is a 2003 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce. ... Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For the music band, see The Spooks. ... Hustle is a British television comedy-drama series made by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. ...

Video games

• A level in Tomb Raider 3 is set in the disued Aldwych station
• The extrenal architecture of many stations is central London are accurately rendered in The Getaway, including the surviving fragment of City Road station.
• A miniaturized version of the underground is featured in Midtown Madness 2.
• In Hellgate London, the survivors of the end of the world live in several Underground stations

The third game in the tomb raider series by Eidos and Core Design. ... Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. ... The station remains, seen from the east City Road Tube station on the London Underground is a disused tube station. ... Midtown Madness 2 is a free roam racing/arcade sequel to Midtown Madness, part of the Midtown Madness series, developed by Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego) and published by Microsoft Game Studios, which features a range of vehicles which can be driven around London and San Francisco. ... Hellgate: London is a computer game under development by Flagship Studios, the founders of which not only worked on, but were the principle designers and visionaries of the Diablo series. ...

Art

The Great Bear by Simon Patterson in 1992 was a modified Tube Map. "Adapting the official map of the London Underground, Patterson has replaced the names of stations with philosophers, actors, politicians and other celebrated figures. The title The Great Bear refers to the constellation Ursa Major, a punning reference to Patterson's own arrangement of stars. Patterson playfully subverts our belief that maps and diagrams provide a reliable source of information. "I like disrupting something people take as read", he comments." (from the entry by the Tate Gallery) The Great Bear is an artwork by Simon Patterson produced in 1996. ... Simon Patterson (b. ...

Music

• Amateur Transplants has written and performed a song, also called "London Underground" (see London Underground Song lyrics), which deals with many of the gripes commuters encounter while taking the Tube. This has also been incorporated into a flash animation.[1]
• Paul Weller of the band The Jam wrote the song "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight".
• Cry, the second single from Alex Parks, features scenes from Charing Cross and Green Park tube station in its video.
• The 1950 song The Underground Train written and performed by Lord Kitchener describes the practical difficulties faced by post-war Afro-Caribbean immigrants to London in understanding the complexities of the tube network.
• The song Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks features the line, "Millions of people swarming like flies round Waterloo Underground".
• UK 60s band Mood Reaction had a hit with the song "All Change For The Bakerloo Line" as did The New Vaudeville Band with "Finchley Central", both using tube station names in the title.
• Before renaming themselves Edwards Hand, the late-60s pop duo made up of Rod Edwards and Roger Hand went by the name of Piccadilly Line.
• The inner cover of the album Modern Life is Rubbish by Blur features a painting of a dejected looking Blur sitting inside London Underground 1983 Stock with its famous spring grab handles hanging from the roof.
• The song Clark Gable by The Postal Service contains the line "I was waiting for a cross-town train in the London underground when it struck me".
• The song Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over by Carter USM contains the lines "Causing chaos and delay on the underground" and "Stuck in a tunnel on the Hammersmith and City line". [2] The Final Comedown by the same group contains the lines "I've looted and I've begged / on the tubes of The Bec and Broadway". [3]

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Literature

• Neil Gaiman's novel Neverwhere and the BBC television production of the same name are set in a world connected to our own that parallels the structure of the London Underground.
• In the graphic novel and movie V for Vendetta, the Guy Fawkes-esque anti-hero has his lair in the Underground and makes use of the tunnels for his anarchistic actions against the fascist government.
• In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore has a scar in the exact shape of the London Underground map on his left knee[4]. Dumbledore says that scars have meaning, but none is given for his scar to date. Rowling says she is very fond of the scar and we may find out the meaning of it someday.[5]
• In the novel Tunnel Vision, a young man must win a bet by travelling through every Underground station in nineteen hours. The book even features the famous tube map inside the cover and tube routes to headline each chapter.
• London Transports is a collection of short stories by Maeve Binchy concerned with the lives and activities of people travelling on the Central and Victoria lines.
• Geoff Ryman's novel 253 tells the story of each of the 253 passengers (plus the conductor) on the Bakerloo Line between Embankment station and Elephant & Castle.
• Alex Garland's short novel 'The Coma' begins with the main character being brutally assaulted on a late-night Tube train.
• King Solomon's Carpet is a novel by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) about the London Underground and the people frequenting it; including ordinary passengers, tube aficionados, pickpockets, buskers, vigilantes, and children who go "sledging" on the roofs of cars as an initiation rite.
• The Metropolitan Line and the area it serves feature prominently in Julian Barnes's 1980 novel Metroland and the 1997 film of the same name.

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Legends

There are reports of the London Underground being haunted. Some of the most famous ghost stories include Anne Naylor, who was murdered in 1758 and is said to haunt Farringdon Station.^{[citation needed]} Her screams are said to be heard, by passengers, as the last train leaves.^{[citation needed]} Actor William Terriss, who was stabbed to death in 1897, is said to haunt Covent Garden tube station, although the last reported sighting was 1972.^[1] Tube drivers report that the Kennington Loop on the Northern Line is haunted.^{[citation needed]} Bethnal Green station is another station believed to be haunted,^{[citation needed]} and the screams of women and children can be heard from the stairwell and ticket hall.^{[citation needed]} It is believed that this is because of the 173 people crushed to death in the stairway during World War 2.^{[citation needed]} The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves a large part of Greater London and some neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. ... SCUMBAF! ... Farringdon station platforms Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Farringdon, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. ... William Terriss (20 February 1847 - 16 December 1897) was an English actor. ... Signage on the platforms Covent Garden is a London Underground station in Covent Garden. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ...

Other

• The Underground features in the board games Scotland Yard, The London Game and On the Underground.
• The Underground features in the RPG Hellgate: London as an underground labyrinth in a demon occupied London. The train stations are considered the only safe havens in the game, where the character can shop, stockpile on supplies, upgrade equipment, seek healing by a medic, gather information, and receive/complete quests.
• A truly trivial game relating to the Underground is Mornington Crescent.
• One Stop Short of Barking - Uncovering the London Underground - a humorous guide book to travelling on the London Underground includes popular cultural references, history and tube etiquette.
• A less-advisable game is the Circle Line pub crawl, involving alighting at each station, visiting a pub, then travelling to the next. This is popular with ex-pats.^{[citation needed]}
• A false facade hides Underground tracks from view at Leinster Gardens.
• There is a Guinness World Record for visiting all London Underground stations in the shortest time, informally known as the Tube Challenge.

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References

1. ^ BBC - h2g2 - London Underground Ghosts - A673391

External links

• London Underground Film Office
• Going Underground's - London Underground in Film and TV
• Nick Cooper's - London Underground in Film and TV

See also

• List of London Underground-related fiction
• Fictional underground stations
• Mind the gap