Films and TV Programmes filmed locally
As part of our 2020 temporary exhibition, ‘Location, Location, Location: Egham and Area Behind and in Front of the Camera’, (revived and updated in 2024) here is our full list of Films and TV Programmes filmed locally.
It includes documentaries, reality shows, short films intended for widespread public viewing but not items produced primarily for local viewing, social media or news bulletins.
Egham/Egham Hythe
1953 Spaceways
1964 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1970 Take a Girl Like You
1977 Spiderweb (Royal Holloway short film)
1990 Poirot, series 2: The Kidnapped Prime Minister (ITV)
2000 Real Rooms (documentary series, BBC)
2002 Ali G Inda House
2007-2008 Holby Blue, 2nd series (BBC)
2008 Honest, series (ITV)
2014 Where Best we Belong (Royal Holloway short film)
2015 The Sex Change Spitfire Ace (documentary, Channel 4)
2016 Assisted (Royal Holloway short film)
2016 Eyes Wide Open (Royal Holloway short film)
2017 Surprise (Royal Holloway short film)
2018 Law Enforcement (Royal Holloway short film)
2018 The Ghost on the Bridge (Royal Holloway short film)
2018-2019 The Reluctant Landlord (Sky One)
2023 Bangers and Cash, series 7: episode 5, including the Argson factory (Air TV for Yesterday)
2023 The Death of Jim Buckley (Kingston University short film)
Egham Hythe Swan Sanctuary
1994 Wildlife on One – Natural Neighbours (documentary, BBC)
1994-2004 Animal Hospital (documentary, BBC)
1997-2002 Pet Rescue (documentary, Channel 4)
Runnymede
1950 Traveltalks: Land of Tradition (short documentary)
1952 Whispering Smith Hits London
1978 You’re Driving Me Crazy
1990 Burning Embers, season 1: Rights of Men and Women (documentary, Rob Walker Productions)
2003 Castle (documentary series, Lion TV)
Runnymede: The Thames
2010 Take That The Flood (music video)
Englefield Green
1966 The Wrong Box
1966 The Family Way, church scene in St Jude’s Church Englefield Green
1967 Casino Royale
1968 Sherlock Holmes, season 2, (BBC) some scenes filmed at Kingswood
1975 Seeing and Doing, On a Building Site (Thames TV) featuring children from Surrenden School
1982 Minder, season 3: Dreamhouse (ITV)
2011 Familial Ties (Royal Holloway short film)
2011 My Week with Marilyn
2012 Outside Bet, church scene in St Jude’s Church Englefield Green
2014 Edge of Heaven, series, (ITV) some scenes in St Jude’s Church Englefield Green
2017 Highway Romance (Royal Holloway short film)
2021 Sed Libera Nos A Malo/But Deliver us from Evil (short film, in St Jude’s Church Englefield Green and St Mary’s Church Thorpe)
Bishopsgate School
1971 Public Eye, season 5: Come Into the Garden, Rose (Thames TV)
Savill Court Hotel
2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (BBC)
Runnymede Campus
1960 A French Mistress
1993 Bhaji on the Beach
2009 Dread
2009 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010 Luther, 1st episode (BBC)
2010 Lewis, series 4: Falling Darkness (ITV)
2011 Nero Crush on You (music video)
2011 Downton Abbey, series 2: final episode (ITV)
2013 Midsomer Murders, series 15: The Sicilian Defence (ITV)
2018 A Very English Scandal (BBC)
Royal Holloway
1968 Salt & Pepper
1971 Incense for the Damned
1973-78 Second City Firsts (BBC2)
1992 Howards End
2001 Antiques Roadshow (reality show, BBC)
2002 Midsomer Murders: Murder on St Malley’s Day (ITV)
2006 Basic Instinct 2; Risk Addiction
2009 Trinity
2010 Slipping (Royal Holloway short film)
2011 Miss Emma (Royal Holloway short film)
2012 Celebrity MasterChef (reality show, BBC)
2013 Spinalonga (Royal Holloway short film)
2013 Downton Abbey: The London Season (ITV)
2014 Stargazing Live (documentary, BBC)
2015 The Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 The BBC1 Classics Serial (1981-8) (Royal Holloway External Relations video)
2015 The Forgotten 1970s Drama of Granada TV (Royal Holloway External Relations video)
2016 Gareth Malone’s The Choir: Best in Britain (reality show, BBC)
2016 Great British Railway Journeys, season 7: Egham to Henley-on-Thames (documentary, BBC)
2016 Hallelujah (Royal Holloway short film)
2016 Sir David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities (documentary, BBC)
2017 Delirium
2017 Imagineer (Royal Holloway short film)
2017 Judwaa 2
2017 Kill Me Now (Royal Holloway short film)
2018 Astral
2018 Pantham
2018 Cheat (ITV)
2019 Born a King
2019 Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, season 2: Blue Gold (Amazon Prime)
2019-21 The Split, series 2 (BBC)
2021 Call the MIdwife
Release date uncertain Brutus (Royal Holloway short film)
2022 You, season 4: Joe Takes a Holiday (Netflix)
2023 The Silent War: Origins (short film)
Thorpe/Thorpe Green
1929 Under the Greenwood Tree
1966 The Great St. Trinian’s Train Robbery
1973 The Creeping Flesh
1974 Craze
1976 The Sweeney: Selected Target (ITV)
2021 Sed Libera Nos A Malo/But Deliver us from Evil [short film, in St Jude’s Church Englefield Green and St Mary’s Church Thorpe]
2021 The Sandman, unconfirmed (Netflix)
Thorpe Park
1977 The Professionals, season 1: Private Madness, Public Danger (ITV)
1998 Russell Grant’s Postcards, season 1: Thorpe Park (Russell Grant’s World Productions)
1999 Prince William: A Royal Portrait (TV Movie)
2001 Yaadein
2008 Primeval, series 2: 3rd episode (ITV)
2008 The Inbetweeners, series 1: Thorpe Park (E4/Channel 4)
2011 Embarrassing Bodies, season 4: episode 6 (reality show, Channel 4)
2016 Don’t Tell the Bride series 5: episode 8 (reality show, Channel 4)
2017 X Factor (reality show, ITV)
2018 The Big Audition (reality show, ITV)
2019 The Apprentice series 15 episode 6 (reality show, BBC)
2019 Coasters (short film)
2022 Sidemen, series 5: Sidemen $100,000 Vs $100 Theme Park
Virginia Water
1958 Further Up the Creek
1970 The Reckoning
1982 Scrubbers
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2006 As You Like It
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008 Marple, series 4: Murder is Easy(ITV)
2009 Liar’s Dice
2010 Robin Hood
2011 Memories of Your Devotion (Royal Holloway short film)
2014 Into the Woods
2016 Azhar
2016 The Legend of Tarzan
2016 Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation (Netflix)
2017 The End of the F**cking World (Channel 4/Netflix)
2018 Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
2019 Angel Has Fallen
2020 The Witches
2020 Cursed (Netflix)
2022 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3 The Secrets of Dumbledore(unconfirmed)
2023 Andaz Tera Mera
2023 The Witcher season 3 (Netflix)
2024 Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 (Amazon Prime)
2024 Levon’s Trade (unconfirmed, not yet released)
Callow Hill Sandpit
1958 The Camp on Blood Island
1959 Don’t Panic Chaps!
1959 The Stranglers of Bombay
1961 The Curse of the Werewolf
1962 The Pirates of Blood River
1963 The Devil-Ship Pirates
1963 Siege of the Saxons
1966 Doctor Who Season 3 story 25: The Gunfighters (BBC)
1966 Doctor Who Season 3, story 26: The Savages (BBC)
1967 The Mummy’s Shroud, possibly Callow Hill Sandpit
Cumberland Lodge
2010 The King’s Speech
Fort Belvedere
1978 Edward & Mrs. Simpson (Thames TV)
Great Fosters
1949 The Romantic Age
1956-1960, 1971-1972 Whacko (BBC)
1957 You Pay Your Money
1958 A Night to Remember
1960 Surprise Package
1966 Lucy in London (CBS/ITV)
2023 The Witcher season 3 (Netflix)
Guards Polo Club
Release date uncertain Sport of Kings (documentary series)
Holloway Sanatorium
1981 The Cure Charlotte Sometimes (music video)
1982 Adam Ant Goody Two Shoes (music video)
1983 Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart (music video)
1983 Bucks Fizz London Town (music video)
1983 Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon (music video)
1984 Alphaville Forever Young (music video)
1986 Slaughter High
1987 Inspector Morse, 1st episode: The Dead of Jericho (ITV)
1988 Jack the Ripper, TV Movie/Mini Series (ITV)
2014 The Art of Gothic; Britain’s Midnight Hour: The City and the Soul (documentary, BBC)
Wentworth Estate
1986 Slaughter High
2011 The Iron Lady
2013 The Wrong Mans, season 1: Inside Mans, filmed at Copse Manor(BBC)
2014 Black Sea, filmed at Copse Manor
2018 The Split (BBC)
2018 Silent Witness, Series 21, Family, two-part series finale (BBC)
Wentworth Golf Club
2015 Being Kevin Pietersen (documentary, Sky Sports)
Sources of Information:
Egham Museum
http://www.british-film-locations.com/;
https://findthatlocation.com/;
https://www.doctorwholocations.net/;
Surrey Live https://www.getsurrey.co.uk;
Fellner, Chris (2019) The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films. Lanham, Maryland:Rowman & Littlefield