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Over the years Quainton has been used as the setting for a number of films, TV programs and music videos. |
| Description | Filming Dates | Producer | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otley | 1968 | Bruce Cohn Curtis Films Ltd. Open Road Films |
Details |
| Metroland | 1972 | BBC | Details |
| 11 Harrowhouse | 1974 | Elliott Kastner Productions | Details |
| Arenson International Furniture Advert | October 1975 | Arenson International Ltd, St Albans | Still photos for an advertising brochure for office furniture |
| Record Album Cover | 11th November 1975 | TBC | Still photos for a record Album Cover - see Quainton News No. 27 |
| Still shoot | 1975? | - | Still photos taken in the Diner |
| Play School | January 1976 | BBC | Details |
| Nationwide | 30th June 1976 | BBC | Details |
| Pop Video - Brotherhood of Man - Goodbye Goodbye | 29th December 1978 | - | Details |
| Pop Video - The Tourists - So Good to be Back Home | 1979 | - | Details |
| Country Singer Music Video | ? | - | Country singer on bale of straw in wagon |
| Doctor Who - Black Orchid | 5 October 1981 | BBC | Details |
| Jewel in the Crown | 1983 | Granada Television | Details |
| Pop Video - Locomotion | circa 1983 | - | A cover version of Locomotion originally released by Little Eva in 1962, and was covered by many singers including Kylie Minogue in 1987. This was a less well known release by Paula Ann Bland? (Grangehill?). |
| Sherlock Holmes - The Masks of Death | 1984 | Tyburn Film Productions Limited | Details |
| The Unrepeatable Who Dare Wins | 1986 | - | Details |
| Television Commercial Video | 13th February 1989 | ???? | LCDR No. 9 used on mainly internal shots |
| The Woman in Black | 2nd March 1989 | Central Films / ITV | Details |
| Commercial Video | 31st March 1989 | ???? | ???? |
| BBC German Service Video | 26th May 1989 | BBC German Service | Mainly the sights and sounds of the Centre, including an interview with the Centre's Curator |
| Still Shots | 24th July 1989 | Evening Standard | Still shots of classic cars outside the station at dawn (4 am) on two days for a Evening Standard supplement |
| Still Shots | 13th September 1989 | ???? | Still photography for a clothing catalogue |
| The Frog Prince | 28th September 1989 | ???? | Film of Grimm's story for childrens TV. This one day shoot involved the children arriving at the station, carrying a frog over a bridge and taking it for a ride in the train. At some stage the frog was kissed and turned into a prince. |
| Promotional Filming | 26th May 1990 | Chiltern Railways | Class 165 DMU 165002 visited Quainton, before the Class entered service with Chiltern Railways, to pose next to Metropolitan No. 1 for publicity photos and film. The set came straight to Quainton from the BREL Works |
| Sherlock Holmes - The Crucifer of Blood | October 1990 | Agamemnon Films, British Lion Film Corporation | Details |
| - | circa 1990 | Fujifilm | Japanese promotional film for Thomas the Tank Engine |
| News Insert | 10th October 2002 | BBC South | News insert relating to the Duke of Gloucester's private visit |
| News Insert | circa 2003 | BBC South | News insert for a visit by Dorothy Wright to see Swanscombe; a locomotive her father drove |
| Midsomer Murders - Things that go bump in the Night | May 2004 | ITV | Details |
| Midsomer Murders - Down among the Dead Men | 2005 | ITV | Details |
| - | 2005 | Talkback for ITV | Part of a series with two young ladies learnt various activities. At Quainton they learnt to prepare, fire and drive GWR 0-6-0PT No. 7715 |
| Jaguar Cars photo shoot | circa 2005 | Autocar? | In Quainton's Up Yard with the new bridge and the green DMU as background |
| Scrapheap Challenge | 21st April 2006 | Channel 4 | Details |
| TV Comedy Show | circa 2005/6 | - | Featuring someone tied to the railway line in "traditional manner". |
| Black Orchid Documentary | circa 2008 | BBC | Details |
| Bang Goes the Theory | 2010 | BBC | Details |
| Wartime Farm Christmas | 2012 | BBC 2 | Details |
| Endeavour | 2013 | ITV | Endeavour is an Inspector Morse prequel, starring Shaun Evans as a younger version of the detective. The filming took place over 2 days in October 2012 |
| Hairy Bikers Restoration Road Show | 11th August 2013 | BBC | As part of a program celebrating 150 years of London Transport. This featured the Hairy Bikers and Metropolitan No. 1 filmed at London Transports Depot. At the time of writing a video clip is available on the BBC website. |
| Antique Road Trip | Autumn 2013 | BBC 1 | A short piece of filming was done in Rewley Road for the Antique Road Trip which we were told would be broadcast 'sometime in February on a Friday' and that we would be advised when. As far as we know the excerpts filmed at Quainton were never used. Regular viewers will be aware that the format of the show is for 2 different auctioneers each week to visit antique shops in a given area with each of them, on each day, visiting places of interest enroute. Thomas Plant came to Quainton for the filming. We understand that Bletchley Park was also involved when Quainton was being filmed. The filming at Quainton covered interior views of the Churchill Coach and LNWR Diner as well as very rare use of our 3 wheeled velocipede. |
| Top Gear | Filmed 2014 | BBC 1 | A segment was filmed for Top Gear at Quainton as part of a journey through the south of England. This was due to be shown in March 2015, but was caught up in the suspension and later sacking of Jeremy Clarkson. It has not been shown to date. Only external shots were taken, no locomotives or stock featured in the filming. |
| Endeavour | 2017 | ITV | Endeavour is an Inspector Morse prequel, starring Shaun Evans as a younger version of the detective. The filming took place in July 2017 |
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