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*'''ATV Today''' (ATV 1972). Eight minute news article on the Severn Valley Railway featuring an interview with [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]]. Available to watch on [http://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-12041972-severn-valley-railway Media Archive for Central England].
*'''ATV Today''' (ATV 1976). Six minute film featuring Chris Tarrant firing one of the 'Austrian locomotives' between Bewdley and Bridgnorth. Available to watch on [http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-severn-valley-railway-1976/ BFIplayer].
*'''Highway Dave and The Varmints''' (BBC 2007) The band were helping to raise funds for the [[2007 Storm Damage]] appeal and were filmed recording the track featured in this video "Ride The Lion", with [[4566]] at Kidderminster. Available to watch on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNFMEEJoors YouTube]
Text SVR to 78789 to order the track featured in this video "Ride The Lion".
*'''Olympic torch saluted by flag-waving elephants''' (ITV 2012) ITV News item on WMSP elephants meeting a SVR train carrying the Olympic torch. [https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-05-24/olympic-torch-saluted-by-flag-waving-elephants/ Short clip on www.itv.com]
*'''Lucy Kite’s Country Calendar''' (ITV 2013). A feature on Ladies Day and female volunteers on the SVR for Central TV News. Kite drove a steam locomotive, tutored by the SVR's Charlotte Marsh. It was aired 12 July.
*'''Midlands Today''' (BBC 2020) broadcast 21 January 2020. [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] began carrying locomotives in 1878. The viaduct has started to crack due to water seeping into the seven arches. The SVR secured £1.3m funding to save the viaduct, with £853,000 from the [[:Category:Lottery funding|National Lottery Heritage Fund]]. A [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hereford-worcester-51179941/urgent-repairs-for-severn-valley-railway-viaduct-in-kidderminster?fbclid=IwAR2VNn5vF0NS6S8UeagX3HdQYSdH48DJtNTx0OVG2BsJgUOmrBu-LexCVsg| 1m 53sec item] with footage from Sammy B Films, includes interviews with Jonathan Symonds, civil engineer, and Lesley Carr from the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Trust]].
*'''Midlands Today''' (BBC 2020) broadcast 29 March 2020. Interview with Lesley Carr on the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]] emergency appeal.
*'''Midlands Today''' (BBC 2021) broadcast 15 April 2021. Interview with [[Helen Smith]] and Lawrence Mortimer on the 2021 [[Spring Steam Gala|Steam Up]] event. The SVR item starts at 22.41. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000v684/midlands-today-evening-news-15042021 iPlayer (Retrieved 16 April 2021)].
 
===Documentary===
*'''Horizon''' (BBC 1972). Documentary on railway accidents entitled "Rail Crash", filmed over 5 days at Bridgnorth, Hampton Loade, Bewdley and Bewdley tunnel, featuring 45110, [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | 3205]], 46443, 2047 Warwickshire and 686 The Lady Armaghdale. The latter 2 locations were still BR property at the time.<ref name="SVR24">SVR News 24</ref> Also featured were signalmen Frank Anson, Dave Frewin and [[John Garth]] and drivers [[John Hill]] and Charles Finch.<ref> SVR News 213</ref> Available to watch on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9Ey5VLJr4 Youtube].
*'''River Walks''' (BBC 2018) Series 1, Episode 11 'The Severn' broadcast 10 December 2018. Shobna Gulati takes a revealing stroll through Shropshire and Worcestershire beside our longest river. The programme sees Shobna travel back from Bridgnorth on the footplate of 43106 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0btrpht/episodes/player BBC programme guide]
*'''Train Truckers''' (UKTV 2019) Series 1, Episode 1 broadcast 30 August 2019. Series following Allelys heavy-haulage specialists transporting locomotives. Included footage of the delivery of [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]] from Crewe to Bridgnorth on 4 September 2018.
*(Untitled) (Britbox 2020) Steam in Lights documentary, filmed November 2020<ref>Malyon, B., 'BBC Britbox Filming', SVR News 213. p. 40</ref>.
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