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* [[Goodnight Mister Tom]] (1998)
* [[Dalziel and Pascoe]] (2002)
* The Basil Brush Show (BBC, 2002) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122089/ Series 1 Episode 13, 'Cousin Mortimer']. Reuses footage of of 46521 Blossom from Oh Doctor Beeching!<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqtru7PRqac YouTube at 19:05]</ref>
* [[Hearts of Gold]] (2003)
* [[Woes Of The Departed]] (2007)
* [[Decline and Fall]] (2017)
* [[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]] (2019)
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21266652/ Platform 7 (2003 TV series)] (ITV 2003). Includes scenes at [[Kidderminster]].
== TV News and Documentary ==
*'''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].
*'''Six fifty Five Special''' (BBC 1981) broadcast 4 August 1981. Interview with Reverend W. Awdry on the inspiration for his Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Available to watch on [https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/449442913730553/ BBC Archive on Facebook]
*'''Look North West''' (BBC 1999) broadcast 30 November 1999. Item about the 175s being introduced in the north west, including a shot of one [[High speed testing|on test]] coming out of [[Bewdley Tunnel]]
*'''Midland Today''' (BBC 2007) broadcast 22 June 2007. "Severn Valley Railway Closure". Report on the [[2007 Storm Damage]]. Available to watch on [https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/611247ba9e2c440020e8e672 BBC Rewind]
*'''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".
*'''Britain's Scenic Railways''' (Channel 4 2021) Christmas episode showcasing [[Christmas services|Steam in Lights]], first broadcast 26 December 2021.<ref>[https://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-scenic-railways/on-demand/72627-005 More 4] (Retrieved 27 December 2021)</ref>
*'''Match of the Day''' (BBC 2022) Hosted live coverage from Kidderminster Town station featuring visiting [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]], prior to Kidderminster Harriers' FA Cup tie against West Ham United on 5 February 2022.
*'''Hornby: A Model World''' (UKTV 2023) Series 2, Episode 3 'A Coronation Coach' first broadcast 30 January 2023. Contains the story of the creation of the [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway#Special_edition_models|limited edition model]] of [[SR 34027 Taw Valley | 34027 Taw Valley]] in its temporary purple livery, with shots of the locomotive being inspected at [[Bewdley]], plus a cameo of [[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion|D1015 Western Champion]] at Bewdley and Kidderminster.
==TV Commercials and other==
* 'Say You're Wrong' by Julian Lennon, music video, filmed at Highley featuring 5690 (1984) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NHEV7VH5EA YouTube]
* Surprise Surprise (1984), item for Cilla Black’s LWT series featuring 6960 Raveningham Hall being driven and fired<ref>SVR News 72</ref>.
* British Gas commercial (1986), filmed at Bewdley and featuring [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKa0KBj5T8I&ab_channel=LynJones YouTube]
* 'Slow Train to Dawn' by The The, music video (1986) shot at various locations including [[Bridgnorth MPD]] and featuring [[75069]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfzvFKO1ud8 YouTube]. Directed by Tim Pope, the video features Neneh Cherry, who duets with Matt Johnson on the track, tied to a railway line while Johnson pilots a train towards her. Pope later dismissed his work on the video, saying, "I hate that one. It's pretentious and kind of stupid".<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infected_(The_The_album) Infected (The The album), Wikipedia] (Retrieved 27 April 2019)</ref>
* Wish You Were Here (BBC TV 1995), feature on ‘holidays for the disabled’ in Shropshire, including locomotive 4566 and newly converted wheelchair-friendly coach [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed | 80776]] <ref>SVR News 113</ref>.
