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List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway

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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 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]

*'''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==

*From Tony Willmore in 2022: "I used to be involved with the Western diesels and I can think of other filming jobs we did with them. There was a "Don't forget to tell Sid" British Gas advert [1986] filmed at Bewdley with D1062. Then there was TV drama filmed at Bridgnorth one evening with D1062 but when the programme appeared the footage had not been used. I also remember BBC Midlands Today being at Bridgnorth one evening on the anniversary of the line's closure, with suitable renumbered Pannier Tanks working a train."

*From an article in SVR News 115, 46443 faced south while filming Hannover Street and The Thirty Nine Steps in 1978 but was then turned to face north "...''for a sequence in a television film called 'A Man Called Enigma'.''"

==See also==