List of London Underground–related fiction

Many works of fiction are set in the London Underground system or use it as a major plot element. This is a partial list.

Novels

• James Herbert: The Rats (1974; also 1982 film Deadly Eyes)
• Lawrence Leonard: The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980)
• Julian Barnes: Metroland (1981)
• Tom Clancy: Patriot Games (1987; also 1992 film)
• Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell): King Solomon's Carpet (1991)
• Geoff Ryman: 253 (1997) - set on Bakerloo Line
• Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere (1997; also 1996 television series)
• Tobias Hill: Underground (1999) - involving disused South Kentish Town tube station
• Keith Lowe: Tunnel Vision (2001)
• Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code (2003)
• Conrad Williams: London Revenant (2004)

Short stories

• Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908) (e-text)
• John Betjeman: South Kentish Town (1951)
• Samuel Selvon: Working the Transport (1957)
• Alice Thompson: Killing Time (1990)
• Connie Willis: The Winds of Marble Arch (1999) (online)
• Christopher Fowler: Crocodile Lady

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Bend It Like Beckham - Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra in Piccadilly Circus Station

Films

• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• The Man in the White Suit (1951)
• Georgy Girl (1966)
• Press for Time (1966)
• Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
• Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - fictional station Hobbs End
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• Death Line (aka Raw Meat) (1972)
• Hanover Street (1979)
• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• Lifeforce (1985)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Hidden City (1988)
• The Krays (1990)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Secrets & Lies (1996)
• The Wings of the Dove (1997)
• Croupier (1998)
• Sliding Doors (1998)

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Exterior of Highgate Station in Tube Tales

• Tube Tales (1999)
• Virtual Sexuality (1999)
• The End of the Affair (1999)
• Billy Elliot (2000)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• Die Another Day (2002) - fictional station Vauxhall Cross

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The Mother - Goldhawk Road Station

• Reign of Fire (2002)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Code 46 (2003)
• The Mother (2003)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004) - fictional station Crouch End
• If Only (2004)
• Creep (2004)
• Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
• Green Street (2005)
• V for Vendetta (2005)

Television

Doctor Who

• The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
• The Chase (1965)
• The Web of Fear (1967)
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
• The Sun Makers (1977)
• The Mysterious Planet (1986)
• Rose (2005) - Fictional Station
• Primeval (2007)

Others

• Game On
• The setting for 'The Lab' HQ of The Tomorrow People (1973-1979)
• The setting of EastEnders features the fictitious Walford East tube station
• CGI "Underground Ernie"

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Aqua at Holborn Station

Music videos

• Roxette - "Fireworks" (1994) - Piccadilly Circus Station - external
• The Prodigy - "Firestarter" (1996) - Aldwych Station
• Suede - "Saturday Night" (1997) - Holborn Station - disused platform and tunnel
• Aqua - "Turn Back Time" (1998) - Holborn and Bank Station
• Chemical Brothers - "Believe" (2005) - Goodge Street and Maida Vale Station
• Madonna - "Hung Up" (2005) - Tube stock - Jubilee Line between Charing Cross (disused Jubilee Line platform) and West Hampstead
• Feeder - "Suffocate" - Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District Line Train
• Feeder - "Piece By Piece" - Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District Line Train
• Oasis - "Mucky Fingers" (Live Gig Only Video) - Piccadilly Circus

External links

• Going Underground's - London Underground in Film and TV
• Nick Cooper's - London Underground in Film and TV

See also

• List of television shows set in London
• London in film
• New York City Subway in popular culture