In Literature and Popular Culture
Music videos have been filmed at Durdle Door, including parts of Tears for Fears' Shout, Cliff Richard's 1990 Christmas number one Saviour's Day, Billy Ocean's Loverboy and Bruce Dickinson's Tears of the Dragon.
The third story in Ron Dawson's Amazing Adventures of Scary Bones the Skeleton series creates a magical myth of how Durdle Door came to be. In Scary Bones meets the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Coast, the story's heroes meet an as yet undiscovered dinosaur called Durdle Doorus. At the end of the story Durdle Doorus is transformed into Durdle Door with the validity of the transformation demonstrated by an illustration and photograph.
The artwork inside the lyric booklet for Pink Floyd's The Division Bell includes a scene photographed at Durdle Door.
In Nanny McPhee, the children go for a picnic on the beach at Durdle Door.
Scenes from the film Wilde (1997) starring Stephen Fry were shot here.
Scenes from the film Far From The Madding Crowd (1967) were shot here, including at Scratchy Bottom.
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