Radio and Cinema
Local radio station 106 Jack FM Hertfordshire broadcasts from the old pump house, which provided water for the house. Allegedly a deep well is buried beneath site of the breakfast show presenter's swivel chair.
Numerous films have been shot at Knebworth, including:
- The Big Sleep (1978) - General Sternwood's country mansion
- The Great Muppet Caper (1980) - exterior of the Mallory Gallery
- Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980) - interior and exterior
- The Shooting Party (1985) - filmed entirely on location
- Porterhouse Blue (1987) - exterior of the home of Sir Cathcart D'Eath
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988) - exterior of the D'Ampton mansion
- Batman (1989) - exterior scenes of Bruce Wayne's manor
- The Canterville Ghost (1995 film)
- Sacred Flesh (1999) - exterior scenes of the convent
- Agent Cody Banks 2 - some scenes in and around the grounds
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Yule Ball Staircase Scene
- Jonathan Creek - provided the location of Metropolis in the 2008 Christmas Special.
- Haunted Honeymoon (1986) - exterior of the home
- The King's Speech (2010) - Balmoral Party and other scenes
- "The Scapegoat" (2012) - significant interior and exterior scenes
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Famous quotes containing the words radio and/or cinema:
“Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen-agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.”
—Max Lerner (b. 1902)
“Compare ... the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they re-enact the same drama. Deep in the nature of theatre is a sense of ritual. The cinema, by contrast, transports its audience individually, singly, out of the theatre towards the unknown.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)