Other Notable Events
Wimbledon Stadium was the scene for part of the music video for the Queen song Bicycle Race, in which 65 professional models, all naked, rode on bikes round the stadium.
Banger racing at the stadium was featured in the ITV police series The Sweeney. The story was entitled 'Contact Breaker'.
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