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===Television=== * ''Orient Express'' was a syndicated TV series in the early- to mid-1950s. Filmed in Europe, its half-hour dramas featured such stars as [[Paul Lukas]], [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]], [[Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]] and [[Erich von Stroheim]]. * In "The Orient Express" (episode number 48 of ''[[The World of Commander McBragg]]'' cartoon series), the Commander tells the story of how he once rode on that fabled train, dodging several assassination attempts on his life en route. *In the Pink Panther cartoon "Pinkfinger" the Pink Panther tries to be a secret agent and is almost blown up by a bomb on the Orient Express. * ''[[Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express]]'', an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'', was first broadcast on 5 October 1976 and is partially set aboard the train. * ''Mystery on the Orient Express'': a television special featuring illusionist [[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]]. During the special, Copperfield rode aboard the train and, at its conclusion, made the dining car seemingly disappear. * "The Istambul Train", "Il treno d'Istanbul" (1980) Hungarian–Italian television series "[[Stamboul Train]]" original title by [[Graham Greene]] (1932).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120972/releaseinfo|title=The Istambul Train (TV Mini-Series 1980– )|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> * "[[Minder on the Orient Express]]" (1985): a special episode of the long-running [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sit-com ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''. * ''[[Whicker's World]] – Aboard The Orient Express'': Travel journalist [[Alan Whicker]] joined the inaugural service of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express to Venice in 1982, interviewing invited guests and celebrities along the way. * ''[[Gavin Stamp]]'s Orient Express'': in 2007 UK's [[Channel 5 (UK)|Five]] broadcast an arts/travel series which saw the historian journey from Paris to Istanbul along the old ''Orient Express'' route. * The 1987 cartoon ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' had an episode titled "Turtles on the Orient Express". As the title suggests it is primarily based on the train.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nick.com/shows|title=TV Shows | Discover New Nick Shows | Nickelodeon|website=Nick}}</ref> * A 1993 advert for [[Bisto]] Fuller Flavour Gravy Granules featured in it with a young couple. * The 1995 cartoon ''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]'' had an episode titled ''Madeline on the Orient Express'', in which a chef stole a snake. * The episode "[[Emergence (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Emergence]]" of the science fiction television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' partially takes place on a [[Holodeck]] representation of the ''Orient Express''. * On the 15 May 2007 broadcast of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', the shows theme music "Think" was played by a person on the train’s piano, since the Final Jeopardy clue was about the ''Orient Express''. * In the British soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', in 1986, characters [[Den and Angie Watts]] spent their honeymoon on the train. * "Aboard the Orient Express" ''[[Get Smart]]'' series 1, episode 13 is set on the ''Orient Express''. * In one episode of the British cartoon series ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', called "Danger Mouse on the Orient Express" (a parody of ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]''), Danger Mouse and Penfold travel on the train on their way back to London from Venice. Danger Mouse's arch enemy Greenback is also on the train. * In an episode of the television series ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'', Chuck and Sarah decide to go [[AWOL]] and take a trip on the ''Orient Express''. * At the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|The Big Bang]]", the [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] receives a call for help from the "Orient Express — in space". This setting is used in the episode "[[Mummy on the Orient Express]]", including a reference to the ending of "The Big Bang", four years later. The ''Orient Express'' also briefly appears in the beginning of the 2024 Christmas special, "[[Joy to the World (Doctor Who)|Joy to the World]]". * In episode 15 of television series [[Forever (2014 TV series)|''Forever'' (U.S. TV series)]], Dr Henry Morgan travelled from [[Budapest]] to [[Istanbul]] with his wife Abigail Morgan on his honeymoon in 1955. He performed an appendectomy on a member of the fictional Urkesh royalty. * ''[[The Backyardigans]]'' episode "[[List of The Backyardigans episodes#Le Master Of Disguise|Le Master of Disguise]]" features the Orient Express, showing Uniqua, Pablo, Austin, Tasha and Tyrone going to Istanbul from Paris. * The series ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', which adapted the entirety of Christie's works featuring [[Hercule Poirot]] as played by [[David Suchet]], included an adaptation of ''Murder on the Orient Express'' as part of its 2010 episodes. * ''Michael Palin's Around The World in Eighty Days'' (1988). [[Michael Palin]] travelled on the ''Orient Express'' in episode 1 from London Victoria to Innsbruck, using a ferry across the English Channel from Folkestone. The train did not continue on to Venice because of a strike on the Italian railways. * One of the episodes of the animated series ''[[The Adventures of Paddington Bear]]'' titled “Paddington on the Orient Express” features the titular bear and Mr. Gruber on the train. They end up being part of a mystery when a bracelet goes missing.
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