Editing Surbiton (section)

===In popular culture===
Surbiton was the setting of [[Keble Howard]]'s novel ''The Smiths of Surbiton'', published in 1906. The novel proved successful and led to two sequels, ''The Smiths of Valley View'' (1909) and ''The Smiths in War-Time'' (1918), both also set in Surbiton.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kemp|last2=Mitchell|last3=Trotter|title=Edwardian Fiction, an Oxford Companion|year=1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/edwardianfiction0000kemp/page/197 197]|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198117605|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/edwardianfiction0000kemp/page/197}}</ref>

A 1972 episode of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' featured a mock documentary which investigated whether the residents of [[Hounslow]], another London area suburb, had long ago been descendants of the people of Surbiton "who had made the great trek north".<ref>''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', Episode No. 28, first aired 28 October 1972</ref>

Surbiton is popularly remembered as an icon of [[suburbia]] in such British television programmes as ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' (starring [[Richard Briers]], [[Penelope Keith]], [[Paul Eddington]] and [[Felicity Kendal]]), though location filming was done in [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], North-West London,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1251547.stm The Good Life house for sale]</ref> and [[John Sessions]] and [[Phil Cornwell]]'s comedy series ''[[Stella Street]]''.

Surbiton station features in the 2009 film version of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]],'' with actors [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] and [[Michael Gambon]] as [[Albus Dumbledore]]. Filming took place in November 2007.<ref>[http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/1839369.harry_potter_film_on_location_in_surbiton/ thisislocallondon.co.uk]</ref> The station also appears in [[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]: ''The Adventure of the Clapham Cook'',<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Adventure of the Clapham Cook |series=[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]] |network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |date=8 January 1989 |season=1 |number=1 |minutes=38:28}}</ref> a 1989 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] adaptation of the short story by [[Agatha Christie]]. The station reflects the 1930s [[Art Deco]] style that often featured in locations used in the series.<ref>{{cite news|first=Finlo |last=Rohrer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24914782|title=Goodbye to the splendid 1930s world of Poirot|work=[[BBC News Online#Magazine|BBC News Magazine]]|date=15 November 2013|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>

The guitarist and singer-songwriter [[Eric Clapton]] purchased one of his first guitars from a shop in Surbiton called ''Bells''; the shop has since closed.<ref>[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/a-late-1950s-hofner-club-60-1525990-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=1525990&sid=775d57e0-50bb-4a69-95ac-6c7be096a7fb christies.com]</ref>

According to the cassette insert for the 1980s computer game ''[[Manic Miner]]'', the mine complex in which the game action takes place was located "while prospecting down Surbiton way..."<ref>[http://www.20goto10.co.uk/manicminer/instructions.html 'Manic Miner - Instructions'] at 20 GOTO 10 website</ref>