Editing Charlton Athletic F.C. (section)

===Film and TV===
After promotion to Division 1 in 1936, the [[British Pathé]] company visited The Valley to film the players training. The commentary noted a "proud boast" that not a single player during their year in Division 2 was "cautioned". The subsequent film, ''Famous Football Teams at Home. No.5: Charlton Athletic'' (canister:PT 353, media URN: 39727), was released on 28 December 1936, and contains clear views of the early stadium.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

British [[Movietone News]] filmed the sixth-round (quarter-final) FA Cup match versus [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], at the Valley, on 1 March 1947, which Charlton won 2-1. The commentary was by [[Lionel Gamlin]]. It begins by showing German prisoners of war clearing snow from the former East terrace. (For identification purposes, the video i.d., is: BM48249. The film's Friendly Key, is: 470306131).{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Charlton Athletic assumes a pivotal role in the film ''[[The Silent Playground]]'' (1963). Three children get in to trouble when their mother's boyfriend 'Uncle' Alan ([[John Ronane]]), gives them pocket money to wander off on their own, so that he can attend a Charlton football match. There is some footage from the ground which Ronane is later seen leaving.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reelstreets {{!}} Silent Playground, The |url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/silent-playground-the/ |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=www.reelstreets.com}}</ref>

In the long-running BBC sitcom ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney Charlton Trotter]] is named after the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/football/the-top-10-football-references-in-only-fools-and-horses-129868|title=The Top 10 Football References In Only Fools And Horses|website=Balls.ie|date=18 July 2014 |access-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223220020/https://www.balls.ie/amp/football/the-top-10-football-references-in-only-fools-and-horses-129868|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the BBC science-fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the [[seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] (played by [[Sophie Aldred]] from 1987 to 1989) wears a Charlton Athletic badge on her black bomber jacket<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doctor Who Transcripts - The Happiness Patrol |url=http://www.chakoteya.net/DoctorWho/25-2.htm |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=www.chakoteya.net}}</ref> and the club is mentioned in ''[[Silver Nemesis]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doctor Who Transcripts - Silver Nemesis |url=http://www.chakoteya.net/DoctorWho/25-3.htm |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=www.chakoteya.net}}</ref>

The Valley and manager [[Alan Curbishley]] made cameo appearances in the [[Sky One]] television series ''[[Dream Team (TV series)|Dream Team]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2023 |title=Assassinations, Affairs & Alcohol: How Harchester United Won The FA Cup |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/assassinations-affairs-alcohol-how-harchester-united-won-the-fa-cup1111 |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=The Sportsman |language=EN}}</ref>

Charlton Athletic featured in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] one-off drama ''Albert's Memorial'', shown on 12 September 2010 and starring [[David Jason]] and [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/albertsmemorial/ |title=Albert's Memorial |access-date=26 August 2013 |website=www.itv.com |publisher=ITV plc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911172023/http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/albertsmemorial/ |archivedate=11 September 2010}}</ref>
A Charlton Athletic match against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in the 1950s is depicted in [[BBC Two]] [[television film]] [[United (2011 film)|''United'']] (released in 2011).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |date=24 April 2011 |title=TV review: Doctor Who; United |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/24/sam-wollaston-doctor-who-united |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

A young [[Billy Butcher]] has a Charlton flag in his room in [[Amazon Prime Video]] series [[The Boys (TV series)|''The Boys'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bojalad |first=Alec |date=1 July 2022 |title=The Boys Season 3: All the Real Life References |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-real-life-references/ |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref>