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===TV appearances=== * Areas of Orpington were used as filming locations for the 1978 crime film ''[[Give Us Tomorrow]]''.<ref name="imdb2">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245920/|publisher=imdb.com|title=Give Us Tomorrow (1978) - IMDb|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211014148/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245920/|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''Who Believes In Orpington'' was a series about the role of the church in contemporary suburban life. Aired February 1988.<ref name="londonsscreenarchives">{{cite web|url=https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/public/details.php?id=1695|publisher=londonsscreenarchives.org.uk|title=London's Screen Archives: Who Believes in Orpington|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329190209/https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/title/1695/|url-status=live}}</ref> * The [[Save the Children]] shop in Orpington High Street was the subject of [[Mary Queen of Shops|''Mary Queen of Charity Shops'']], where [[Mary Portas]] set out to improve the takings and image of the charity shop. Aired June 2009 on BBC2.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l1tft|publisher=bbc.co.uk|title=BBC Two - Mary Queen of Charity Shops, Episode 1|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414190925/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l1tft|url-status=live}}</ref> * A British [[Sky UK|Sky TV]] promo live-action recreation of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' opening sequence was partly filmed in Lansdowne Avenue, Orpington.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-22 |title=The Simpsons Couch Gag That Was Filmed In London |url=https://londonist.com/london/film/the-simpsons-couch-gag-that-was-filmed-in-london |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Londonist |language=en}}</ref> *Forest Way, Orpington was the filming location for the tree scene in the 2020 [[John Lewis & Partners|John Lewis]] Christmas advert.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Orpington plays central role in John Lewis Christmas ad|work=News Shopper|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18869166.orpington-plays-central-role-john-lewis-christmas-ad/}}</ref>
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