Editing St Albans (section)

===Filming location===
The mixed character of St Albans and its proximity to London have made it a popular filming location. The Abbey and Fishpool Street areas were used for the pilot episode of the 1960s ecclesiastical TV comedy ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]''. The area of Romeland, directly north of the Abbey Gateway and the walls of the Abbey and school grounds, can be seen masquerading as part of an Oxford college in some episodes of ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' (and several local pubs also appear). Fishpool Street, running from Romeland to St Michael's village, stood in for [[Hastings]] in some episodes of ''[[Foyle's War]]''. ''[[Life Begins (TV series)|Life Begins]]'' was filmed largely in and around St Albans. The Lady Chapel in the Abbey itself was used as a location for at least one scene in [[Sean Connery]]'s 1995 film ''[[First Knight]]'', whilst the nave of the Abbey was used during a coronation scene as a substitute for [[Westminster Abbey]] in ''[[Johnny English]]'' starring [[Rowan Atkinson]]. The 19th-century gatehouse of the former prison near the [[St Albans City railway station|mainline station]] appeared in the title sequence of the TV series ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'', starring [[Ronnie Barker]]. The 2001 film ''[[Birthday Girl (2001 film)|Birthday Girl]]'' starring [[Ben Chaplin]] and [[Nicole Kidman]] was also partly filmed in St Albans.

More recently, several scenes from the film ''[[Incendiary (film)|Incendiary]]'', starring [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]], [[Ewan McGregor]] and [[Matthew Macfadyen]], were filmed in St Albans, focusing in particular on the Abbey and the Abbey Gateway. In 2018, a Gucci advert featuring Harry Styles was filmed at a Fish and Chips shop in Fleetville, St Albans. It has also been used in the setting for the fictional town ''Waltringham'', in the TV show ''[[Humans (TV series)|Humans]]''. In early 2022 Verulamium Park was used as a filming location for [[Wonka (film)|''Wonka'']] starring [[Timothée Chalamet]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-02 |title=Parts of Verulamium Park in St Albans due to close 'for Wonka filming' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60585176 |access-date=2023-01-15}}</ref>