Editing Severn Valley Railway (section)

==In television and film==
*The [[The Signalman (film)|1976 BBC television adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]' short story "[[The Signal-Man]]" was filmed around the cutting on the Kidderminster side of the Bewdley Tunnel. A replica signal box was constructed in the cutting, while interior scenes were filmed in the actual signal box at Highley.<ref name=Native>{{cite web |title=50 years of the Severn Valley Railway: We look at films and TV shows it has featured in |url=http://nativemonster.com/attractions/50-years-of-the-severn-valley-railway-we-look-at-which-films-and-tv-shows-it-has-featured-in|website=nativemonster.com/ |publisher=Native Monster |access-date=3 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102231419/http://nativemonster.com/attractions/50-years-of-the-severn-valley-railway-we-look-at-which-films-and-tv-shows-it-has-featured-in |archive-date=2 January 2016}}</ref>
*Portions of ''[[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)|The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]'' (1976) were filmed on the railway.<ref name="tele"/>
*Scenes between Bewdley and Hampton Loade stations were filmed for the [[Walt Disney Productions]] film ''[[Candleshoe]]'' (screened 1977), starring [[David Niven]] and [[Jodie Foster]], were shot in 1976. [[GWR 4500 Class|GWR No. 4566]] was featured in the movie.<ref name=shropstar3>{{cite news |title=Niven and Co roll in for Disney film caper |work=Shropshire Star |date=19 March 2015 |page=28 |issue=Severn Valley Railway Golden Jubilee Souvenir Supplement}}</ref>
*The 1977 television film version of ''[[Silver Blaze (1977 film)|Silver Blaze]]'' used the railway.<ref name="tele">{{cite book |author=Peter Haining |title=The Television Sherlock Holmes |year=1994 |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |pages=77–78 |isbn=0-86369-793-3}}</ref>
*The 1978 film version of ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' was partly filmed on the railway—specifically, the scenes where Hannay ([[Robert Powell]]) hangs from Victoria Bridge. The scene is supposed to be set in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Bridge, Worcestershire |url=http://openbuildings.com/buildings/victoria-bridge-worcestershire-profile-11683?_show_description=1 |publisher=Open Buildings |access-date=3 November 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102231420/http://openbuildings.com/buildings/victoria-bridge-worcestershire-profile-11683?_show_description=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The [[BBC TV]] children's series ''[[God's Wonderful Railway]]'' (1980) was filmed on the SVR.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rowlands |first=Avril |title=SVR News |journal=Severn Valley Railway News |issue=51 |page=23}}</ref>
*Another BBC children's series ''[[The Box of Delights (TV series)|The Box of Delights]]'' (1984) was filmed along the line; station scenes featured both Bewdley and Arley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crick |first=karen |date=13 January 2025 |title=A Box of Delights, 40 years on at the SVR |url=https://svr.co.uk/blogs/a-box-of-delights-40-years-on-at-the-svr/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=Severn Valley Railway |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2024 |title=Branch Lines - SVR Newsletter |url=https://www.svrlive.com/bldec24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113132318/https://www.svrlive.com/bldec24 |archive-date=13 January 2025 |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=Severn Valley Railway Branch Lines Newsletter |pages=Article 4}}</ref>
*In the 2005 film ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', GWR Manor no. 7802 [[GWR 7800 Class 7802 Bradley Manor|''Bradley Manor'']] appeared with the train that brought the Pevensies to the nearest station to the Professor's house.<ref name=Wenlock>{{cite web |title=Severn Valley basks in the glow of new 'Sherlock Holmes' film hit |url=http://www.muchwenlocktourism.co.uk/news/newarticle.php?id=1594 |website=muchwenlocktourism.co.uk |publisher=Much Wenlock Tourism |access-date=3 November 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102231419/http://www.muchwenlocktourism.co.uk/news/newarticle.php?id=1594 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Victoria Bridge appears briefly in the 2011 film ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'' when Holmes pushes Dr Watson's wife, Mary, off a train as it goes over a bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mediafiles.thedms.co.uk/Publication/HF-VW/cms/pdf/Severn%20Valley%20Railway%20-%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20A%20game%20of%20shadows.pdf |title=SVR Press Information }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Bewdley and Kidderminster, locomotive 42968, and the rake of LNER coaches featured in sequences of [[Dancing on the Edge (TV series)|''Dancing on the Edge'']], a five-part dramatisation by [[Stephen Poliakoff]], filmed in February 2012 and aired in February 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Railway's TV scenes are captured |newspaper=Bridgnorth Journal |date=17 February 2012 |page=10}}</ref>
*In 2019, a portion of the Netflix original film ''[[Enola Holmes (film)|Enola Holmes]]'' was filmed on the Severn Valley Railway.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-54357588 |title=Enola Holmes: When Hollywood stars came to Severn Valley Railway |date=30 September 2020 |website=BBC News |archive-date=4 December 2024 |access-date=29 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204222622/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-54357588 |url-status=live }}</ref>