Editing King's Lynn (section)

==Media appearances==
King's Lynn and surroundings have since the early 20th century been popular with film and TV producers. Their architecture and landscape often allow them to stand in for other parts of the world, especially the Netherlands and France. The town appeared as the Netherlands in ''The Silver Fleet'' (1943) and ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' (1942), as Germany in ''Operation Crossbow'' in 1965,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} and as France in ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'', the long-running BBC comedy.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

The town served as an earlier Dutch New York in the 1985 feature film ''[[Revolution (1985 film)|Revolution]]''.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The BBC series ''Lovejoy'' also used the town,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} as did the [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]] series ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales Of The Unexpected]]'' and the Granada series ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', starring [[Jeremy Brett]] in the title role.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

In the early 2000s, the BBC used the town bus station, local roads and the nearby Royal estate of Sandringham in the comedy drama series ''[[Grass (TV series)|Grass]]'', featuring [[Simon Day]].{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} It has, in recent times, appeared many times on programmes such as the BBC's ''[[Antiques Road Trip]]'', ''[[Flog It!]]'', and a [[BBC Four]] documentary ''The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King'', following the trail of [[John, King of England]] and how he lost his treasure in the Wash.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King |medium=Television production |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=9 February 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b052hrdd/the-last-journey-of-the-magna-carta-king}}</ref>

*[[King's Lynn Minster]] (St Margaret's)
*[[King's Lynn Power Station]]
*[[List of buildings in King's Lynn]]
*[[List of people from King's Lynn]]