Editing London Zoo (section)

==In popular culture==
===In film and television===
[[File:Harry Potter at London Zoo.jpg|thumb|right|[[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] with a [[Burmese python]] in the Reptile House]]
[[File:Andrew Sachs, audio description of London Zoo.ogg|thumb|Audio description of the London Zoo by [[Andrew Sachs]].]]
Many films and television programmes have used London Zoo as a location for filming.<ref name="commercial-filming">{{cite web | url = http://www.zsl.org/info/corporate/commercial-filming-photography-and-unit-base-car-parking,579,AR.html | title = Commercial Filming and Photography | publisher = [[Zoological Society of London|ZSL]] | access-date =5 March 2008}}</ref>

* The Zoo and its Aquarium appear in Hitchcock's 1936 film [[Sabotage (1936 film)|Sabotage]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Sabotage (1936) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028212/locations |language=en |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
* In 1947, [[Carol Reed]] took his film crew and actors [[Ralph Richardson]], [[Michèle Morgan]] and [[Bobby Henrey]] to London Zoo to film location scenes there for ''[[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]'' (released in 1948). Scenes were filmed inside the lion house, the reptile house, and on the Mappin Terraces. Today, the scenes provide a historical view of what the zoo looked like in the immediate post-war years.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* A scene from the film ''[[The Pumpkin Eater]]'' (1964) with [[Anne Bancroft]] and [[James Mason]] was also set at the zoo.<ref name="travelguidelondon">{{cite web|url=http://www.travelguidelondon.co.uk/places-and-tourist-sites/to-the-london-zoo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223220440/http://www.travelguidelondon.co.uk/places-and-tourist-sites/to-the-london-zoo.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2017 |title=To the London Zoo! |publisher=Travel Guide London |date=31 December 2007 |access-date=5 March 2008 }}</ref>
* In 1967, part of [[Dudley Moore]] and [[Peter Cook]]'s movie [[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]] was filmed at the zoo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/bedazzled-1967/|title=Reelstreets &#124; Bedazzled (1967)|website=www.reelstreets.com}}</ref>
* The opening sequence for series 3 and 4 of the 1973 ITV/Thames television show ''Man About The House'' was filmed in the London Zoological Gardens.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* During ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981), the lead character David Kessler (played by [[David Naughton]]) woke up naked in the wolves' enclosure. Several other animals are also visible, and the old caged enclosures of the tigers and apes are clearly visible.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watkins |first1=Jack |title=How we made An American Werewolf in London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/12/how-we-made-an-american-werewolf-in-london-john-landis |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 January 2019 |date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
* Part of the film ''[[Turtle Diary]]'' (1985), based on the novel by [[Russell Hoban]] and starring [[Ben Kingsley]] and [[Glenda Jackson]], was also filmed here; the film follows a plan to help two of the turtles escape from the zoo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Turtle Diary - Film review |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/turtle-diary |website=Time Out London |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Turtle Diary (1985) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77df22e2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912172159/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77df22e2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* In the final scene from the film ''[[Withnail and I]]'' (1987), a sad Withnail is shown standing in the pouring rain next to the former wolf enclosure, declaiming the speech [[What a piece of work is a man]] from ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref name="withnail">{{cite news | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/london_film_festival/article2697992.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515200500/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/london_film_festival/article2697992.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 May 2008 | title = They're back for one more bender: Withnail and I get together again | newspaper = [[Times Online]] | date = 20 October 2007 | access-date =5 March 2008 | author = Jack Malvern | location=London}}</ref>
* In 2000,<ref name="ign-potter">{{cite web | url = http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034135p1.html | title = Potter set news & pics | website = [[IGN]] | date = 15 November 2000 | access-date = 28 March 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110831202056/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034135p1.html | archive-date = 31 August 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> the [[Burmese python]] scene from the film ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001) was filmed at the zoo's Reptile House. In reality, the tank shown is typically home to smaller reptile species. A [[Commemorative plaque|plaque]] beside the enclosure commemorates the event.<ref name="harry-potter">{{cite web | url = http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/h/harry_potter1.html | title = Filming locations for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | publisher = Movie Locations | access-date = 5 March 2008 | archive-date = 25 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090525060224/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/h/harry_potter1.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><!-- Find a bit more info about this scene
* A scene from ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' (2002) was filmed there.<ref name="about-a-boy">{{cite web | url = http://www.filmlondon.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=812&ArticleID=1720 | title = London Zoo | publisher = Film London | access-date =5 March 2008}}</ref>
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