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===Film=== Richmond Park has been a location for several films and TV series: * A [[locomotive]] runs through the park and crashes into a tree in the [[Ealing Studios]] comedy film ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' (1953).<ref name="Screen"/> * In the 1968 film ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'', [[James Fox]] crosses Richmond Park in a [[List of Rolls-Royce motor cars|Rolls-Royce car]].<ref name="Screen"/> * The park was the backdrop for the classic historical film ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' (1969),<ref name="Star">{{cite web | url=https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/about-richmond-park/richmond-park-in-film | title=Richmond Park in film| publisher=[[The Royal Parks]] | work=Richmond Park | access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> with [[Richard Burton]] and [[Geneviève Bujold]], which looks back to what is now Richmond in the 16th century. The film tells the story of King [[Henry VIII]]'s courtship of [[Anne Boleyn]] and their brief marriage. * An Indian [[dust storm]] was filmed in the park for the film ''[[Heat and Dust]]'' (1983).<ref name="Screen">{{cite book | publisher=[[Museum of Richmond]] | author1=Sue Barber | author2=Phillippa Heath|editor= Valerie Boyes | title=Richmond on Screen: Feature Films Shot in the Borough | year=2009 | page=27}}</ref> * The Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park featured in the film ''[[Billy Elliot]]'' (2000).<ref name="Screen"/><ref name="Lydall">{{cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/billy-elliot-v-the-badgers-7086734.html | title=Billy Elliot v the badgers | work=[[Evening Standard]] | date=3 February 2005 | access-date=18 October 2013 | author=Ross Lydall | location=London}}</ref> * In 2010, director [[Guy Ritchie]] filmed parts of ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'' (2011) in the park with [[Robert Downey Jr.]] and [[Jude Law]].<ref name="Holmes">{{cite news | url= http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/richmondnews/8459315.Detective_sequel_filming_in_Richmond_Park/ | title=Richmond Park transformed into gypsy camp as Sherlock Holmes sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock and Jude Law as Dr Watson is filmed | work= [[Richmond and Twickenham Times]]|date=18 October 2010 | access-date=25 September 2013}}</ref> * Some of the scenes from ''[[Into the Woods (film)|Into the Woods]]'' (2014), the [[Disney]] fantasy film featuring [[Meryl Streep]],<ref name="Vincent">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10339166/Meryl-Streep-in-Into-The-Woods-first-look.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10339166/Meryl-Streep-in-Into-The-Woods-first-look.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Meryl Streep in Into The Woods: first look | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=27 September 2013 | access-date=13 February 2014 | author=Alice Vincent}}{{cbignore}}</ref> were filmed in the park.<ref name="Meryl Streep">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03qflhm | title=Meryl Streep; Oscar Isaac; Sundance festival; National Trust film locations | publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]] | work=[[The Film Programme]] | access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Magical">{{cite news | title=Streep praises 'magical' park | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=7 February 2014 }}</ref> * Richmond Park was the setting for some scenes in the 2018 family comedy film ''[[Patrick (2018 film)|Patrick]]''.<ref name="Macnab">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/patrick-review-makes-pudsey-seem-like-the-citizen-canine-of-dog-movies-a8419286.html |title= Patrick review: Makes Pudsey seem like the Citizen Canine of dog movies |author=Geoffrey Macnab |date=27 June 2018 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/16321497.patrick-out-in-cinemas-on-friday/ |title=Patrick out in cinemas on Friday |date=28 June 2018 |work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref> As well as a location for films, Richmond Park is regularly featured in television programmes, corporate videos and fashion shoots. It has made an appearance on ''[[Blue Peter]]'', ''[[Inside Out (2002 TV programme)|Inside Out]]'' (the BBC regional current affairs programme) and ''[[Springwatch]]'' (the BBC natural history series).<ref name="Star"/> In 2014 it was featured in a video commissioned by [[#The Hearsum Collection|The Hearsum Collection]].<ref name="Hearsum video">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqzgc7b_Ky8 | title=The Heritage Pavilion Video | publisher=[[YouTube]] | date=11 November 2004 | access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> Most recently it was the subject of nature documentary ''Richmond Park – National Nature Reserve'', presented by Sir David Attenborough and produced by the Friends of Richmond Park, which has won the best "Longform" film in the 2018 national Charity Film Awards.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/david-attenborough-urges-richmond-park-visitors-to-tread-lightly-and-protect-wildlife-in-new-film-a3523996.html | title=Sir David Attenborough urges Richmond Park visitors to 'tread lightly' and protect wildlife in new film | author= Robert Dex|work=[[Evening Standard]] | date=26 April 2017 | access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/16251013.Sir_David_Attenborough_s_Richmond_Park_film_wins_national_charity_film_award/| title=Sir David Attenborough's Richmond Park film wins national charity film award | author= Calum Rutter|work=[[Richmond & Twickenham Times]] | date=25 May 2018 | access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
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