Editing Scotland Yard (section)

==Popular culture==
Scotland Yard has appeared in books, films, and television since the Victorian era when it featured in the [[Jack the Ripper]] cases and the stories of [[Sherlock Holmes]].<ref>Begg, ''Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History'', p. 205; Evans and Rumbelow, pp. 84–85</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the 21st century: it's elementary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/21/sherlock-holmes-modern-london |access-date=21 August 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Wilkie Collins]]'s novel ''[[The Moonstone]]'' (1868), a tale of a Scotland Yard Detective investigating the theft of a valuable diamond, has been described as perhaps the earliest clear example of the [[police procedural]] genre.<ref>{{cite book |title=Noir in the North Genre, Politics and Place |date=2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |page=247}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/wilkie-collins-the-moonstone |access-date=13 April 2023 |work=British Library}}</ref> In [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s gothic novella ''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' (1886), Inspector Newcomen, a Scotland Yard Detective, explores Hyde's loft in [[Soho]] and discovers evidence of his depraved life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde |url=https://www.britishlibrary.cn/en/works/jekyllandhyde/ |access-date=15 June 2023 |publisher=British Library}}</ref>

[[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s 1929 thriller film ''[[Blackmail (1929 film)|Blackmail]]'' (widely considered the first British "[[Sound film#Transition: Europe|talkie]]") features a Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber (played by [[John Longden]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Blackmail (1929) |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a55273b |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231082847/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a55273b|archive-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> 

Scotland Yard appears in the 1972 episode of [[Columbo]], "Dagger of the Mind". Columbo visits Scotland Yard to study the investigative techniques they use in London before becoming involved as a consultant for a murder case.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

In [[Monty Python]]'s 1969 comedy sketch "[[The Funniest Joke in the World]]", [[Graham Chapman]] plays a Scotland Yard Inspector who leaves the house with the joke in hand before dying from laughter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monty Python's 10 funniest sketches |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/what-to-see/monty-pythons-10-funniest-sketches/ |access-date=9 September 2019 | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] }}</ref>

Scotland Yard has also appeared in the [[Professor Layton]] series as supporting characters, which [[Professor Hershel Layton|Layton]] helped them in solving many cases. Inspector Chelmey and Constable Barton are the most appearing of Scotland Yard's members.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ellison |first=Cara |date=12 November 2013 |title=Professor Layton and The Azran Legacy – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/12/professor-layton-and-the-azran-legacy-nintendo-review |url-status=live |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

New Scotland Yard has also appeared in the movie ''[[V For Vendetta (film) | V For Vendetta]]'' and the video game ''[[Watch Dogs: Legion]]'' as the primary hub for the private military police force, Albion.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

[[Jeffrey Archer|Jeffrey Archer's]] ''William Warwick'' series, starting with ''Nothing Ventured'' in 2019, follows William Warwick, the protagonist's rise from a detective constable to senior ranks within Scotland Yard.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2019-09-26 |title=Goal is to keep going to finish new 8-book series: Jeffrey Archer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/goal-is-to-keep-going-to-finish-new-8-book-series-jeffrey-archer/article29517512.ece |access-date=2024-10-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Further depictions include:

* [[Scotland Yard (film series)]]: 1953–61.
* [[Colonel March of Scotland Yard]]: 1954–55.
* [[Scotland Yard (TV series)]]: 1960.
* [[New Scotland Yard (TV series)]]: 1972–74.
* [[George Gideon|Gideon of Scotland Yard]]: book and film
* [[Sergeant Cork]]: 1963-1966