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=== Film and television settings === The neoclassical facade of King's, with the passage which connects the Strand to the [[Somerset House]] terrace, has been utilised to reproduce the late Victorian Strand in the opening scenes of [[Oliver Parker]]'s 2002 film ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]''. The East Wing of King's appears, as a part of Somerset House, in a number of other productions, such as ''[[Wilde]]'' and ''[[The Duchess (film)|The Duchess]]''.<ref name="films">{{cite web |url=https://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/kings-in-film |title=King's on screen: film scenes around campus |publisher=Alumni Online|access-date=31 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117064011/https://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/kings-in-film|archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> The [[Maughan Library]] has also been the location of some film shoots of popular movies and TV series, most notably ''[[Johnny English]]'', ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' and ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]''.<ref name="films" /> Part of [[Dan Brown]]'s novel ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' was set in the Round Reading Room of the [[Maughan Library]], although no part of the [[The Da Vinci Code (film)|film adaption]] was filmed there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Round Reading Room |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/library-newsletter-spring-2013.pdf |work=Library News |publisher=King's College London |date=Spring 2013 |access-date=10 June 2016 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325043655/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/library-newsletter-spring-2013.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 1979, The Greenwood Theatre at Guy's Medical School (now King's [[GKT School of Medical Education|GKT Medical School]]) became the first home for the ''[[BBC]]'s'' ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' programme. In December 2018, ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' returned to the Greenwood Theatre for [[David Dimbleby]]'s last programme as host.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/News-Article?id=eedafa08-45bb-47fe-acbd-9999be488ed3 |title=news-article | News Centre | King's College London |publisher=King's College London |access-date=8 June 2021 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608105140/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/News-Article?id=eedafa08-45bb-47fe-acbd-9999be488ed3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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