Editing Four-minute mile (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Bannister and Landy.jpg|thumb|200px|Statue outside the [[Pacific National Exhibition]] in Vancouver immortalizing the moment in "The Miracle Mile" when Bannister (left) passed Landy]]

In 1955 [[G. P. Putnam's Sons|Putnam & Co. Ltd.]] published [[Roger Bannister]]'s account of the events in ''First Four Minutes''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://johnatkinsonbooks.co.uk/book/roger-bannister-first-four-minutes-first-uk-edition-1955-fine/ | title=Roger Bannister – First Four Minutes – First UK Edition 1955 }}</ref> This was later adapted as "The Four-Minute Mile" by [[Reader's Digest]] in 1958.

In the 17 November 1956 Season 2 Episode 26 Whole No. 65 of ''[[Science Fiction Theatre]]'' entitled "Three Minute Mile", a scientist ([[Marshall Thompson]]) attempts to create a super athlete ([[Martin Milner]]).

In the 1971 film ''[[The Omega Man]]'', protagonist Robert Neville, as played by [[Charlton Heston]], claims to have run a mile in 3 minutes and 50 seconds.

In 1988, the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] and the [[BBC]] co-produced ''[[The Four Minute Mile]]'', a [[miniseries]] dramatization of the race to the four-minute mile, featuring [[Richard Huw]] as Bannister and [[Nique Needles]] as John Landy (who was simultaneously pursuing the milestone). It was written by [[David Williamson]] and directed by [[Jim Goddard]].<ref name="bbc4mm">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095171|title=The Four Minute Mile (TV Movie 1998) – iMDb|publisher=IMDb|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref>

In 2004, [[Neal Bascomb]] wrote a book entitled ''[[The Perfect Mile]]'' about Roger Bannister, John Landy, and [[Wes Santee]], portraying their individual attempts to break the four-minute mile and the context of the sport of mile racing. A second film version (entitled ''Four Minutes'') was made in 2005, starring [[Jamie Maclachlan]] as Bannister.<ref name="4minutes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1151765_four_minutes|title=Four Minutes (2005)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref>

Also in 2004, a [[Fifty pence (British coin)|50 pence]] coin was minted in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bannister running the four-minute mile.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Roger Bannister 50p Coin – Mintage: 9,032,500 – Scarcity Index: 3 |url=https://www.changechecker.org/coin/8/50p-Roger-Bannister.aspx |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=changechecker.org}}</ref> There were 9,032,500 minted in 2004. The coin was re-struck in 2019 as part of the '50 years of the 50p coin' set released by the [[Royal Mint]], only for collector sets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=50 Years of the 50p coin {{!}} The Royal Mint |url=https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/50-years-of-the-50p/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=royalmint.com}}</ref>

In 2005, ESPN released a television adaptation of the event called "Four Minutes" featuring Jamie Maclachlan as Roger Bannister and [[Christopher Plummer]] as his wheelchair-using coach, Archie Mason.

In June 2011, the watch used to time the original event was donated by [[Jeffrey Archer]] to a charity auction for Oxford University Athletics Club; it sold for £97,250.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8602868/Margaret-Thatchers-handbag-sells-for-25000.html|title=Margaret Thatcher's handbag sells for £25,000|first=Belinda|last=White|publisher=Fashion.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=4 March 2012|date=28 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116044953/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8602868/Margaret-Thatchers-handbag-sells-for-25000.html|archive-date=16 November 2011}}</ref>

In July 2016, the [[BBC]] broadcast the documentary ''Bannister: Everest on the Track, The Roger Bannister Story'' with firsthand interviews from Bannister and various other figures on the first sub-4-minute mile.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/07/28/bannister-everest-on-the-track-a-reminder-of-what-clean-running/|title=Bannister: Everest on the Track: a reminder of what clean running looks like: review|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 July 2016|access-date=29 July 2016|last1=Rees|first1=Jasper}}</ref><ref name="si">{{cite magazine|last1=Chavez|first1=Chris|title=Q&A with Tom Ratcliffe, director of Bannister: Everest on the Track|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/04/11/roger-bannister-documentary-film-everest-track-interview-phil-knight|access-date=14 December 2016|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=11 April 2016}}</ref>