Editing Pinner (section)

== In popular culture ==

=== Literature ===
[[Edward Lear]] makes reference to Pinner<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lear|first1=Edward|title=More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.|url=https://archive.org/details/morenonsensepic00leargoog|date=1872|publisher=R J Bush|location=London}}</ref> in ''More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc'':
<blockQuote>
There was an old person of Pinner,<br />
As thin as a lath, if not thinner;<br />
They dressed him in white,<br />
And roll'd him up tight,<br />
That elastic old person of Pinner.
</blockQuote>

[[H. G. Wells]] mentions Pinner in ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'':
<blockquote>
He learned they were the wife and the younger sister of a surgeon living at Stanmore, who had come in the small hours from a dangerous case at Pinner, and heard at some railway station on his way of the Martian advance.
</blockquote>

=== Broadcast media ===
* The Pinner Fair held in Pinner High Street features in Sir [[John Betjeman]]'s 1973 [[BBC]] film ''[[Metro-Land (1973 film)|Metro-Land]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bestofbetjeman0000betj|title=The Best of Betjeman|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2000|edition=2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/bestofbetjeman0000betj/page/228 228]|isbn=9780141184326|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* The BBC sitcom ''[[May to December]]'' (1989–1994) was set in Pinner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Mark|date=28 August 1999|title=Torquay: the horrible truth|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/torquay-the-horrible-truth-1116255.html|access-date=16 March 2011}}</ref>
* During the 1990s the children's TV series ''[[Aquila (TV series)|Aquila]]'' was filmed in and around Pinner, particularly at the local Cannon Lane School.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} 
* ''[[Chucklevision]]'', the children's TV series based on the [[Chuckle Brothers]] was also filmed in Pinner.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
* Between 2000 and 2006 Pinner was used for location footage for BBC sitcom [[My Hero (British TV series)|''My Hero'']], starring [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] as [[Thermoman]].<ref>{{Citation|title=My Hero|date=4 February 2000|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233084/|type=Comedy, Fantasy, Romance|publisher=Big Bear Films|access-date=21 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[Channel 4]]'s coming-of-age television teen sitcom ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'', Season 1 (2008), Episode 2 "Bunk Off" was filmed on the High Street in Pinner.<ref>{{Citation|last=Anderson|first=Gordon|title=Bunk Off|date=1 May 2008|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228323/|type=Comedy|publisher=Kapital Entertainment|access-date=21 October 2020}}</ref> 
* The 2009 film ''[[Nowhere Boy]]'' had a number of scenes filmed in Pinner, including outside the Queens Head Pub, Pinner High Street,<ref>{{cite web|title=December 2009 – Pinner High Street|url=http://filmlondon.org.uk/location_of_the_month_2009/assets/features/december_2009_-_pinner_high_street|access-date=16 March 2011|publisher=Film London|archive-date=16 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216171425/http://filmlondon.org.uk/location_of_the_month_2009/assets/features/december_2009_-_pinner_high_street|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The 2012 film ''May I Kill U?'', written and directed by [[Stuart Urban]] and starring [[Kevin Bishop]], was also filmed in Pinner.<ref>{{cite web|author=addictedtoeddieblogspot|title=October 2013|date=7 October 2013|url=http://addictedtoeddie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/new-pictures-from-set-of-theory-of.html|access-date=18 January 2015|publisher=addictedtoeddieblogspot}}</ref>
* The documentary series, ''[[Great British Railway Journeys]]'', Series 6 (2015), Episode 6, "Amersham to Regent's Park" features [[Michael Portillo]] in Pinner, where he finds out about a Victorian domestic goddess ([[Isabella Beeton]]) and whips up a pint of her fanciest ice cream.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Great British Railway Journeys|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ynntc|access-date=21 October 2020 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
* [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''24 Years at the Tap End'' (2011–) is [[Chris Stark]]'s memoir of growing up in and around Pinner during the turn of the millennium.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Mills – 24 Years at the Tap End – Season 2|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zbwbl|access-date=21 October 2020|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[BBC Radio 5 Live]]'s hit podcast ''[[That Peter Crouch Podcast]]'' (2018–) has many references to Pinner, [[Hatch End]] and the surrounding areas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=That Peter Crouch Podcast|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06kyljg|access-date=21 October 2020 |publisher=[[BBC Radio 5 Live]]}}</ref>
* [[Rocketman (film)|''Rocketman'']] (2019), the biographical musical film based on the life and music of British musician Elton John, had a number of scenes filmed in and around Pinner. Oakmeade substituted for Pinner Hill Road as Elton John's childhood home<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rocketman Filming Locations: Pinner and Beyond|url=https://findthatlocation.com/blog/rocketman-filming-locations-pinner-and-beyond|access-date=8 May 2021|website=findthatlocation.com|language=en}}</ref> and Albury Drive as his father's home. 
* The British dark comedy-drama spy thriller television series ''[[Killing Eve]]''{{'}}s Season 3 (2020), Episode 5, is titled "Are You from Pinner?". This is in reference to the character Bor'ka's fondness of [[Elton John]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harrington|first1=Delia|date=10 May 2020|title=Killing Eve Season 3 Episode 5 Review: Are You From Pinner?|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/killing-eve-season-3-episode-5-review-are-you-from-pinner/|access-date=16 July 2020|website=Den of Geek}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Murphy|first=Shannon|title=Are You from Pinner?|date=10 May 2020 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11372504/ |type=Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller|access-date=21 October 2020}}</ref>