List of London Underground-related fiction

Many works of fiction are set in the London Underground system or use it as a major plot element. This is a partial list.

Novels

*Margery Allingham: "Death of a Ghost" (1934). The climax of murder mystery takes place on the Underground.
*Julian Barnes: "Metroland" (1981)
*Dan Brown: "The Da Vinci Code" (2003)
*Agatha Christie: "The Man in the Brown Suit" (1924). The mystery begins with the death of a passenger at Hyde Park Corner station
*Tom Clancy: "Patriot Games" (1987; also 1992 film)
*Neil Gaiman: "Neverwhere" (1997; also 1996 television series)
*James Herbert: "The Rats" (1974; also 1982 film "Deadly Eyes")
*Tobias Hill: "Underground" (1999). involving disused South Kentish Town tube station
*Aldous Huxley: "Point Counter Point" (1928) An early, character-defining scene takes place on the Underground
*Lawrence Leonard: "The Horn of Mortal Danger" (1980)
*Keith Lowe: "Tunnel Vision" (2001)
*Geoff Ryman: "253" (1997). — set on Bakerloo Line
*Barbara Vine: "King Solomon's Carpet" (1991)
*Nigel West: "The Blue List" (1989), This espionage story culminates in the war-time bunker built in the uncompleted tunnels of North End station, although this is incorrectly identified as "Paddock", a separate bunker in Dollis Hill.
*Conrad Williams: "London Revenant" (2004)

hort stories

*Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" (1908) [http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=78 (e-text)]
*John Betjeman: "South Kentish Town" (1951)
*Samuel Selvon: "Working the Transport" (1957)
*Alice Thompson: "Killing Time"' (1990)
*Connie Willis: "The Winds of Marble Arch" (1999) [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204182936/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_991011/winds.htm (online)]
*Christopher Fowler: "Crocodile Lady"

Films

*"Passport to Pimlico" (1949)
*"The Man in the White Suit" (1951)
*"Georgy Girl" (1966)
*"Press for Time" (1966)
*"Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD" (1966)
*"Quatermass and the Pit" (1967) — fictional station Hobbs End
*"Battle of Britain" (1969)
*"Death Line" (aka "Raw Meat") (1972)
*"Hanover Street" (1979)
*"An American Werewolf in London" (1981)
*"Lifeforce" (1985)
*"The Fourth Protocol" (1987)
*"Hidden City" (1988)
*"The Krays" (1990)
*"" (1996)
*"Secrets & Lies" (1996)
*"The Wings of the Dove" (1997)
*"Croupier" (1998)
*"Sliding Doors" (1998)
*"Tube Tales" (1999)
*"Virtual Sexuality" (1999)
*"The End of the Affair" (1999)
*"Billy Elliot" (2000)
*"Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001)
*"Die Another Day" (2002) — fictional station Vauxhall Cross
*"Reign of Fire" (2002)
*"Bend It Like Beckham" (2002)
*"28 Days Later" (2002)
*"Love Actually" (2003)
*"Code 46" (2003)
*"The Mother" (2003)
*"Shaun of the Dead" (2004) — fictional station Crouch End
*"If Only" (2004)
*"Touch of Pink" (2004)
*"Creep" (2004)
*"" (2004)
*"Green Street" (2005)
*"V for Vendetta" (2005)
*"28 Weeks Later" (2007)
*"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Television

Doctor Who

*"The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (1964)
*"The Chase" (1965)
*"The Web of Fear" (1967)
*"Invasion of the Dinosaurs" (1974)
*"The Sun Makers" (1977)
*"The Mysterious Planet" (1986)
*"Rose" (2005) — fictional station

Others

*"Game On"
*The setting for 'The Lab' HQ of "The Tomorrow People" (1973–1979)
*The setting of "EastEnders" features the fictitious Walford East tube station
*CGI "Underground Ernie"
*Primeval" (2007)
*"Thunderbirds" featured Tube stations, but they were deserted due to the series being set in the future.

Music videos

*Boris Gardiner: "I Want To Wake Up With You" (1986) - Westbourne Park Station
*Roxette: "Fireworks" (1994) — Piccadilly Circus Station, external
*The Prodigy: "Firestarter" (1996) — Aldwych Station
*Suede: "Saturday Night" (1997) — Holborn Station, disused platform and tunnel
*Aqua: "Turn Back Time" (1998) — Holborn and Bank Station
*Chemical Brothers: "Believe" (2005) — Goodge Street and Maida Vale Station
*Madonna: "Hung Up" (2005) — Tube stock, Jubilee Line between Charing Cross (disused Jubilee Line platform) and West Hampstead
*Feeder: "Suffocate" — Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District Line train
*Feeder: "Piece by Piece" — Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District Line train
*Oasis: "Mucky Fingers" (live gig only video) — Piccadilly Circus

Video Games

*"Tomb Raider" III
*"Hellgate London"

External links

* [http://solo2.abac.com/themole/ Going Underground's] - [http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubecelebs.html#Aldwych London Underground in Film and TV]
* [http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/subterra/lu/lufilmtv/lufandtv.htm Nick Cooper's - London Underground in Film and TV]

ee also

*List of fictional rapid transit stations
*List of television shows set in London
*London in film
*New York City Subway in popular culture