Amersham - Film, Books and Television

Film, Books and Television

The town has been used in a number of films, including:

  • The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)
  • Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
  • Circus of Horrors (1960)
  • Murder at the Gallop (1963)
  • The Jigsaw Man (1983)
  • The Shooting Party (1985)
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Featured one of the suites in The Crown hotel
  • Metroland (1997)

Television programmes filmed in the town include:

  • Metro-land (TV) (1973)
  • Midsomer Murders (seven episodes)
  • The Peter Principle (1990s)
  • Chucklevision one episode

Books featuring the town include:

  • George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four (briefly)
  • Douglas Adams & John Lloyd The Meaning of Liff (briefly, as Definition)(1984)
  • Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman "Good Omens" (briefly - Pratchett grew up in nearby Beaconsfield).

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