References in Popular Culture
- Despite the controversy over the film, two tracks of its musical theme (namely, 'Pulstar' and 'Alpha') by Vangelis were used for a long time as background music for interludes on Saudi national TV.
- Not the Nine O'Clock News made a spoof apology to the Saudis on their television series which was the first track on their eponymous 1980 album.
- The BBC comedy The Young Ones referred to the diplomatic crisis when a character dressed as an Arab sheikh told an aide that he wished to see the British Ambassador. The aide replied "Certainly your Highness. Which piece would you like to see first?"
- A 1982 Yes Minister episode ("The Moral Dimension") refers to a diplomatic incident as "the greatest crisis since Death of a Princess."
- A 2009 episode of the BBC police drama Ashes to Ashes (set in 1982) was called "Death of a Princess" in reference to a fatal car crash in which a stolen Leyland Princess crashed while being chased by police.
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