Popular Culture
- A 1:200 scale model of the telescope, made in 1961, resides in the Science Museum, London.
- In 1962, the telescope was mentioned in a sci-fi novel A for Andromeda, by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.
- Actress Sophie Aldred portrayed the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace McShane, standing on both the superstructure and dish in the 1990 Doctor Who educational special, "Search Out Science: Search Out Space".
- In 1992, the telescope was featured on the cover of Sub Sub's "Space Face" single.
- The telescope also made a brief appearance in the film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 2005.
- Two bands have shot music videos in the bowl of the telescope: D:Ream in 1995 (Party Up the World) and Placebo in 2003 (The Bitter End).
- The Royal Mail chose to depict the telescope as J for Jodrell Bank in their alphabetical landmarks stamp series; it has also previously featured on stamps from Haiti, Hungary, Ascension Island, Barbuda, Liechtenstein and Tanzania.
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