Popular Culture
- Ragley Hall was used as a location in the 1982 television version of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
- The Great Hall at Ragley was featured in the 1993 BBC television serial To Play The King as the king's gym
- Ragley also featured in the 1998 television version of the period drama Vanity Fair as Lord Steyne's House.
- Ragley Hall played the role of the far more grand Palace of Versailles in the fourth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, titled "The Girl in the Fireplace", first broadcast in May 2006.
- Ragley featured in the first episode of Series 2 of BBC 1's 2010 drama Survivors.
- Ragley hosted the 2010 CLA Gamefair to great success attracting well over 200,000 visitors over the three day event
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