Blackpool Pleasure Beach - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The Pepsi Max Big One is featured in the 2001 film The Parole Officer and in one episode of A Touch of Frost
  • Pleasure Beach is featured in the promotional segment for the "Little Britain Live" DVD.
  • The music video for Simply Red's song "Fairground" was also shot here, as was The Killers' "Here With Me" video.
  • ITV show "Soapstars" featured Pleasure Beach in its made-for-TV drama sequence.
  • The Infusion rollercoaster featured in a 2009 edition of Specsavers advertising campaign.
  • Pleasure Beach was originally referenced in the Doctor Who television episode "Revelation of the Daleks" but the reference was removed when the series was put on hiatus. Pleasure Beach was to be featured as the setting of the next unmade story "The Nightmare Fair."
  • Pleasure Beach, Blackpool appears within a scenario of the very successful game Rollercoaster Tycoon, which features most of the rides within the park that existed at the time of the game's release.
  • The Laughing man was briefly portrayed as a psychotic French clown in Jamie H Scrutton's: "His Haunted Laughter" short film in 2010. The artist performed in the role of the character.
  • The park was included in the hit drama Waterloo Road. Finn Sharkey (Jack McMullen), Lauren Andrews (Darcy Isa), Sambuca Kelly (Holly Kenny) and Tom Clarkson (Jason Done) visit the park.
  • Professional Wrestler Darren Kenneth Matthews, most commonly known as William Regal began his wrestling career at the park at aged 15.
  • British boy band JLS rode on the Big Dipper in early 2012, singing their hit Everybody In Love as they did so. Their ride was filmed and posted on line via their official Facebook page.

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