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The 1998 movie Spice World, starring the Spice Girls, featured a Bristol VR painted in Union Jack livery as their mode of transport around the UK. The bus used for filming was new to East Midland Motor Services (registered VTV172S) and was driven by Dennis the Bus Driver played by Meat Loaf. The interior scenes were filmed separately at the studio - the actual bus interior was gutted with only the driving cab and immediate surroundings used in the production.
Three 1980 VRs were used in the making of a 2009 episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who entitled "Planet of the Dead" - one new to West Riding Automobile Company (registered RUA 461W), and the other two new to Alder Valley (registered GGM 84W and HJB 455W). The first was heavily damaged by a dropped container on its arrival in Dubai for filming there, but was partly repaired and used nonetheless. The second was deliberately smashed to mimic it for filming in Wales; and the third was used for continuity.
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