Knebworth House - Radio and Cinema

Radio and Cinema

Local radio station 106 Jack FM Hertfordshire broadcasts from the old pump house, which provided water for the house. Allegedly a deep well is buried beneath site of the breakfast show presenter's swivel chair.

Numerous films have been shot at Knebworth, including:

  • The Big Sleep (1978) - General Sternwood's country mansion
  • The Great Muppet Caper (1980) - exterior of the Mallory Gallery
  • Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980) - interior and exterior
  • The Shooting Party (1985) - filmed entirely on location
  • Porterhouse Blue (1987) - exterior of the home of Sir Cathcart D'Eath
  • The Lair of the White Worm (1988) - exterior of the D'Ampton mansion
  • Batman (1989) - exterior scenes of Bruce Wayne's manor
  • The Canterville Ghost (1995 film)
  • Sacred Flesh (1999) - exterior scenes of the convent
  • Agent Cody Banks 2 - some scenes in and around the grounds
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Yule Ball Staircase Scene
  • Jonathan Creek - provided the location of Metropolis in the 2008 Christmas Special.
  • Haunted Honeymoon (1986) - exterior of the home
  • The King's Speech (2010) - Balmoral Party and other scenes
  • "The Scapegoat" (2012) - significant interior and exterior scenes

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Famous quotes containing the words radio and, radio and/or cinema:

    “We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what’s happening here. And we learn what’s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.”
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)

    “Now they can do the radio in so many languages that nobody any longer dreams of a single language, and there should not any longer be dreams of conquest because the globe is all one, anybody can hear everything and everybody can hear the same thing, so what is the use of conquering.”
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    “If an irreducible distinction between theatre and cinema does exist, it may be this: Theatre is confined to a logical or continuous use of space. Cinema ... has access to an alogical or discontinuous use of space.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)