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:
“Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen-agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.”
—Max Lerner (b. 1902)
“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.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”
—Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)