Film and Television Set
- Scenes from the Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon (1975) were filmed in the Double Cube Room.
- The Double Cube Room was used in The Bounty (1984) to represent the Admiralty building for the court martial of Captain Bligh for the loss of the Bounty.
- The palladian bridge and gardens were featured in the Blackadder II episode "Bells" and the end titles of all episodes.
- Rooms from the palace appear as rooms of Windsor Castle in The Madness of King George (1994) (specifically, the concert with the bell-ringers, and two later scenes with the Prince of Wales, all shot in the Double Cube Room).
- Scenes from Mrs. Brown (1997) were filmed in the Double Cube Room, once again portraying the interior of Windsor Castle.
- Rooms from the palace form the inside set of Pemberley (Chatsworth) in the 2005 film adaptation of the novel Pride and Prejudice.
- Scenes from The Young Victoria, a film about the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, were filmed at Wilton.
- Scenes from the John Cleese featurette Romance with a Double Bass (1974) were filmed in the Double Cube Room.
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