List of London Underground-related fiction

Many works of fiction are set in the London Underground system or use it as a major plot element. This is a partial list.

Novels

Ben Aaronovitch: Whispers Under Ground (2012)
Margery Allingham: Death of a Ghost (1934). The climax of murder mystery takes place on the Underground.
Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis: Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater (1971)
Julian Barnes: Metroland (1981)
Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code (2003)
Agatha Christie: The Man in the Brown Suit (1924). The mystery begins with the death of a passenger at Hyde Park Corner station
Tom Clancy: Patriot Games (1987; also 1992 film)
Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere (1997; also 1996 television series)
Lisa Goldstein:Dark Cities Underground (1999)
James Herbert: The Rats (1974; also 1982 film Deadly Eyes)
Tobias Hill: Underground (1999). Involves disused South Kentish Town tube station
Russell Hoban: The Underground is a character in Kleinzeit
Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male (1939). A pivotal pursuit of the protagonist by an enemy agent sees them repeatedly using the shuttle service on the Aldwych branch line. A chase through Aldwych station ends with the enemy agent's death by electrocution on the track.
Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point (1928) An early, character-defining scene takes place on the Underground
Lawrence Leonard: The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980)
Keith Lowe: Tunnel Vision (2001)
Ian McEwan: Atonement (2001), One of the main protagonists Cecilia Tallis dies during the Blitz in Balham Tube Station
Geoff Ryman: 253 (1997). — set on Bakerloo line
Barbara Vine: King Solomon's Carpet (1991)
Nigel West: The Blue List (1989), This espionage story culminates in the war-time bunker built in the uncompleted tunnels of North End station, although this is incorrectly identified as Paddock, a separate bunker in Dollis Hill.
Conrad Williams: London Revenant (2004)
Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon (authors): Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities, ISBN 9780553384697 published May 2008, Random House Inc.
Christopher Fowler: Bryant and May off the Rails: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery (2011)

Short stories

Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" (1908) (e-text)
John Betjeman: "South Kentish Town" (1951)
Samuel Selvon: "Working the Transport" (1957)
Alice Thompson: "Killing Time"' (1990)
Connie Willis: "The Winds of Marble Arch" (1999) (online)
Christopher Fowler: "Crocodile Lady"
John Wyndham: "Confidence Trick" Jizzle (1954)
Jeremy Dyson: "City Deep" (2000)
Anthea Turner & Wendy Turner: Underneath the Underground

Films

Underground (1928)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Train of Events (1949)
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
Georgy Girl (1966)
Press for Time (1966)
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967) — fictional station Hobbs End
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
Death Line (aka Raw Meat) (1972)
Hanover Street (1979)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Lifeforce (1985)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Hidden City (1988)
The Krays (1990)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Croupier (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Tube Tales (1999)
Virtual Sexuality (1999)
The End of the Affair (1999)
Billy Elliot (2000)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Die Another Day (2002) — fictional station Vauxhall Cross
Reign of Fire (2002)
28 Days Later (2002)
Love Actually (2003)
Code 46 (2003)
The Mother (2003)
Shaun of the Dead (2004) — fictional station Crouch End
If Only (2004)
Touch of Pink (2004)
Creep (2004)
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
Green Street (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Three and Out (2008)
Skyfall (2012) — fictional tube version of district line Temple - Westminster and train derailment

Television

Doctor Who

The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
The Chase (1965)
The Web of Fear (1967)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
The Sun Makers (1977)
The Mysterious Planet (1986)
"Rose" (2005) — fictional station

Others

Game On
The setting for 'The Lab' HQ of The Tomorrow People (1973–1979)
The setting of EastEnders features the fictitious Walford East tube station
CGI "Underground Ernie"
Primeval (2007)
Thunderbirds featured Tube stations, but they were deserted due to the series being set in the future.

Music videos

Howard Jones: "New Song" (1984) - Holborn Station
Boris Gardiner: "I Want To Wake Up With You" (1986) – Westbourne Park Station
Roxette: "Fireworks" (1994) — Piccadilly Circus Station, external
The Prodigy: "Firestarter" (1996) — Aldwych Station
Suede: "Saturday Night" (1997) — Holborn Station, disused platform and tunnel
Aqua: "Turn Back Time" (1998) — Holborn and Bank Station
Chemical Brothers: "Believe" (2005) — Goodge Street and Maida Vale Station
Madonna: "Hung Up" (2005) — Tube stock, Jubilee line between Charing Cross (disused Jubilee line platform) and West Hampstead
Feeder: "Suffocate" — Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District line train
Feeder: "Piece by Piece" — Monument, Bank, Victoria Station on a District line train
Oasis: "Mucky Fingers" (live gig only video) — Piccadilly Circus
Dodgy: "Only A Heartbeat" (2012) — Edgware Road (Bakerloo Branch)

Video games

References

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