Alexandra Park, London note is the view from Alexandra Palace which dominates the park, particularly its Panorama Room. On most days the Crystal Palace Transmitter and/or the North Downs on the south side of London are visible. From 1936 to 1981, the BBC transmitted TV programmes from a tall mast built onto one of the towers of the palace. In 1980, most of the palace was gutted by a huge fire. The building has since been restored and is now a conference and exhibition centre. An Act of Parliament in 1900 converted the site from ownership of an enterprise. The first company was
London in film involved in achieving this, the feat was repeated for the horror film "28 Days Later" in 2002, which begins with the hero waking from a coma and wandering across a deserted Westminster Bridge. Another nuclear threat was explored in "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" (1961) which has many notable scenes in London, including the Thames running dry. It also includes a lot of scenes inside the old Express Building on Fleet Street and Arthur Christiansen, the recently retired editor of the "Daily Express", effectively plays himself. Both "Things to Come" (1936) and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005)