Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was matched by Burningham's illustrations. "Daily Express" serialisation (1964) "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" was serialised in the "Daily Express" newspaper in five episodes over the course of a week, from Monday 19 October 1964, to Friday 23 October 1964. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968 film) A film loosely based on the novel was made in 1968, with a screenplay written by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes. It was produced by Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, who had made five James Bond films previously. The film starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious, an additional character who was
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (song) of the song (albeit with lyric changes) was used in a public information film for the DVLA about failure to pay road tax, in which Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was clamped because Caractacus Potts had failed to pay the road tax. Steampunk band Abney Park sometimes covers "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" at live shows. The song was written by the Sherman Brothers, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. The title song is reprised several times throughout the stage version under slightly different names: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (song) "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" is an Academy Award nominated song from