Official Classical Singles Chart such as "Fifty Shades of Grey", "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Man of Steel". In July 2012, a rendition of "Spem in alium" by the Tallis Scholars topped the chart following its usage in "Fifty Shades of Grey". E. L. James, author of the original novel on which the film was based, said that she was delighted that her readers had been introduced to the piece of music, and that it was a "deserved number one". Three weeks later, the London Symphony Orchestra reached number one after their version of "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis was used in the 2012
Thomas Tallis School along with nearby Kidbrooke School, the school featured in Jamie Oliver's TV series "Jamie's School Dinners" in which Oliver sought to improve school dinners in Britain. In 2007, the school featured in the Channel 4 documentary "Make Me a Tory", directed by former pupil Daniel Cormack. A textbook designed by German publisher Ernst Klett Verlag uses pictures of the school. In 1997, Nathan Brown, a pupil of Thomas Tallis School, murdered a student of the neighbouring Kidbrooke School with a 17 inch machete in a gang-related incident. In 2011, the school underwent a £50 million pound renovation as part of