Which Bond film starring Roger Moore had scenes filmed at the Nene Valley Railway
Nene Valley Railway certain special events, weekends and bank holidays; however, the Nene Valley Railway does not host official 'Day out with Thomas' events as many railways do. Residents Visitors The line has been a location for filming over 150 TV shows, films, adverts and music videos. Between 1977 and 1979, many sequences for the BBC's wartime drama "Secret Army" were filmed here, principally at Wansford station. In 1982, Wansford station was used for six weeks to shoot scenes featuring Roger Moore and Maud Adams for the James Bond film "Octopussy". Scenes for the biplane/helicopter dogfight from the 1986 film "" were filmed
Nene Valley Railway here, involving one memorable shot where the helicopter piloted by Biggles "lands" on a flat-bed railway carriage. Another Bond film "GoldenEye" was also filmed on the line. For the film, a Class 20 was disguised as a Russian armoured train. In the film, a tunnel that the train seemingly goes into is in fact a small bridge over the tracks. In 2008, Penelope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis were among the actors who worked on the filming of the live-action film "Nine" on the Railway. TV shows filmed here include "Casualty, Silent Witness, Dalziel and Pascoe" and "Poirot". Nene Valley Railway