In 1995 the site was used in the Channel4 programme "Scrapheap Challenge" series, utilising the railway scrap yard facilities to create electric, diesel and steam powered railway locomotives. Scenes from two episodes of science fiction television series "Torchwood" were also filmed on the base, as were scenes in the 2006 film "Big Nothing", starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg. Scenes from the Hollywood blockbuster "" were filmed on site in October 2010. More recently, Caerwent was used in the television series "Top Gear".