Surbiton station features in the 2009 film version of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," with actors Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore. Filming took place in November 2007. The station also appears in Agatha Christie's Poirot: "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook", a TV adaptation of the short story by Agatha Christie and the first episode of the 1989 ITV series. Having been set in the 1930s Art Deco period and external shots of Hercule Poirot's fictional residence "Whitehaven Mansions" being filmed at Florin Court, the station assists in maintaining the authenticity of the programme and was built within a year of Florin Court.