Clockwise

In the 1986 film clockwise starring John Cleese, a Reliant Robin is spotted parked in the street.

My thanks to Kerry Croxton for sending in this picture.

Confessions of a Driving Instructor

In the 1973 film Confessions of a driving Instructor, a Reliant Regal Supervan, minus its doors and wheels is seen in the scrap yard during the closing credits.

My thanks to Kerry Croxton for sending in this picture.

Get Carter

In the 1971 cult film “Get Carter” starring Michael Caine, a Bond Bug makes a brief appearance in one of the scenes.

Intelligence Men

A Reliant Regal Mk VI is spotted in this 1965 film.

Nightmare Rally

In the 1973 Walt Disney film; Nightmare Rally' a Reliant Regal Supervan III, Bond Bug and Scimitar GTE were all featured. The film is about a  group of crooks who steal £1 million of diamonds. The gems are hidden in a fish crate, collected from Billingsgate market in the Regal. The diamonds  subsequently end up hidden the seat of a racing car entered in a 24 hour rally.  As the rally gets underway the film becomes a wild chase! The Bond Bug is used as a rally Marshall's car.

My thanks to Kerry Croxton for sending in this picture.

On the Buses

In the original 1971 “On the Buses” film a Reliant Regal 3/30 appears several times out side one of the houses of Jack’s “bit of stuff” along with a Reliant Regal Mk 6 parked in the street. Other On the Buses films also contain the odd Reliant like the Reliant Rebel shown in the film, Mutiny on the Buses.

Once upon a time in the Midlands

This 2002 film starring Robert Carlyle and Rhys Ifans features a pink Reliant Rialto that is driven by Rhys Ifans’ character “Dek” when his car is in the garage.

Quadrophenia

In this 1979 film starring Sting, a Reliant Regal 3/30 saloon is seen at the beach front.

Star Wars

In the original 1977 Star Wars film, the “Land Speeder” that was driven by Luke Skywalker was actually built around the chassis of a Bond Bug to form a 3-wheeled vehicle.  The wheels were later masked out on the film to produce the hover-car that we see in the film. Mirrors were also used on the underside to create the effect of it hovering above the ground.

The Comic Strip presents “Supergrass”

In this 1985 movie starring Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, a Reliant Robin is seen.

The lady in the van

This 2015 film starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings is about a lady who lives in a van. Based on a true story by Alan Bennet, one of the vans Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith) lived in was a Reliant Regal Supervan, on screen this has changed to a Reliant Robin van.  Interestingly it has a fake registration plate of LLE 92L that may have originally been on a Regal but was far to early for a Robin with only a handful of prototype models being registered on a L reg plate.

The Krays

In this 1989 film about the Kray twins starring Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp a red Reliant Regal Mk V is seen.

Toast

In this 2010 BBC movie based on Nigel Slater’s book of the same name about his child hood days, a Reliant Regal MK VI van was used by the elderly gardener.  The van used was Elvis Payne’s old van, more information about the filming can be seen here.