Stag History / On screen
The Triumph Stag on screen
The Triumph Stag has appeared in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, in The Sweeney, and in restoration programmes including Wheeler Dealers, Car S.O.S. and For the Love of Cars. James May drove a 1974 Stag in The Grand Tour: One for the Road.
This list includes only appearances we can source, with each source linked. It is not complete: the Internet Movie Cars Database lists many more brief appearances. Know one we have missed? Tell us, with a source.
Films and programmes
Diamonds Are Forever
Film · 1971
The James Bond film with Sean Connery. The Internet Movie Cars Database identifies the car as a pre-production Mk1, commission number LD 14.
Source: IMCDb
Dracula A.D. 1972
Film · 1972
Hammer's Dracula film set in 1970s London. IMCDb identifies the car as a pre-production Mk1, commission number LD 4.
Source: IMCDb
The Sweeney
Television · Series 2, episode 8
The 1970s police drama. IMCDb lists a 1974 Mk2 Stag in this episode.
Source: IMCDb
Clarkson's Car Years
Television · 2000
Jeremy Clarkson's BBC series. IMCDb lists a 1970 Mk1 Stag in episode 4.
Source: IMCDb
Wheeler Dealers
Television · Series 7, episode 5
The car restoration series. IMCDb lists a 1972 Mk1 Stag as the car in this episode.
Source: IMCDb
Car S.O.S.: Triumph of the Stag
Television · 2013
Series 1, episode 7, first shown on 21 March 2013. The team restore a Stag belonging to a former naval diver and adapt it from manual to automatic.
For the Love of Cars: The Triumph Stag
Television · 2014
Series 1, episode 3, first shown on 4 May 2014. Philip Glenister and Ant Anstead restore a Stag.
The Grand Tour: One for the Road
Television · 2024
The final Grand Tour special with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, filmed in Zimbabwe. James May drives a 1974 Mk2 Triumph Stag.
Source: Amazon MGM Studios, About Amazon, IMCDb
Questions about the Stag on screen
- Was a Triumph Stag in a James Bond film?
- Yes. A Stag appears in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), with Sean Connery. The Internet Movie Cars Database identifies it as pre-production car LD 14.
- What Stag did James May drive in The Grand Tour?
- A 1974 Mk2 Triumph Stag, in The Grand Tour: One for the Road (2024), the final special, filmed in Zimbabwe.
- Which TV restoration programmes have featured a Stag?
- Wheeler Dealers (series 7, episode 5), Car S.O.S. (series 1, episode 7, 2013) and For the Love of Cars (series 1, episode 3, 2014).
More history: history and development, the Stag year by year and building the Stag at Speke.