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Just in case you thought the world of Taxi had made little contribution to art and culture - here is all the evidence you need!

Carry on Cabby (1963), a classic comedy film showing the rivalry between cab firms (even if Sid James and Hattie Jaques do end up on the same side).

Hellcab1998 pic which follow 14 hours in the life of a Chicago cab driver and the fares he picks up

Taxi1998 Luc Besson movie in which an old Marseilles pizza delivery boy becomesa taxi driver, but ends up helping a failing police inspector on the track of German bank robbers.

TaxiDriver (1976), legendary Robert De Niro movie which plots the growing obsession of our hero with Cybill Shepherd and Jodie Foster. Just one more of the many movies listed in the Internet Movie Database with Taxi in their title!

"the place for pictures on the Internet" - free images for personal use, over 500 from a keyword search for taxi (to pick an example at random...)
Noddy drives round Toyland in his little red and yellow taxi. No evidence of insurance, the knowledge or a meter, but hey, it's only a story. The EnidBlyton Company page has some good stuff, and for younger readers the US PBS series has a nice Website with games and stories.
Piccadilly Circus by Charles Ginner, 1912Just one of the pictures at the Tate connected to taxis - do a subject search for 'taxi' to see what you can find here.
Taxi (1978-1983), the award winning TV series about New York taxi drivers.Danny De Vito and Christopher Lloyd got their big breaks on this series.
Read the storyof Frederick Hitch, the only London Cab driver ever to be awarded theVictoria Cross, for his heroism at Rorke's Drift in the Boer War.

Searchable archive fromthe Mirror group of newspapers: pictures provided with brief caption anddate. 197 matches to a keyword search fortaxi.

If you know of any other shining examples of the contribution the taxi trade has made to world history or culture, please let me know and I'll be pleased to add it here . . .



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