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Filmography
The Crescent is constantly in the lens albeit a
family photo or video, or as a backdrop to a
companies advertising, or just a well known shot
of Bath. There has been major filming on and
around the Crescent over the years and with the
kind help of the Bath Film Office we have listed
some of these below.
| 1964 |
BBC TV |
Count of Monte Cristo |
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Stars: Alan Badel, Michael Gough |
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Shooting at No 1 Royal Crescent |
| 1966 |
Columbia |
The Wrong Box * |
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Directed by Bryan Forbes Stars: Ralph Richardson, John Mills,
Michael Caine, Nanette Neman, Peter
Sellers, Tony Hancock, Cicely
Courtnidge, John Le Mesurier, Irene
Handle, Nicolas Parsons, Peter Cook and
Dudley Moore
Plot: Two elderly Victorian brothers
are the last survivors of a tontine (an
involved form of lottery) and try to
murder each other.
Filmed in the street and around Numbers
10 and 11, with (false) lamp overthrow on
railings Shown on Channel 5 on Sunday
19th march, 2006 |
| 1967 |
BBC TV |
Vanity Fair |
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Star: Susannah York |
| 1975 |
Warner/Hawk/Peregrine |
Barry Lyndon * |
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick Stars:
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick
Magee, Hardy Kruger, Murray Melvin, André
Morell, Leonard Rossiter, Michael Hordern
Plot: (From Thackeray's novel) the
adventures of an 18th Century gentleman of
fortune.
Filmed: Outside No 1 (included removing
the lamp-post and erecting wooden building
scaffolds, etc.) and in Royal Victoria
Park. Remarkable for interior scenes
filmed when lit only by candles. Some tv
broadcast versions have been edited to
remove the 7 minutes of Bath scenes. Full
running time 187 minutes. |
| 1976 |
United Artists |
Joseph Andrews * |
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Directed by Tony Richardson Stars:Peter Firth, Wendy Craig,
Michael Hordern, Ann-Margret,
Timothy West, Peggy Ashcroft, John
Gielgud, Jim Dale, Beryl Reid
Plot: The adventures of a Naive 18th
Century footman.
Filmed inside and outside Number 1 and
in the Crescent and Royal Victoria Park
The production came just as the
Society, in its very early days, was
seeking funds for the 1975 repair of the
Lawn Railings: a generous donation from
the producers (United Artists/Woodfall)
saved the day! |
| 1983 |
BBC1 West |
Royal Crescent |
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Produced by Paul Smith Narrated by
Auberon Waugh, 30 mins.
"In his portrait of the Royal Crescent,
Auberon Waugh not only looks at the
historical background of a world-famous
masterpiece, but also examines what lies
behind its impressive facade today. Above
all he finds living in one of the grandest
addresses in Europe - amid a throng of
tourists - can be rather like living in a
goldfish bowl." (Radio Times 27.5.83 and
2.9.83). |
| 1986 |
US TV |
Crazy Like a Fox |
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Star: Catherine Oxenberg |
| 198 |
Channel 4 |
The Goldring Audit. |
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As part of a controversial series of
"audits" of current issues (Concorde,
etc.,) feisty business journalist Mary
Goldring examined Bath's tourism industry
and how the City coped with it and
promoted and portrayed itself. She covered
the Topless Bus saga, which was at the
time about half-way through what was to be
its 10-year life. She interviewed then
Chairman Michael Daw in his home, having
led up to the interview by referring to
the "grandees" of the Crescent! |
| 1987 |
BBC TV |
Northanger Abbey (6 episodes) * |
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Click read more
and to see pictures of the
filming |
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Transmitted February '88 on BBC2
Directed by Giless Foster
Stars: Peter Firth, Robert Hardy,
Catherine Schlesinger, Googie Withers
Filmed in the street and inside and
outside No 1
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| 1997 |
Zenith for ITV |
Inspector Morse (1 episode) |
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Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whateley
Filmed in the street (day and night
scenes) and outside the Royal Crescent Hotel |
| 1998 |
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Passion |
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Director Peter Duncan Stars: Richard
Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey.
Plot: The story of Percy Grainger,
1882-1961, Composer (e.g. "In an English
Country Garden").
Filmed in the street with a vintage
car. |
| 2000 |
WGBH Boston |
Darwin |
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Shooting at No 1 Royal Crescent
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| 2001 |
BBC TV |
Blue Peter outside broadcast |
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Blue Peter came to Bath in the Spring
and occupied half of the Lower Crescent
lawns for a day. There were various
contraptions involved, including a
motorised bathtub, which the presenters
were supposed to have used to reach Bath!
The balloon was a welcome site, residents
having been deprived by the foot and mouth
precautions of the spectacle of balloons
floating over the city. (from newsletter
45) |
| 2002 |
Videotext for Channel 4 |
Time Team |
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Star: Tony Robinson
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Click here to read about the programme |
| 2003 |
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Three Tenors Concert |
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Stars: Jose Carrerars, Placido
Domingo, Luciano Pavoriti, Janos Acs,
Royal Philormonic Orchestra |
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Click here
to read about and see pictures of the concert |
| 2004 |
BBC TV |
The Circus, Bath |
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Star: Dan Cruickshank |
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Documentary on the masonic links to
the design of The Circus, Queen Square and
The Crescent |
| 2006 |
ITV, Clerkenwell Films |
Persuasion
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Transmitted April '07 on ITV1
Executive
producer :Murray Ferguson
Producer: David
Snodin
Director: Adrian
Shergold
Writer : Simon
Burke
Stars: Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, Anthony Head,
Julia Davis, Sam Hazeldine, Alice Krige, Peter Wight,
Marion Bailey
Filmed in the street and inside and
outside No 1, the Pump Rooms and other locations
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Click read more
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filming |
| 2007 |
Pathe Productions |
The Duchess
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Director : Saul
Dibb
Producer :
Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana
Screenwriter :
Jeffrey Hatcher, Susanne Bier
Stars:
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Dominic
Cooper, Aidan McArdle, Emily Jewell
Filming: Royal
Crescent, Assembley Rooms,
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Click read more
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filming |
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