Norfolk Film Locations

Norfolk (and some Suffolk) Film and TV Locations
A Cock and Bull Story Heydon Hall	Filmed at Felbrigg, Blicking and Heydon Halls in 2004. Based on Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne and starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Gillian Anderson and David Walliams.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	TV production which used Burgh Castle near Yarmouth as a location.
Alan Partridge	The TV series incorporated film of Norwich railway station, Norwich Cathedral and the River Bure at Wroxham.
'Allo 'Allo!	Lynford Hall, near Mundford and Thetford Forest. Much loved BBC TV sitcom created by David Lodge and Jeremy Lloyd which ran from 1982-1992. Denver Windmill also featured.
All the King's Men	Sandringham, Sheringham, Cromer, Blickling, Burnham Deepdale and Holkham Hall. TV production starring David Jason and Maggie Smith. The atrocious Norfolk accents in the film prompted the formation of the Friends of Norfolk Dialect.
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)	A number of the linking scenes featuring John Cleese at his desk were filmed in Norwich near the castle. They also used Elm Hill. Another Cleese film with a Norwich connection is the road-movie Clockwise - in which he stars as a headmaster heading for a conference in Norwich. However, the film was actually shot in Shropshire.
Atonement (2007)	Scene filmed at Walpole St. Andrew near King's Lynn - recreating a WW2 massacre at Dunkirk. The film starred James McAvoy and Keira Knightley and was based on the book by ex UEA Creative Writing student Ian McEwan.
Backs to the Land (1977-78)	Heydon. Anglia TV sitcom about the Women's Land Army which undertook agricultural work during WW2.
Barbarian Princess, The	Holkham Hall. Forthcoming film which tells the story of Hawaiian Princess Ka'iulani who flees civil war in her own country to come to Victorian England. Here she falls in love with an Englishman and then, eventually, heads back to Honalulu to fight in the conflict. Stars Q'orianka Kilcher and Shaun Evans.
Challenge Anneka	In 1990 the maniacally cheerful presenter repainted Happisburgh Lighthouse using the wrong type of paint.
Cuckoo	Great Yarmouth, Norwich and UEA. Forthcoming film starring Richard E. Grant, Laura Fraser and Tamsin Greig. The film concerns Polly - a medical student who is going mad. The film was written and directed by Richard Bracewell.
Dad's Army	Thetford. Many of the external scenes from Dad's Army where filmed in Thetford or the surrounding area. Particular locations include: Thetford Guildhall (Walmington-on-Sea Town Hall), Nether Row, The Bell Hotel, The Anchor Hotel (now derelict), the Palace Cinema and the Stanford Battle Area. Lynford Hall, north of Mundford, was also used in the series - as it was in other David Croft productions including: 'Allo, 'Allo! and You Rang My Lord? Other Norfolk locations in Dad's Army include: Honington, Bardwell, Bressingham, Wacton, Brandon, Santon Downham, Oxburgh Hall and Weybourne. The series - which was created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft - ran from 1967 to 1977and each year the cast and crew would come up to Thetford and stay in the Anchor or Bell Hotels. See more locations on my new Dad's Army page...
Thetford Guildhall where the German pilot dangled in Time on Our Hands (1972)	The Anchor Hotel where the first scene of episode one The Man of the Hour (1968) was filmed.
Dad Savage (1998)	Film starring Patrick Stewart, which was filmed in Hunstanton and Wells.
Dambusters, The (1954)	Classic WW2 film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. Some scenes were shot at Langham airfield in North Norfolk. The airfield, which is now deserted, lies between Langham and Cockthorpe. King's Lynn and the Wash also doubled as the Dutch coast.
David Copperfield	King's Street, King's Lynn. TV series starring Bob Hoskins and Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Defence of the Realm (1985)	RAF Lakenheath. Starred Denholm Elliott, Gabriel Byrne and Robbie Coltrane.
Die Another Day (2002)	Burnham Deepdale. James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry. Farmland here was transformed into a North Korean paddy field. RAF Marham was also used.
Diets That Time Forgot, The (2008)	Channel 4 documentary - hosted by Sir Roy Strong was filmed at Sennowe Hall and Park at Guist.
Drowning by Numbers (1988)	Film directed by Peter Greenaway which used locations at Thorpeness, Southwold (including the lighthouse) and the River Blyth.
Duchess, The	Holkham Hall, North Norfolk. Forthcoming film starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana the Duchess of Devonshire. Also starring Ralph Fiennes.
Eastenders	Long running BBC TV soap opera used a location at Horning in the Norfolk Broads.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)	Elveden Hall (Suffolk). Directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick and starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)	Another Stanley Kubrick movie - this time about Vietnam. Scene filmed in the Norfolk Broads - with the Broads doubling as a paddy field. A US helicopter flies low - firing as it goes.
Go Between, The (1970)	The main location was Melton Constable Hall in North Norfolk. However, the producers used a host of other classic Norfolk settings including Hickling Broad for the swimming scene, Thornage village green for the cricket match and the picturesque village of Heydon. When Leo visits Norwich with Marian the The Maid's Head Hotel in Wensum Street is used for lunch (just as in the novel). He then wonders round the cathedral close and the cathedral and also passes a horse auction on Tombland. Thorpe Station also puts in an appearance. The film starred Julie Christie and Alan Bates, was directed by Joseph Losey and was based on the novel by L.P. Hartley. The film script was written by Harold Pinter. The fictional Brandham Hall was actually based upon Bradenham Hall near Dereham - which Hartley visited as a child. See more about the Norfolk locations used on my new Go-Between page.
Great Expectations	Thornham near Hunstanton.
Grotesque, The (1995)	Film starring Alan Bates and Sting. Used Heydon Hall.
Gulliver's Travels	Elveden Hall near Thetford. TV production starring Ted Danson.
Jonathan Creek	Wangford and Wrentham in Suffolk. Classy BBC TV series starring Alan Davies and scripted by David Renwick. (Creek's windmill though is at Shipley in West Sussex.)
Julia (1977)	Film starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave which was shot at Winterton-on-Sea.
Keeping Up Appearances	BBC TV sitcom - used Yarmouth Pleasure Beach.
Kingdom	Swaffham and Wells-Next-The-Sea. ITV series starring Stephen Fry as avuncular Norfolk solicitor Peter Kingdom. The series is set in the fictional town of Market Shipborough which is a composite of Swaffham town centre - including the 18th Century buttercross and Oakleigh House (Kingdom's office) - and the quayside in Wells. Stephen Fry also appears in the title sequence walking across Holkham Beach (which was also used for Shakespeare in Love). The Greyhound pub in Swaffham was transformed to become The Startled Duck. Hunstanton, Happisburgh Lighthouse, Dereham, Little Snoring Airfield and Thetford have also featured. Norfolk locations have also influenced the story lines e.g. the recent episode featuring nudists. There is a famous nudist beach at Holkham. The series also stars Celia Imrie, Hermione Norris (Beatrice Kingdom), Tony Slattery (as the cantankerous Sidney Snell) and Karl Davies as Lyle. The scripts were written by Jeff Povey. See more locations on my new Kingdom page....
The Kingdom Office, Swaffham.	Happisburgh Lighthouse
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)	Elveden Hall, Suffolk. Preposterous action movie starring Angelina Jolie and Daniel Craig. It was based on the computer game of the same name. Elveden Hall is used extensively as Lady Croft's family home. The hall, a beautiful Georgian country house, was once owned by the Maharajah Duleep Singh. (Now owned by Lord Iveagh.) The hall lies close to the notorious singletrack section of the A11 which passes through the village.
Living Daylights, The (1987)	Elveden Hall, Suffolk. James Bond movie starring Timothy Dalton.
Lost Prince, The	Holkham Hall and Weybourne Railway Station. Directed by Stephen Poliakoff.
Lovejoy Elm Hill	BBC TV series concerning the roguish but lovable antique dealer Lovejoy - played by Ian McShane. It was mainly filmed in Suffolk employing locations at Bungay, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Lavenham, Newmarket and Somerleyton Hall. Lady Jane's home, Felsham Hall, was in reality Belchamp Hall south of Sudbury. However, Norfolk and Norwich make an occasional appearance - as in 'The Real Thing' (Series 1, Episode 7). This episode featured the Elm Hill area of the City.
Love on a Branch Line	Oxburgh Hall, Heydon and the North Norfolk Railway.
Martin Chuzzlewit	The BBC TV production was filmed in King's Lynn - in the old waterfront section of the town.
Mill on the Floss, The	1997 BBC TV series based on the book by George Eliot and starring Emily Watson and Bernard Hill. Bintree Mill on the River Wensum was used. The walls of the mill were blackened to give it a distressed look. The mill lies in a beautiful, isolated location - closer to Guist than to Bintree.
Bintree Mill	Bintree Mill
Moonstone, The	Heydon and Elveden Hall near Thetford.
My Talks with Dean Spanley	Forthcoming film starring Peter O' Toole and Sam Neill and directed by Toa Fraser. Set in Victorian England, the film concerns a father-son relationship (plus canine reincarnation) and uses locations at Holkham Hall, Peckover House in Wisbech (Cambridgeshire), Elveden Hall (Suffolk), Elm Hill and the Cathedral Cloisters in Norwich. The film is based on the book by Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) which was first published in 1936 but is now out-of-print. This film is the first to receive money from Screen East's investment fund.
Out of Africa (1985)	Castle Rising near King's Lynn was turned into Denmark. Film starring Robert Redford.
P. D. James Mysteries	Series of murder mysteries starring Roy Marsden as Adam Dalgliesh. The series was filmed at various locations in Norwich and Norfolk.
Revolution (1985)	King's Street, King's Lynn was transformed into 18th Century New York. Directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Al Pacino, Natassia Kinski and Donald Sutherland.
King's St, King's Lynn
Secret of Eel Island, The	Small screen children's drama which was shot at Strumpshaw Fen and the Norfolk Broads.
September Song	TV production shot in Cromer.
Shakespeare in Love (1988)	Holkham beach. Famous beach scene with Gwyneth Paltrow. Directed by John Madden and also starring Joseph Fiennes (as the bard) and Dame Judi Dench.
She Stoops to Conquer (2008)	New film version of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy - directed by Tony Britten - and filmed at Wiveton Hall near Blakeney.
Springwatch (2008)	Pensthorpe Nature Reserve lies on the A1067 near Fakenham. Popular BBC Television series presented by Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King. Pensthorpe is home to one of Europe's best collection of endangered and exotic waterbirds - with over 120 species represented. It is located in the Wensum Valley and the site covers 200 acres. See main Pensthorpe page here.
Stardust (2007)	The Briton's Arms in Elm Hill, Norwich was transformed into 'The Slaughtered Prince' with the addition of a thatched awning and some paintwork. All paint and structures had to be removed after the shoot. The rest of Elm Hill also featured as a street scene. Fantasy adventure film based on a story by Neil Gaiman.
Briton's Arms
Tales of the Unexpected	TV series produced by Anglia Television between 1979-1988 - which employed many exterior locations in Norwich and Norfolk. The series was based on the stories of Roald Dahl. Dahl used to introduce each episode. In The Boy Who Could Talk to Animals, Hunstanton beach was turned into Jamaica and the giant turtle was operated by Peter Dukes - an Anglia TV employee.
Tarka the Otter (1979)	Scenes filmed on location at Bintree Mill on the River Wensum - near Fakenham. (See also Mill on the Floss)
Tomb of Ligeia, The	Castle Acre Priory. The film is a version of Edgar Allan Poe's ghost story and was directed by Roger Corman.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)	RAF Lakenheath. Bond movie.
Up Rising (2000)	Heydon village and Heydon Hall. Iffy ITV sitcom starring Anton Rodgers and Nicola Pagett.
Vanity Fair	TV production which was filmed at Barningham Hall near Holt, Rainthorpe Hall near Tasburgh, Heydon and at Thelveton Hall near Diss.
Weavers Green (1966)	Anglia TV soap opera which was filmed on location in the cul-de-sac village of Heydon. The show provided an early role for Kate O'Mara.
Witchfinder General, The (1968)	Violent film starring Vincent Price and Ian Ogilvy. Used St. John's Church, Rushford (near Thetford), Norfolk.

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Norfolk (and some Suffolk) Film and TV Locations