Film and Television
In 1965 the black comedy The Wrong Box (1966) used the Royal Crescent extensively as a location. The 1965 film Catch Us If You Can also had a sequence filmed outside the crescent and in one of its houses. It was thought by some that Oliver! (1968) used the Crescent for the 'Who Will Buy' sequence — this was, however, filmed on a massive set at Shepperton Studios.
In 2003, Time Team (S10EP7) dug the Royal Crescent in search of a Roman cemetery and the Fosse Way. The remains of a Roman wall were found behind the crescent and evidence of possible Iron and Bronze Age settlement on the lawn in front.
In 2007, a TV edition of Jane Austen's Persuasion, included many scenes shot at the Royal Crescent, where the Elliot family was supposedly living while in Bath.
The Royal Crescent featured in the 2008 film The Duchess starring Keira Knightley.
The fictional heroine of BBC1 archaeology thriller Bonekickers was depicted as living in the Crescent.
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