Bath and the surrounding area have served as the setting for over 200 films! Because of its Roman Baths, Georgian buildings and other outstanding architecture, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bath has provided filmmakers with a unique set for films with a historical background. Furthermore the famous novelists Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy lived there for some time. The plots of the popular Austen novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey are partly set in Bath. For our presentation the Bath Film Office kindly provided us with a complete list of the films shot in Bath and its environs. 
We have featured some prominent examples in these three presentations:
Part 1 by Oliver Held
Part 2 by Martin Orgill
Part 3 by Claudia Lohse
Three Links to Persuasion (2007)
Flickr - photographs online!
Pictures of the film set of Persuasion (2007) on Oct. 8th 2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/obenson/sets/72157594316604669/
MUST-SEE: picture of the road to the entrance of the Roman Baths in Bath!
Bath and North East Somerset
Information about the first shots in Bath of Persuasion (2007), Sept. 15th 2006
http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/media/press+releases/2006/
Rupert Penry-Jones Online
184 nice screenshots/ pictures of scenes with Rupert Penry-Jones who starred in Persuasion (2007)
http://bella8194.fotopic.net/c1104476.html
MUST-SEE: pictures 140 - 153 are shot in front of the Royal Crescent in Bath!
One Link to Northanger Abbey (1986)
The Royal Crescent Society, Bath - Filmography
Text and pictures of the film set of Northanger Abbey, filmed in 1986
http://www.royalcrescentbath.com/northanger.htm
MUST-SEE: photos of the filming on the Royal Crescent; also note the info on Persuasion (2007) and the recent filming of The Duchess ("the filming began September 17th" 2007, as http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864761/ says)
Information about the mentioned films can be found here:
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