SOUTH Pembrokeshire enjoyed a touch of glamour last week, with location filming for a major TV adaption of the bestselling novel A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, at Carew’s castle.
The Sky1 production of Discovery of Witches, a contemporary love story set against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, but in a world where a witches and vampires live and work unseen, stars Matthew Goode, of Downton Abbey, and Teresa Palmer, of Hacksaw Ridge.
The Sky Original Production from Bad Wolf began shooting last September at the new Wolf Studios in Cardiff, with location filming including Carew.
Filming started on January 15 inside Carew Castle, with the cast and crew, including specialist TV, film, and event rigging company Shadow Scaffolding, setting up base at the nearby Carew Airfield.
Teresa Palmer stars as brilliant academic and historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying her heritage, only for a discovery of a long-lost manuscript in Oxford, throwing her into the path of, and into a forbidden romance with, enigmatic geneticist Matthew Clairmont, played by Matthew Goode, who also has a dark family secret, he is a vampire.
Teresa Palmer at Carew Castle. PICTURE: Twitter.
Speaking to the Western Telegraph via Twitter, Teresa Palmer said: “It was windy, it was freezing but it was crazy beautiful.
“We loved it! The castle was incredible and we were all blown away by it and the surroundings (and the wind).”
The county is no stranger to being used as a film and TV location, nearby Pembroke was used for location filming for feature film Me Before You, and the town’s castle used to film scenes for a film version of hit BBC 3 sitcom Bad Education, while Freshwater West was used for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Nearer to Carew, the Cresselly Arms at Cresswell Quay has also been used for location filming for wartime romantic comedy Their Finest.
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