Discovery of Witches: Oxford Film Settings

Actors Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer filmed Deborah Harkness's (2011) Discovery of Witches in two tiny square blocks in Oxford: 1. The area around Exeter College (character Diana's 'New College' at Oxford uni) and the Bodleian museum next door; and 2. the College's boat houses on the edge of Christ Church meadows.

Those who know Oxford will recognise many of the filming spots. What surprised me as I toured the scenes from the 2018 series was how deceiving the shots were. For example, Diana rides her bicycle left past the entrance to the Bodleian museum, but then chains it up two blocks behind her at Duke Humprey's. She walks across a 'square' to her lecture (but the doorway is right behind her).

It's great fun though to identify the very place where the camera must have been as Matthew Goode was standing, or Teresa Palmer was running.