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==In literature and television== The [[BBC]]'s ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'' took place at Somerleyton Hall in 2009, with selected excerpts to form a one-hour broadcast in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322015158/http://www.somerleyton.co.uk/whatson/latest_news.php BBC ONE’s Antiques Roadshow visits Somerleyton Hall], Somerleyton Estate. Archived 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.</ref> An episode of Roald Dahl's [[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]] TV series was filmed at Somerleyton Hall in 1979,<ref>James D (2019) [https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/when-anglia-s-tales-toppled-bbcs-footie-favourite-1343578 Unexpected victory: When Anglia’s Tales toppled BBC’s footie favourite], ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 25 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.</ref> and the house was used as a stand in for [[Sandringham House]] in the 2003 television drama ''[[The Lost Prince]]''.<ref>[https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-stately-home-has-starring-role-1-58311 Suffolk stately home has starring role], ''[[East Anglian Daily Times]]'', 18 January 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2010.</ref> The house was used for the same purpose in the 2020 series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-55062901 The Crown: Somerleyton Hall is transformed into Sandringham], [[BBC News]], 26 November 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.</ref> The house and the maze, where the narrator becomes lost, feature prominently in [[W. G. Sebald]]'s 1995 novel-memoir ''[[The Rings of Saturn]]''.<ref>Doyle RB (2011) [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/travel/24footsteps.html Footsteps: Rambling With W. G. Sebald in East Anglia], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 22 April 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2021.</ref>
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