In addition to commercial film and photography Broad Leys has starred in both Hollywood period drama and on the small screen.
On the small screen Broad Leys played a starring role in Agatha Christie's 'Dumb Witness' which was set in and filmed extensively in the Lake District. The story is built around a trip to watch a water speed record attempt on Windermere - with Broad Leys typecast as the venue.
Broad Leys was used as the location for the conclusion of the film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' in 1981, directed by Karel Reisz, and written by Harold Pinter.
The Windermere Suite provided the suitably dramatic and beautiful setting for Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons.
The house, grounds and foreshore at Broad Leys were used for the filming of the exterior scenes. Many of the 'interior' scenes shot in the studio using remarkably accurate replicas of the Hall, Drawing Room and Dining room at Broad Leys. Albeit with the room to room sequence altered to confuse those familiar with the real thing!