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Film · 2003 · Julian Farino

Byron filming locations in Malta

Byron, BBC Two's 2003 TV film starring Jonny Lee Miller as the poet, shot scenes on Gozo, reportedly staging Shelley's beach funeral pyre at Ramla Bay and a meeting with a Turkish governor on a rooftop above the Gozo countryside.

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Where was Byron filmed in Malta?

Julian Farino's two-part BBC biopic follows Lord Byron from London society to exile and death in Greece. Gozo was used for some of its Mediterranean scenes. Gozo location guides say Ramla Bay's red sand was used for Shelley's funeral pyre on the beach, and a Gozo rooftop with sweeping countryside views for Byron's meeting with the Turkish governor. Exact spots beyond Ramla haven't been documented.

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Ramla Bay

Ramla Bay is Gozo's largest red-sand beach, on the north coast below Xagħra and Nadur. Coronation Street filmed Eileen Grimshaw paddling here in 2007, and the BBC's Byron reportedly staged Shelley's funeral pyre on the sand.

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  1. ByronThe beach cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley, attended by Byron (Jonny Lee Miller) — played The Tuscan shore near ViareggioRamla Bay →

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