THE 25th birthday of a film shot mainly in Somerset will be celebrated with a unique screening at a landmark venue next month.

‘Pandaemonium’, a movie about the time spent in West Somerset by poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth , will be screened twice at Hestercombe House, on Saturday, September 26.

It will be showing at 2 pm and 7 pm in an event organised by Screen Somerset and the Hestercombe Gardens Trust.

It is hoped that the evening screening will be introduced by the film’s acclaimed director and West Somerset resident Julien Temple.

Starring John Hannah as William Wordsworth and Linus Roache as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘Pandaemonium’ is a passionate story of poetry, love, and rivalry.

It is a showcase for the landscape of the Quantock Hills and Exmoor which inspired the poets to some of their greatest works, including Coleridge’s ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and ‘Kubla Khan’.

A key scene was filmed by the Pear Pond, at Hestercombe, and other locations include Wills Neck, on the Quantocks, Kilve Beach, Nether Stowey, West Bagborough, the Holnicote Estate, and Hodder’s Combe, on Exmoor.

Tickets, which can be booked online, cost £10 and include entry to Hestercombe House and gardens.

The special screening has been organised to celebrate the film’s silver anniversary and help promote the Somerset landscape to potential visitors.

In the run-up to the screening, Hestercombe will host an exhibition on the life and films of Julien Temple.

Somerset Council executive Cllr Mike Rigby said: "This a wonderful setting to see a film that does a fantastic job of showing off the county’s stunning countryside and literary heritage.

"It is an opportunity to help bring some new visitors to the area, from within and beyond Somerset, and celebrate Somerset being on screen."