Editing Cromer (section)

==Cultural references==

=== Literature ===
The town is featured as a location in the novels [[Emma (novel)|Emma]]'' by [[Jane Austen]] and [[North and South (1855 novel)|North and South]]'' by [[Elizabeth Gaskell]].

''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]'' by [[Jane Austen]] Chapter XII
{{cquote|''You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere. Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the seabathing places. A fine open sea, he says, and very pure air. And, by what I understand, you might have had lodgings there quite away from the sea quarter of a mile off, very comfortable. You should have consulted Perry.<ref>[http://www.jasa.net.au/seaside/SouthendCromer.htm Jane Austen society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224150427/http://www.jasa.net.au/seaside/SouthendCromer.htm |date=24 February 2010 }}. Retrieved 9 March 2010.</ref>''}}

''[[North and South (1855 novel)|North and South]]'' by [[Elizabeth Gaskell]] Chapter XLIX
{{cquote|''There was no Spain for Margaret that autumn; although to the last she hoped that some fortunate occasion would call Frederick to Paris, whither she could easily have met with a convoy. Instead of Cadiz, she had to content herself with Cromer. To that place her aunt Shaw and the Lennoxes were bound. They had all along wished her to accompany them, and, consequently, with their characters, they made but lazy efforts to forward her own separate wish. Perhaps Cromer was, in one sense of the expression, the best for her. She needed bodily strengthening and bracing as well as rest.''}}

[[Edward Lear]] includes a [[Limerick (poetry)|limerick]] about Cromer in his ''[[s:Book of Nonsense|Book of Nonsense]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lear|first1=Edward|title=A Book of Nonsense|date=1846|publisher=Thomas McLean|location=London}}</ref>

===Film media===
In a ''[[Monty Python]]'' episode first shown in 1970 [[List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes|(Series 2, Episode 9, Skit: Cosmetic Surgery)]], the name on the "desk" of Professor Sir Adrian Furrows indicates that the character has a [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc]] from, among sundry other places, Cromer.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ehKGlT2EW1Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070228052038/http://youtube.com/watch?v=ehKGlT2EW1Q Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Monty Python:Cosmetic Surgery|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehKGlT2EW1Q|website=You Tube|access-date=2 March 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In ''[[The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)|The Three Doctors]]'', a 1972–1973 serial in the long-running [[BBC]] television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the doctor's ally, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] mistakes the surface of an alien planet for the town, famously uttering, "I'm fairly sure that's Cromer".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4cDhBdvjxfMXJvgHrbr1rnK/the-fourth-dimension|publisher=bbc.co.uk|title=BBC One - Doctor Who, The Day of the Doctor - The Fourth Dimension |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> Actor [[Nicholas Courtney]] improvised the line,<ref name="kaldorcity">{{cite web|url=http://www.kaldorcity.com/people/ncinterview.html|publisher=kaldorcity.com|title=Interview with Nicholas Courtney: 'Another time I put in a line was during "The Three Doctors," when the Brigadier looks out onto this alien landscape and says, "I'm fairly sure that's Cromer."' Nicholas Courtney interview, ''The Brig Remembered'' by Alan Stevens. This interview previously appeared in Celestial Toyroom Issue 400. |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> name-checking the place where he got his first professional job as an actor-cum-assistant stage manager.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8343786/Nicholas-Courtney.html|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|title= Nicholas Courtney's obituary. The Telegraph. 23 Feb 2011. |date=23 February 2011 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

The final scenes of the 2013 film ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]'' were filmed on Cromer Pier.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/24/alan-partridge-norwich-alpha-papa-movie-premiere | title=Alan Partridge goes back to Norwich roots for Alpha Papa movie premiere | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=24 July 2013 | access-date=31 August 2013}}</ref>

Filming took place in the town during November 2014 of the [[BBC 1]] series ''[[Partners in Crime (UK TV series)|Partners in Crime]]''.<ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/big_turn_out_in_cromer_for_bbc_one_agatha_christie_show_casting_call_for_extras_1_3830362 Eastern Daily Press news report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111130005/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/big_turn_out_in_cromer_for_bbc_one_agatha_christie_show_casting_call_for_extras_1_3830362 |date=11 January 2015 }} Retrieved 8 April 2015.</ref>

A [[BBC One 'Oneness' idents|BBC short]] fantasy – ''Wonderland'', first aired 1 December 2018, was filmed in Cromer featuring the pier. It depicts the distant personal relationship between a busy mother's lifestyle working with [[IT]] bizarrely crossed-over to her son's video-game-driven lifestyle, causing the screens of both to display corrupted fragments of each other's content, and everyone else's real-time frame to freeze, allowing mother and son to enjoy unique quality time together.<ref>[https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/bbcs-christmas-ad-freezes-time-one-magical-day-seaside/1519976 BBC's Christmas ad freezes time for one magical day by the seaside] Campaign Live, 1 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018</ref> The [[Theme music|musical theme]] is [[Emmy the Great]]’s ''Lost in You''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-46421236/cromer-pier-a-star-of-bbc-one-this-christmas Seaside town is 'star' of Christmas TV] ''[[BBC News]]'', 2 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/bbc-one-christmas-film|title=BBC One launches Christmas film about cherishing time with loved ones|publisher=[[BBC]] Media Centre|date=1 December 2018|access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>

Several scenes in the 2018 TV series ''[[Angry Birds#Television adaptations|Angry Birds on the Run]]'' were filmed in Cromer. <!-- Exact locations: 52.9324, 1.3002 (ice cream store, E12) | 52.9333, 1.3011 (pier, E22) -->

=== Music ===
The town is referenced in the song ''Norman and Norma'' by [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]].<blockquote>"Norman and Norma got married in Cromer, April 1983"<ref>{{Citation |title=The Divine Comedy – Norman and Norma |url=https://genius.com/The-divine-comedy-norman-and-norma-lyrics |access-date=2023-01-29}}</ref></blockquote>