University of Cambridge
In literature and popular culture

Throughout its history, the University of Cambridge has frequently been featured in literature, artistic works, television, and film. As of February 2023, IMDb lists 82 films or television shows that feature the University of Cambridge as a filming location.

Cambridge was mentioned as early as the 14th century in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales. In The Reeve's Tale, the two main fictional characters are students at a University of Cambridge college called Soler Halle, which is believed to refer to King's Hall and is now part of Trinity College.

The university has been the setting for all or parts of numerous novels, including Douglas Adams ' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Rose Macaulay 's They Were Defeated, and Tom Sharpe 's Porterhouse Blue.

Other notable examples of the University of Cambridge in popular culture include:
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