artist j. m. w. turner visited the house and painted the outdoor landscape in watercolour. rock musician elton john has performed a concert on the grounds. the house was used as a filming location for the 1991 comedy film "king ralph". since 1996, part of the estate has been developed as the village in the itv soap opera "emmerdale", which had been based in two different yorkshire villages since its inception 24 years earlier. the popular show "victoria" from itv starring jenna coleman and tom hughes has filmed at harewood house. on 1 july 2006, irish vocal pop band westlife held a concert for their face to face tour supporting their album face to face. harewood house was used as a filming location for the 2019 "downton abbey" film in november 2018. the house was the location for bbc's "mary berry's country house at christmas" with mary berry, broadcast on christmas day 2018.