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The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, [1] is a television production facility, currently owned by the BBC. The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood , Hertfordshire , England.
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios have been located in the area since 1914 when film production began there.
The former British National Studios off Clarendon Road, referred to locally as "The Douglas Fairbanks studios" (which were bought by Lew Grade's ATV in May 1958), [11] are now the BBC Elstree Centre. The studios have, over the years, been home to Alfred Hitchcock's film Blackmail, Jim Henson's TV series The Muppet Show was also produced there ...
The site is now also adjacent to Eldon Avenue which did not exist when the site first opened as a film studio in 1914, and was the first of several sites collectively known as "Elstree Studios". In 1960 the film studios were converted to television studios used by the former ITV contractor ATV and, since 1984, by the BBC.
Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire is a British film and television production centre operated by Elstree Film Studios Limited. One of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios , the Shenley Road studios originally opened in 1925.
BBC Elstree Studios may refer to two facilities in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire: BBC Elstree Centre on Clarendon Road; Elstree Studios (Shenley Road) ...
Hertsmere is the location of Elstree Film and TV Studios, which produces such shows as Strictly Come Dancing, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Dancing on Ice, and was the location for the Big Brother house. The studios were bought by Hertsmere Borough Council in 1996 and are now operated via Elstree Film Studios Limited, a council-controlled company.
In September 2012, Anna Mallett joined BBC Studio and Post Production as CEO [24] and led the company through the move out of Television Centre into two new locations – Elstree Studios and South Ruislip. In October 2014, Anna Mallet left the company to take the lead in developing production proposals within the wider BBC.