Roger Morris Managing Director
Elstree Studios is home to some of the top shows on British television today; • • Strictly Come Dancing , The Chase, • • Big Brother , Pointless, • • The Voice, Room 101, • • Celebrity Juice, Sweat The Small Stuff, • • Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Yonderland and many more.
Known as the birthplace of Star Wars , some of the most famous films in the world have been produced at Elstree Studios; the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies , Superman , The Shining and Labyrinth to name just a few from an endless list. Most recently, Elstree has been home to Oscar winning The King's Speech , Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows , World War Z , The World’s End, Paddington Bear and the forthcoming Grimsby .
Elstree is a totally independent studio providing seven film and TV stages comprising over 60,000 sq ft of space. Our two large stages are the tallest in the UK with a height of 50ft . and are 15,770 sq ft . each. Stars such as Cliff Richard, Robbie Williams, Kylie, Madonna, Take That, Westlife, Muse and many other artists have found these stages ideal for their tour rehearsals.
Production Village Along with first class stages and supporting facilities, Elstree Studios offer a fantastic Media Village. With over 40 specialist media related companies based on site, we have a wealth of expertise at your fingertips to provide you with all the back-up services you may require from lighting, AV hire and action vehicle suppliers to post production, special effects and prosthetics.
Workers and audience spend estimated £480,000 per annum in the local economy: Council car parks Public transport Restaurants Hotels Retail outlets
Strictly Come Dancing Audience
Big Brother Audience
Celebrity Juice Audience
The BBC Elstree Centre has been used for movie / TV production since 1914. It is the home to EastEnders’ Albert Square, and has been the home of BBC Soap since 1985. It is also the home to Holby City and many other well known productions. This rakes in more publicity and revenue into the local economy.
Over the years, the facility housed a number of high-profile productions including James Bond: Goldeneye, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace, Longitude, An Ideal Husband and Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. It went on to become home to the most successful film series of all time with all eight of the Harry Potter films being shot at the studio. The studio remained home to the franchise until the final instalment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 completed filming in 2010. You can go behind-the-scenes of the Harry Potter film series, located at the Studios where it all began.
New Film Charter is now in Hertfordshire to keep us known as ‘British Hollywood’ Hertfordshire County Council and all ten of Hertfordshire’s District and Borough Councils have come together to sign a Film Friendly Charter with Creative England.
Neighbouring Locations: Trent Park St Albans Cathedral Vicarage Road Stadium Aldenham Country Park
Creative Industries: “Those industries that have their origin in individual creative skill and talent and which have the potential for wealth and job creation through the generation of intellectual property”
Screen Industries Film was worth £1.4 billion £615 million for Television £100 million for Animation And also the games industry
Key Issues We are running out of Studios Space in the South East Studios are closing in London as land values increase and Houses are built Creative Industries companies are being priced out of London by spiralling property prices and rents We need to have more talented creatives to work in the industry now and into the future
Creative Industries in London • £ 21.4 billion Overall in the UK • £ 74 billion
Hertfordshire • 20% of Hertsmere Borough Council revenue is generated from Elstree Studios Leavesden home of Harry Potter and major films for Warner Brothers BBC Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders, Pointless and other top shows We need to build on existing successes
Elstree UTC offers full time technically orientated courses for students aged 14 – 19. Courses focusing on technical skills, trades, crafts and technologies that support the entertainment, film, television, theatre, visual arts and digital communications industries. The ethos of Elstree UTC is to build around the excitement of the visual and creative arts and an enthusiasm for the supporting technologies.
“Creative Cluster Centres” “Creative Education Colleges” More Production Space South Hertfordshire is ideally located on the perimeter of London… The worlds creative centre.
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