BBC Elstree Centre

BBC Elstree Centre
Entrance to complex off Eldon Avenue
Map
Former names
  • Neptune Film Studios
  • Blattner Studios
  • Rock Studios
  • British National Studios
  • National Studios (a.k.a. Fairbanks)
  • ATV Elstree Studios
Alternative names
  • Eldon Avenue Studios
  • Clarendon Road Studios
Etymologynamed after Elstree parish
General information
TypeTelevision production
LocationBetween Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood
AddressEldon Avenue
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°39′35″N 0°16′29″W / 51.6597°N 0.2747°W / 51.6597; -0.2747
Current tenantsBBC Studioworks
Inaugurated1914 (1914)
Owner
Website
www.BBCStudioworks.com

The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios,[1] is a place where television is made. It is currently owned by the BBC. The Elstree Centre is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England.

It is currently a main base for BBC Television. The television studios being run by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks, previously known as BBC Studios and Post Production.[2]

Further reading

  • Leslie Banks. The Elstree Story: Twenty-One Years of Film-Making. Clerke and Cockeran. 88 pages; with contributions by Douglas Fairbanks, Alfred Hitchcock, Ralph Richardson, Victory Saville, Googie Withers, Anna Neagle, and John Mills.
  • Warren, Patricia (1983). British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. Batsford: Anova Books. ISBN 978-0-7134-8644-5.
  • Warren, Patricia (1983). Elstree: The British Hollywood. London, England: Elm Tree Books. ISBN 978-0-86287-446-9.
  • Castle, Stephen; Brooks, William (1988). The Book of Elstree & Boreham Wood. Buckingham, England: Barracuda Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-86023-406-7.
  • Welsh, Paul (1996). Elstree Film & Television Festival Programme. Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council.

References

  1. ↑ Charlotte Forde. "Our services - Studios - Brand new studios at Elstree". BBCStudiosAndPostProduction.com. BBC Studios and Post Production. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Charlotte Forde. "Our services - Studios - Brand new studios at Elstree". BBCStudiosAndPostProduction.com. BBC Studios and Post Production. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2019.Charlotte Forde. "Our services - Studios - Brand new studios at Elstree". BBCStudiosAndPostProduction.com. BBC Studios and Post Production. Archived from the original Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2019.