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Roger Morris

Managing Director

Elstree Studios is home to some of the top shows on British television today;

• Strictly Come Dancing, • Big Brother, • The Voice, • Celebrity Juice, • Never Mind The Buzzcocks,

• The Chase, • Pointless, • Room 101, • Sweat The Small Stuff, • Yonderland and many more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Trent Park St Albans Cathedral

Aldenham Country Park Vicarage Road Stadium

Neighbouring Locations:

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”

Film was worth £1.4 billion

£615 million for Television

£100 million for Animation

And also the games industry

Screen Industries

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.

Thank you