BBC Elstree Centre

BBC Elstree Centre
Entrance to complex off Eldon Avenue
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
Etymology	named after Elstree parish
General information
Type	Television production
Location	Between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood
Address	Eldon Avenue
Country	England
Coordinates	51°39′35″N 0°16′29″W / 51.6597°N 0.2747°W / 51.6597; -0.2747
Current tenants	BBC Studioworks
Inaugurated	1914 (1914)
Owner	Neptune Film Company (1914–1917) Ideal Film Company (1917–1924) Ludwig Blattner (1928–1936) Joe Rock Productions (1936–1939) British National Films Company (1939–1948) Douglas Fairbanks Junior (1953–1958) ATV (1958–1981) Central Television (1982–1983) BBC (1984–present)
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.