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Elstree Studios

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.

This article is about multiple film studios historically known as "Elstree Studios". For the present-day film and TV studios, see Elstree Studios (Shenley Road).

Elstree Studios

Group of many film and television studios

United Kingdom

1914 (1914)

Films shot at Elstree include: Britain's first sound film, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929), The Dam Busters (1955), Moby Dick (1956), Summer Holiday (1963), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Star Wars (1977), The Shining (1980) and the Indiana Jones films.


Television shows shot at Elstree include The Avengers, Danger Man, The Prisoner, UFO, Robot Wars, The Muppet Show, EastEnders, Holby City, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Big Brother. The music video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was filmed at Elstree in November 1975.[1]


Currently, two major sites remain in use in Borehamwood: Elstree Studios on Shenley Road and the BBC Elstree Centre on Eldon Avenue. A third, Sky Studios Elstree is currently under construction, whilst a fourth Millennium Studios still exists in a much reduced capacity where it trades as Studio 2000.

List of British film studios

an oral history project capturing stories from crew members who have worked at the studios in Elstree and Borehamwood

The Elstree Project

"Elstree" (song)

List of films and television shows shot at Elstree Studios

Leslie Banks, The Elstree Story: Twenty-One Years of Film-Making. Clarke and Cockeran. 88 pages. With contributions by , Alfred Hitchcock, Ralph Richardson, Victory Saville, Googie Withers, Anna Neagle and John Mills.

Douglas Fairbanks

Castle, Stephen; Brooks, William (1988). The Book of Elstree & Boreham Wood. Buckingham, England: Barracuda Books Ltd.  978-0-86023-406-7.

ISBN

Peecher, John Phillip (1983) The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. . ISBN 0-345-31235-X.

Ballantine Books

Warren, Patricia (1983). Elstree: The British Hollywood. Columbus Books: London,  0-86287-446-7.

ISBN

Warren, Patricia, (1983). British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. . ISBN 0-7134-8644-9.

Batsford

Welsh, Paul (1996). Elstree Film & Television Festival Programme. .

Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council

– "Oral history interviews, showcasing Elstree's rich cultural filmmaking heritage

The Elstree Project