BBC Studioworks

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BBC Studioworks
Formerly
  • BBC Resources Limited (1998–2009)
  • BBC Studios and Post Production Limited (2009–2016)[1]
Company typePublic subsidiary
IndustryBroadcasting
PredecessorBBC Studios and Post Production Ltd.
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
HeadquartersTelevision Centre,
London
,
England
Area served
United Kingdom
ParentBBC
Websitebbcstudioworks.com

BBC Studioworks Limited is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, providing television studios, post production and related services to the market.[2]

It works with broadcasters and production companies, making content for the likes of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, Banijay and Fremantle. Titles range from The Graham Norton Show and A League of Their Own, to EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing.[3]

When BBC Television Centre in West London was temporarily closed for redevelopment in 2013, Studioworks consolidated its London studios business onto two sites in Borehamwood, BBC Elstree Centre and Elstree Studios. On the BBC Elstree Site, it operates the Studio D facility – a large TV studio and home to Children in Need and BBC News' election broadcasting. It is also home to the company's post-production village and the site where it provides studio and post-production services to EastEnders. Across the road at Elstree Studios, it hires a mix of stages which have been converted into TV studios and range in size from 7,550 sq ft to 15,770 sq ft. This conversion was financed on a co-investment basis between Elstree Studios and Studioworks. BBC Studioworks expanded its footprint in 2017 when it reopened Television Centre, where it operates Studios 1, 2 and 3 plus post-production facilities.[4]

The company changed its named from BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd to BBC Studioworks Ltd in May 2016.[5]

  1. ^ "BBC STUDIOWORKS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 1 July 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Broadcast Tech".
  3. ^ "BBC Studioworks – TV studios and post production services in Elstree". 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/our-services/studios/television-centre/ Archived 1 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "BBC Studios and Post Production Rebrands". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.