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SumitonJD

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

Sumiton population 2800 and shrinking. I had thought about using the Luke
Skywalker quote to descibe here. Great minds think alike I guess.
Since they were using the ATV TV studios for the scenes of
Harlington-Starker Studios I guess it would be in the same area which I think
is a London suburb. Anyone know exactly where?

James K.

Pam McCaughey

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

I don't know how big Sumiton is. I know the city in which I live (pop -/+
80,000), Moncton, New Brunswick is such that I like to describe it using
Luke Skywalker's comment "If there's a bright centre to the universe, this
is the furthest point from it."

Has it ever been established just where the Harlington-Straker studio is, in
consideration to London? Is it outside in the surrounding rural area, or in
a London suburb?

Pam

jamesgibbon

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

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James wrote:

> Since they were using the ATV TV studios for the
> scenes of Harlington-Starker Studios I guess it would be in
> the same area which I think is a London suburb. Anyone know
> exactly where?
>

Yes - just outside London, or perhaps on the very outskirts of
North-West London, at Borehamwood. I wonder if you can just
pull into the car park and look around .. I might drive up,
there and take some photos sometime.

James

Grant Wray

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

In reply to this post by SumitonJD

If you do, James, give us a shout and I can take you to some of the sites in
near-by Watford that were used in Confetti Check A-OK.

I should get hold of the Box book re: locations.....
Hmmm.... Anyone got that?

Grant.

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From: James Gibbon [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 07 June 2001 04:18
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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

James wrote:

> Since they were using the ATV TV studios for the
> scenes of Harlington-Starker Studios I guess it would be in
> the same area which I think is a London suburb. Anyone know
> exactly where?
>

Yes - just outside London, or perhaps on the very outskirts of
North-West London, at Borehamwood. I wonder if you can just
pull into the car park and look around .. I might drive up,
there and take some photos sometime.

James

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James wrote:

> Since they were using the ATV TV studios for the
> scenes of Harlington-Starker Studios I guess it would be in
> the same area which I think is a London suburb. Anyone know
> exactly where?
>

It is the Elstree Studios which is where they now film Eastenders.

If you are based in the UK and watch 'Holby City' (a hospital drama), you can see that they also use the exterior of the same building as the front ofthe hospital!

I keep expecting Straker to drive up!

Katie Bleathman
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Gareth Bevan

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

In reply to this post by SumitonJD

Harlington Straker Studios is Neptune House, currently part of the BBC
Elstree complex (the administration building - probably what it was for
ATV). It can be seen on British TV as the hospital building in Holby City.

As you note, James, it's in Borehamwood, which at one time was a very major
centre in TV and film production. There were several studios at
Borehamwood/Elstree, of which the ATV studio was just one. UFO was made at
MGM studios, where The Prisoner and 2001 were filmed, but it closed down mid
way through production - hence the move to Pinewood, and the long break
between filming blocks. Of the other Elstree Studios, the one which became
Thorn EMI Studios in the seventies (and was where Star Wars and the Indiana
Jones films were made) was used in the sixties by most other ITC series, as
well as The Avengers. In fact, ITC pretty much kept the studios going, in
terms of using production space and production crew. Many film directors
such as Freddie Francis, Leslie Norman, and Roy Ward Baker made ITC
episodes.

>From: James Gibbon <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?
>Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:18:02 -0400
>
>James wrote:
>
> > Since they were using the ATV TV studios for the
> > scenes of Harlington-Starker Studios I guess it would be in
> > the same area which I think is a London suburb. Anyone know
> > exactly where?
> >
>
>Yes - just outside London, or perhaps on the very outskirts of
>North-West London, at Borehamwood. I wonder if you can just
>pull into the car park and look around .. I might drive up,
>there and take some photos sometime.
>
>James
>
>
>
>
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Gareth Bevan

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In reply to this post by SumitonJD

Fanderson produce an excellent guidebook to TV and film locations, with an
emphasis on the ITC series (particularly UFO), and The Avengers. Worth
getting if you can.

I'm hoping that someone produces a version for central London - if no-one
does, I may well try...

>From: Grant Wray <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: "'[hidden email]'" <[hidden email]>
>Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?
>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 09:40:22 +0100
>
>If you do, James, give us a shout and I can take you to some of the sites
>in
>near-by Watford that were used in Confetti Check A-OK.
>
>I should get hold of the Box book re: locations.....
>Hmmm.... Anyone got that?
>
>Grant.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Gibbon [mailto:[hidden email]]
>Sent: 07 June 2001 04:18
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?
>
>
>James wrote:
>
> > Since they were using the ATV TV studios for the
> > scenes of Harlington-Starker Studios I guess it would be in
> > the same area which I think is a London suburb. Anyone know
> > exactly where?
> >
>
>Yes - just outside London, or perhaps on the very outskirts of
>North-West London, at Borehamwood. I wonder if you can just
>pull into the car park and look around .. I might drive up,
>there and take some photos sometime.
>
>James
>
>
>
>
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jamesgibbon

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"Gareth Bevan" wrote:
>
> Fanderson produce an excellent guidebook to TV and film
> locations, with an emphasis on the ITC series (particularly
> UFO), and The Avengers. Worth getting if you can.
>
> I'm hoping that someone produces a version for central London -
> if no-one does, I may well try...
>
I love those sepia-toned scenes showing Piccadilly Circus,
Covent Garden and Tower Bridge in 'The Long Sleep'. I've come
to know those places very well in the last few years, and
the scenes where they are shown make me wish I could jump
through the TV screen and walk around the West End in 1970.

James

kent laughlin

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

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Katie:
>It is the Elstree Studios which is where they now film Eastenders.
>If you are based in the UK and watch 'Holby City' (a hospital drama), you
>can see that they also use the exterior of the same building as the front
>of the hospital!
>
>I keep expecting Straker to drive up!

Interesting... because I'm pretty sure they used that building as the
hospital where Basil and Sybil Fawlty go for their ailments in the infamous
"German" episode of Fawtly Towers.

Kent (I wasn't even here. You didn't see me...)

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anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

Re: small towns - where is H-S studio?

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"Gareth Bevan" <[hidden email]> wrote:-
> Harlington Straker Studios is Neptune House, currently part of the BBC
> Elstree complex (the administration building - probably what it was for
> ATV). It can be seen on British TV as the hospital building in Holby City.

What building in the real world was used for film shooting, is one question.
Where SHADO Headquarters is in the fictional world of the story, is another
question.
These two questions may have the same answer, or they may not.