BBC Elstree Centre

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The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by AXA. The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England.

This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as Elstree Studios located in the area. Originally created as a film studio in 1914, the site was converted for use as a television studio in 1960, becoming the main television production site for Lew Grade's ATV franchise for the ITV network. After ATV became Central Television in the early 1980s and moved to a new Midlands-based complex, this site was sold to the BBC in 1984. It is currently a main production base for BBC Television, with the television studios being run by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks, previously known as BBC Studios and Post Production.