Mound nearly cleared next to the Big Brother house

[zakman440]

The development of additional studio space at Elstree Studios is edging closer as levelling works of a four-acre site at the facility near completion.


The site, at the rear of the Borehamwood facility, comprises more than a quarter of the useable space at Elstree Studios.

It has remained unused for nearly 30 years due to the depositing of contaminated materials, including cement-based asbestos, prior to the council securing ownership of the studios in 1997.

Some 33,700 cubic metres of spoil has now been removed from the site.

Managing director of Elstree Studios Roger Morris said: “The industry needs more production space.

“Elstree Studios has re-established itself as one of the top UK studios attracting work from across the film and television industry including many major Hollywood productions.

“New development at our site will allow the studios to take advantage of an expanding market.

“In recent years, Elstree has managed to capture many of the major television productions in the UK and a number of major international feature films.

“We look forward to having more space to meet our clients’ needs in the years ahead.”

The project has been funded by a £2m loan from Hertfordshire’s Local Enterprise Partnership’s Growing Places Fund.

The remaining £2.5m has been provided by the council.

The council’s chief executive Donald Graham added: “Investment from both the council and the Local Enterprise Partnership reflects the importance of the Elstree Studios site to the Borough of Hertsmere.

“The clearance of the mound has been an impressive project and has been achieved without disruption to a number of high-profile productions that are staged there.

“I’m looking forward to the studios moving ahead with this exciting project for the benefit of both the media industry and the residents of Hertsmere.

“The council will be developing proposals over the next three months for utilising this space that reflect both the long term ambitions of our studios and the industry’s needs.”

Source (http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/techfacils/elstree-nears-completion-of-mound-clearance/5071007.article)

So here's the transition:
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That's a lot of space, maybe enough for BB to make the eviction set a bit bigger?

[Firewire]

i didn't realise the space was that small

[Samm]

I hope they do, it's so boring they have had it for about 4 years, I don't mind the massive eye but I want a new eviction interview studio

[elliebrew]

Hradly anyone goes to evictions anymore. If the audience space was any bigger the place would look empty

[james130]

I don't think they need to expand the eviction space tbh.
They struggle to fill the crowd these days as it is!

[BB IS ALIVE]

It's not so much that they can't get the crowd in, it's that they fill it up in the wrong places and turn people away!

When I went down to the launch of CBB in January earlier this year we got there around 3pm and we were about 20 people from the front of the queue, and as it grew loads of people turned up with priority passes. So they got in before us and only about 20 people behind us in the main queue got in. The rest, around 100 people I would say, got turned away. The "capacity" of the place is like 500 or so now I think?

But when we got in we were put up in the stands so I could see there was literally LOADS of room down by the stage and behind us? So the staff down at Elstree theses days are a bit clueless as to how to fill up the space properly

[BBDodge]

Now they've cleared that they will want to clear the BB site.

They can attract better paying clients.

Another nail in the coffin of BBUK.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Hradly anyone goes to evictions anymore. If the audience space was any bigger the place would look empty

That's not true.

[Samm]

Now they've cleared that they will want to clear the BB site.

They can attract better paying clients.

Another nail in the coffin of BBUK.

No, they've accept to keep it there till 2019, doesn't mean they will scarp it after 2019 tbh

[jyunga]

That's a lot of space, maybe enough for BB to make the eviction set a bit bigger?

The article explains why they cleared it. More opportunity to host other television/movie clients. They definitely didn't invest millions so more people could stand in the BB crowd.

[Jesus.]

Thought Jade had been exhumed.

[arista]

They must put in Secret Tunnels