Wimbledon Studios
Encyclopedia
Wimbledon Film & Television Studios is a television
and film
production company and facilities provider in Merton
, South West London
. The studios are best known for the crime drama series The Bill
, which was filmed here until the programme's demise in 2010.
as a replacement for their Barlby Road base in the early '90s. Thames stayed there until 2010 when the only show at the time, The Bill
, ended, after which FremantalMedia sold off the studios.
Panther Securities Plc purchased the site for £4.75m in September 2010 and thus Wimbledon Film & Television Studios was set up in October 2010 to provide a new production facility to the film and television industry.
Wimbledon Film & Television Studios will have a total of four stages; two large stages of approximately 8000 square feet (743.2 m²) and two smaller green screen studios which will be opening soon, sized at 2,300 and 2000 square feet (185.8 m²) respectively. The studio has over 50 free standing sets onsite including an exterior street, police stations, hospitals, a prison, a courtroom and the House of Commons set. The studios also include other facilities including a media village.
Television
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and film
Film
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production company and facilities provider in Merton
Merton
- People :As a stage name* Merton , American YouTube personalityWith the surname* Paul Merton , British actor and comedian* Robert C. Merton , American nobel-prize winning economist, or to his Merton Model...
, South West London
London
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. The studios are best known for the crime drama series The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, which was filmed here until the programme's demise in 2010.
History
Wimbledon Studios was originally established as the Merton Studios. The studios were previously a wine distribution warehouse and was bought by talkbackTHAMESThames Television
Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
as a replacement for their Barlby Road base in the early '90s. Thames stayed there until 2010 when the only show at the time, The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, ended, after which FremantalMedia sold off the studios.
Panther Securities Plc purchased the site for £4.75m in September 2010 and thus Wimbledon Film & Television Studios was set up in October 2010 to provide a new production facility to the film and television industry.
Wimbledon Film & Television Studios will have a total of four stages; two large stages of approximately 8000 square feet (743.2 m²) and two smaller green screen studios which will be opening soon, sized at 2,300 and 2000 square feet (185.8 m²) respectively. The studio has over 50 free standing sets onsite including an exterior street, police stations, hospitals, a prison, a courtroom and the House of Commons set. The studios also include other facilities including a media village.