BBC Studios and Post Production
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| Private subsidiary | |
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Predecessor | BBC Resources Ltd. |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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United Kingdom |
| Parent | BBC |
| Website | www |
BBC Studioworks Limited, formerly BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, providing television studios, post production and related services to the market.
It works with broadcasters and production companies, making award-winning content for the likes of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, Endemol Shine and FremantleMedia. Titles range from Deal or No Deal and A League of Their Own, to EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing.
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 Studios and home to Children in Need and Election broadcasting as well as titles such as ITV's Celebrity Juice. 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 7,500 sq ft to 15,770 sq ft. This conversion was financed on a co-investment basis between Elstree Studios and Studioworks. BBC Studioworks will be expanding its footprint in 2017 when it reopens Television Centre in 2017 where it will operate Studios 1, 2 and 3. as well as post production facilities.
The company was rebranded from BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd to BBC Studioworks Ltd in May 2016.
The company was originally established as the much broader BBC Resources Ltd operation in 1998, making an operating profit of £1.3 million in its first full year. It was divided into four business units: BBC Studios, BBC Post Production, BBC Outside Broadcasts, and BBC Costume and Wigs.
A team led by Andrew Thornton were appointed by the BBC to manage the sale, with Ernst & Young acting as external advisers. The team were accountable to a BBC steering group including Zarin Patel and Peter Salmon. Advertisements were placed in the Financial Times, The Times and Broadcast on 16 August 2007 inviting expressions of interest for the acquisition of this commercial subsidiary, with the aim of completing the transfer of engagements by the end of March 2008, subject to contract negotiations and approvals.
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