Elstree Calling

 

A screen grab from an episode of the TV series The Saint which used Stage in the Sixties.

 

 

This page includes details of just some of the many, many film & television productions that have used Stages 7, 8 & 9 (the oldest stages at Elstree Studios to have survived) since the historic stage block opened at the complex in the Sixties. Originally only intended purely for television productions, the three stages soon became available for film productions as well.

 

It's is interesting to note that during the late Sixties and early Seventies, Hammer Films used Stage 8 & 9 on several occasions to film several of their horror films including: The Devil Rides Out and The Vampire Lovers.

 

 

 

Stage Area: 462sqm (4980 sq ft)

Stage Size: 23.6m x 19.6m (77ft x 64ft. 3incs)

Stage Height: 9.8m (32ft)

Tank: No

 

 

The many film & television productions which have had all or some production inside or outside the front or back of Stage 7 include:

 

 

Indiana Jones

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Railway Children

Star Wars

The Vampire Lovers

 

 

The Champions

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

The Saint

Space Pirates

 

Stage 7 - Official Link: Please click here

 

 

 

Stage Area: 700sqm (7,550 sq ft)

Stage Size: 29.7m x 23.6m (97ft. 6ins x 77ft. x 6 ins)

Stage Height: 9.8m (32ft)

Tank: 9.1m x 9.5m x 2.7m deep (30ft. x 31ft. 4ins. x 9ft. deep)

 

 

The many film & television productions which have had all or some production inside or outside the front or back of Stage 8 include:

 

 

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

 

The Devil Rides Out

Frankenstein Must be Destroyed

Harry Brown

Horror of Frankenstein

Lust for a Vampire

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Scars of Dracula

The Vampire Lovers

 

 

The Champions

Jim, Jam and Sunny

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

The Saint

 

Stage 8 - Official Link: Please click here

 

 

 

Stage Area: 700sqm (7,550 sq ft)

Stage Size: 29.7m x 23.6m (97ft. 6ins x 77ft. x 6 ins)

Stage Height: 9.8m (32ft)

Tank: 9.1m x 9.5m x 2.7m deep (30ft. x 31ft. 4ins x 9ft. deep)

 

 

The many film & television productions which have had all or some production inside or outside the front or back of Stage 9 include:

 

 

The Devil Rides Out

Frankenstein Must be Destroyed

Horror of Frankenstein

Labyrinth

Lust for a Vampire

Man About the House

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Scars of Dracula

Superman IV

The Vampire Lovers

 

 

The Champions

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

The Saint

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (based exclusively in Stage 9 since 2002)

 

Stage 9 - Official Link: Please click here

 

© Paul Burton

 

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