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A vid. cap. from an episode of the TV series The Saint which used Stage 9 in the Sixties.

Stages 7, 8 & 9:

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 that 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 7:

Stage Specifications:

• Stage Area: 462sqm (4980 sq ft)
• Stage Size: 23.6m x 19.6m (77ft x 64ft. 3incs)
• Stage Height: 9.8m (32ft)
• Tank: No

Stage Credits:

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

Film:

• Indiana Jones
• The Man Who Knew Too Little
• The Railway Children
• Star Wars
• The Vampire Lovers

Television:

• The Champions
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
• The Saint
• Space Pirates

Stage 7 - Official Link: Please click here

Stage 8:

Stage Specifications:

• 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)

Stage Credits:

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

Film:

• 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

Television:

• The Champions
• Jim, Jam and Sunny
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
• The Saint

Stage 8 - Official Link: Please click here

Stage 9:

Stage Specifications:

• 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)

Stage Credits:

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

Film:

• 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

Television:

• 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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