From EastEnders to The Muppet Show: The Elstree Centre programmes

The Power Game (ATV)

The follow up to drama The Plane Makers, which had also been produced at Elstree, revolved around the big business deals of mogul John Wilder, played by Patrick Wymark. Later series were produced at ATV’s Birmingham Centre however the outside HQ of Wilder’s empire was the ATV Elstree office block throughout the award-winning saga.

Grange Hill (BBC)

A year before Grange Hill launched in 1978 ATV had already produced a gritty teenage school-leavers series, A Bunch Of Fives at the Elstree centre. However its BBC counterpart wouldn’t arrive at Borehamwood until 1985. The BBC built an exterior set for the school in the grounds of the Elstree complex, it was demolished in 2002 after the BBC angered the shows fans and allowed the production to move from London to Liverpool when the shows creator Phil Redmond took over production. Grange Hill never really recovered from the move and it was ditched in its 30^th year.