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Teddington Studios in London.
Teddington Studios is a large British television studio complex located in Teddington, South-West London.
The studio began in the early 20th century when stockbroker Henry Chinnery, owner of Weir House, Teddington, allowed filmmakers to use his greenhouse as a studio. Dedicated studio facilities were then built in the 1910s. The studio was greatly expanded by a partnership of filmmaker E. G. Norton and actor Henry Edwards, and renamed Teddington Film Studios Limited in 1931.
After only one production, Stranglehold (1931), the studio was acquired by Warner Brothers to turn out so-called "quota quickies" - British-made films which fulfilled a legal quota (created by the Cinematograph Films Act 1927) before American-made films could be shown. Warner Bros.-First National continued to make US/UK coproductions at Teddington until The Dark Tower (1943). One Teddington Studios production Murder at Monte Carlo (1934) with Errol Flynn in his first major film role, is considered a lost film.
By the 1950s the studio\'s fortunes had declined, but in 1958 it was bought by Associated British Corporation (ABC) for use as a television studio. When ABC was replaced by Thames Television (in which ABC\'s parent company had a 51% stake), Teddington Studios became the main production centre for Thames\'s entertainment and documentary shows, while news and sports programming were made at Thames\'s Euston Road headquarters.
After Thames lost its broadcast franchise in 1992 the studio became independent. Today it is part of the Pinewood Studios Group, and provides production facilities for several companies including the BBC. On 17 September and 24 September 2007, Turner Classic Movies presented 13 films made at Teddington Studios, all in their US television premiere.
In November 2007,the BBC announced CBeebies is to leave BBC Television Centre for the Teddington Studios to cut costs.
It is understood that CBeebies will be able to make use of Teddington\'s facilities for half the rate charged to it by BBC Resources for studios at Television Centre - saving the channel around £500,000 per year.
Today Teddington Studios is home to three main television studios. Studio 1 is nearly 8,900 square feet (827 m²) and is home to many shows such as Harry Hill\'s TV Burp for ITV1, The Green Green Grass for BBC1 and After You\'ve Gone for BBC1. Studio 2 measures nearly 5,700 square feet (530 m²) and has been the home to shows such as Today with Des and Mel for ITV1, Kilroy for BBC1 and today is used by many television productions because of its medium size space such as Bremner, Bird and Fortune for Channel Four. Studio 3 is a much smaller studio at 2,098 square feet (195 m²) and is home to many music shows productions. There are also 5 smaller studios which are home to many quiz channels and Racing UK channel.
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