Cinema
![Paul Welsh looks back on meeting Tom Cruise at Elstree Studios. Photos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13953446.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on meeting Tom Cruise at Elstree Studios. Photos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13953446.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh pays tribute to Bond art director and British cinema stalwart Alan Tomkins. Photos: Alex Williams, J Smith, Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13927180.jpg)
![Paul Welsh pays tribute to Bond art director and British cinema stalwart Alan Tomkins. Photos: Alex Williams, J Smith, Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13927180.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on his trip to Hollywood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13892152.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on his trip to Hollywood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13892152.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh discusses Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13730087.jpg)
![Paul Welsh discusses Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13730087.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Liberace sued the Daily Mirror for libel in 1959 for a review insinuating that he was gay. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13688195.jpg)
![Liberace sued the Daily Mirror for libel in 1959 for a review insinuating that he was gay. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13688195.jpg)
Showbusiness Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back at the seedy world of the casting couch in the 'golden age' of Hollywood. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13628624.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back at the seedy world of the casting couch in the 'golden age' of Hollywood. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13628624.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh recalls his meetings with Peter Cushing. Images: Hammer, Lucasfilm](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13613184.jpg)
![Paul Welsh recalls his meetings with Peter Cushing. Images: Hammer, Lucasfilm](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13613184.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on parties and drinking in the bar at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13606866.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on parties and drinking in the bar at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13606866.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back in his first and most recent visits to the EastEnders set. Pjhotos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13547456.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back in his first and most recent visits to the EastEnders set. Pjhotos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13547456.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on Miss Marple productions and when unions held sway at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13494370.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on Miss Marple productions and when unions held sway at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13494370.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh (inset) looks back on (left) Sidney Poitier and (right) Nicholas Donnelly, who has died aged 83, with the the cast of the BBC series](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13399359.jpg)
![Paul Welsh (inset) looks back on (left) Sidney Poitier and (right) Nicholas Donnelly, who has died aged 83, with the the cast of the BBC series](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13399359.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh hopes the construction of new studios in Borehamwood is not a bubble that will burst](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13300427.jpg)
![Paul Welsh hopes the construction of new studios in Borehamwood is not a bubble that will burst](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13300427.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh will be sorry to see Holby City end](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13289104.jpg)
![Paul Welsh will be sorry to see Holby City end](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13289104.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Photo: darrenquigley32/Pixabay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10298845.jpg)
![Photo: darrenquigley32/Pixabay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10298845.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Fire Maidens of Outer Space: Paul Welsh says it may be the worst film ever made](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13246181.jpg)
![Fire Maidens of Outer Space: Paul Welsh says it may be the worst film ever made](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13246181.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins' Cinzano ad. Photo: YouTube](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13218179.jpg)
![Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins' Cinzano ad. Photo: YouTube](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13218179.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on Hollywood stars who liked a drink. Photos: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13105884.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on Hollywood stars who liked a drink. Photos: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13105884.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Strictly Come Dancing needs better-known celebrities to gain ratings, Paul Welsh says. Photos: PA, Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13071517.jpg)
![Strictly Come Dancing needs better-known celebrities to gain ratings, Paul Welsh says. Photos: PA, Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13071517.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Mark Hamil, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, stayed to meet 300 children at a youth club in Borehamwood. IMages: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13043873.jpg)
![Mark Hamil, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, stayed to meet 300 children at a youth club in Borehamwood. IMages: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13043873.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh considers some of the cover-ups of Hollywood's golden age](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12948058.jpg)
![Paul Welsh considers some of the cover-ups of Hollywood's golden age](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12948058.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh remembers the times royals have been driven down Shenley Road to Elstree Studios. Photos: Google/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12904470.jpg)
![Paul Welsh remembers the times royals have been driven down Shenley Road to Elstree Studios. Photos: Google/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12904470.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh thinks the BBC is a monolith that needs cutting back if it is to survive. Photo: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12878326.jpg)
![Paul Welsh thinks the BBC is a monolith that needs cutting back if it is to survive. Photo: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12878326.jpg)
Opinion
![Impression of the studio issued by Blackstone (Photo: PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12854453.jpg)
![Impression of the studio issued by Blackstone (Photo: PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12854453.jpg)
![Saving the Quadrophenia soundtrack, meeting Tom Jones and hearing Shirley Bassey rehearse are Elstree highlights for Paul Welsh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12786584.jpg)
![Saving the Quadrophenia soundtrack, meeting Tom Jones and hearing Shirley Bassey rehearse are Elstree highlights for Paul Welsh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12786584.jpg)
![The stars who agreed to help celebrate Elstree's cinema history - and the one who didn't](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7450855.jpg)
![The stars who agreed to help celebrate Elstree's cinema history - and the one who didn't](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7450855.jpg)
![All records this month have been broken with around 4,000 people attending the studio in a single day.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3256211.jpg)
![All records this month have been broken with around 4,000 people attending the studio in a single day.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3256211.jpg)
![Albert Square is here to stay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2831703.jpg)
![Albert Square is here to stay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2831703.jpg)
![The group, led by Chinese film star Qin Hai Lu was given a tour of the Studios by managing director Roger Morris.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3086337.jpg)
![The group, led by Chinese film star Qin Hai Lu was given a tour of the Studios by managing director Roger Morris.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3086337.jpg)
![An exhibition to celebrate 100 years of filmmaking will be opened today at the Community Museum.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3085070.jpg)
![An exhibition to celebrate 100 years of filmmaking will be opened today at the Community Museum.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3085070.jpg)
![Big Brother is being filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3066485.jpg)
![Big Brother is being filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3066485.jpg)
![The new futuristic look in the Big Brother house has technology at its heart.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3056314.jpg)
![The new futuristic look in the Big Brother house has technology at its heart.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3056314.jpg)
![Obituary: Peter Wilkinson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3042562.jpg)
![Obituary: Peter Wilkinson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3042562.jpg)
![placeholder image](/resources/responsive-static/mds/images/default_image.png)
![Actor Barbara Windsor co-narrates the documentary From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree with Elstree film historian Paul Welsh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3023047.jpg)
![Actor Barbara Windsor co-narrates the documentary From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree with Elstree film historian Paul Welsh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3023047.jpg)
![Dancing on Ice is just one of the television shows filmed at the Elstree Studios.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2931285.jpg)
![Dancing on Ice is just one of the television shows filmed at the Elstree Studios.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2931285.jpg)
![Borehamwood is celebrating 100 years of film making at Elstree](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2234933.jpg)
![Borehamwood is celebrating 100 years of film making at Elstree](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2234933.jpg)
![Terry Smith with the van he helped to construct for Under the Skin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2931212.jpg)
![Terry Smith with the van he helped to construct for Under the Skin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2931212.jpg)
![The Voice judges will.i.am, Kylie Minogue, Sir Tom Jones and Ricky Wilson will film the live finals at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2920598.jpg)
![The Voice judges will.i.am, Kylie Minogue, Sir Tom Jones and Ricky Wilson will film the live finals at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2920598.jpg)
![Alfred Hitchcock is among the cinema legends whose career began at Elstree](/resources/images/128x89/1x/1612129.jpg)
![Alfred Hitchcock is among the cinema legends whose career began at Elstree](/resources/images/180x180/1x/1612129.jpg)
![Research found children are increasingly likely to be watching their favourite shows like The Tweenies (pictured) on a PC or tablet](/resources/images/128x89/1x/987483.jpg)
![Research found children are increasingly likely to be watching their favourite shows like The Tweenies (pictured) on a PC or tablet](/resources/images/180x180/1x/987483.jpg)
![Contractors at work removing the Mound](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2651041.jpg)
![Contractors at work removing the Mound](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2651041.jpg)
![New EastEnders set could cost licence fee payer £15million](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2831703.jpg)
![New EastEnders set could cost licence fee payer £15million](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2831703.jpg)
![The Mound](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2651041.jpg)
![The Mound](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2651041.jpg)
![Contractors at work removing the Mound](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2651041.jpg)
![Contractors at work removing the Mound](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2651041.jpg)
![placeholder image](/resources/responsive-static/mds/images/default_image.png)
![Mark Keeble puts up the banners as Bob Redman, Paul Welsh and Kevin Mitchell look on](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2856286.jpg)
![Mark Keeble puts up the banners as Bob Redman, Paul Welsh and Kevin Mitchell look on](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2856286.jpg)
![Jim Davidson celebrates his victory](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2844375.jpg)
![Jim Davidson celebrates his victory](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2844375.jpg)
![A good year for film and television in Hertsmere](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2812904.jpg)
![A good year for film and television in Hertsmere](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2812904.jpg)
![Albert Square will be staying in Borehamwood as the BBC unveils plans to rebuild its EastEnders set](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2831703.jpg)
![Albert Square will be staying in Borehamwood as the BBC unveils plans to rebuild its EastEnders set](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2831703.jpg)
![MP for Hertsmere James Clappison](/resources/images/128x89/1x/1933897.jpg)
![MP for Hertsmere James Clappison](/resources/images/180x180/1x/1933897.jpg)
![The Dancing on Ice celebrities](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2801608.jpg)
![The Dancing on Ice celebrities](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2801608.jpg)
![Some of the latest additions to the Celebrity Big Brother house](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2780487.jpg)
![Some of the latest additions to the Celebrity Big Brother house](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2780487.jpg)
![Rufus Hound wins Strictly Christmas Day special](/resources/images/128x89/1x/2793771.jpg)
![Rufus Hound wins Strictly Christmas Day special](/resources/images/180x180/1x/2793771.jpg)
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