Editing Ealing Studios

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[[File:Ealing Studios London England.jpg|thumb|250px|Ealing Studios]]
'''Ealing Studios''' is a television and film production company and facilities provider at [[Ealing]] Green in [[west London]], England. [[Will Barker (director)|Will Barker]] bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever since. It is the oldest continuously working studio facility for film production in the world,<ref>[https://www.ealingstudios.com/EalingStudios/history_home.html History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726040738/https://www.ealingstudios.com/EalingStudios/history_home.html |date=26 July 2013 }}. Ealingstudios.com, accessed 22 June 2011</ref> and the current stages were opened for the use of sound in 1931.

It is best known for a series of [[BFI Top 100 British films|classic]] films produced in the post-WWII years, including ''[[Saraband for Dead Lovers]]'' (1948), ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]'' (1949), ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949), ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951), and ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955). The [[BBC]] owned and filmed at the Studios for forty years from 1955 until 1995.

Since 2000, Ealing Studios has resumed releasing films under its own name, including the revived ''[[St Trinian's (2007 film)|St Trinian's]]'' franchise. In more recent times, films shot there include ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (2002) and ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (2004), as well as ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'' (2014), ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014), ''[[Burnt (film)|Burnt]]'' (2015) and ''[[Devs (miniseries)|Devs]]'' (2020). Interior scenes of the British [[period drama]] television series ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' were shot in Stage 2 of the studios. The [[Met Film School]] London operates on the site.

== History ==

=== Film studios (1902–1955) ===
The site was first occupied by [[Will Barker (director)|Will Barker]] Studios from 1902.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://knowledgeoflondon.com/movies/ealing.html |title=Ealing Studios |website=knowledgeoflondon.com |access-date=17 June 2011 |archive-date=29 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929001143/http://knowledgeoflondon.com/movies/ealing.html |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1929, it was acquired by theatre producer [[Basil Dean]], who founded Associated Talking Pictures Ltd. He was joined on the management level by [[Stephen Courtauld]] and [[Reginald Baker (film producer)|Reginald Baker]]. In 1931, they built Ealing Studios, transferring all production there in December of that year. When Dean left in 1938 to be replaced by [[Michael Balcon]] from MGM, about 60 films had been made at the studios. Balcon discontinued the ATP name and began to issue films under the Ealing Studios name. In 1944, the company was taken over by the [[Rank Organisation]].

In the 1930s and 1940s, the facility as ATP and then Ealing Studios produced many comedies with stars such as [[Gracie Fields]], [[George Formby Jr.|George Formby]], [[Stanley Holloway]] and [[Will Hay]], who had established their reputations in other spheres of entertainment. The company was also instrumental in the use of documentary film-makers to make more realistic war films. These included ''[[Went the Day Well?]]'' (1942), ''The Foreman Went to France'' (1942), ''[[Undercover (1943 film)|Undercover]]'' (1943), and ''[[San Demetrio London]]'' (1943). In 1945, the studio made its chiller compendium ''[[Dead of Night]]''.

In the post-war period, the company embarked on a series of [[Ealing Comedies|comedies]] which became the studio's hallmark. These were often lightly satirical and were seen to reflect aspects of British character and society. The first was ''[[Hue and Cry (film)|Hue and Cry]]'' (1947) and the last ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'' (1956).

The best remembered Ealing films were produced between 1948 and 1955: ''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' (1949), ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949), ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]'' (1949), ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951), ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951), ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' (1953), ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953) and ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955) are all regarded as classics of British cinema.

=== Owned by the BBC (1955–1993) ===
The [[BBC]] bought the studios on Ealing Green in 1955, for £300,000,<ref name="odnb/93789">{{cite ODNB |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian |title=Ealing Studios (act. 1907–1959) |date=22 September 2005 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/93789 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |url=https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/cinema/british-film-studios/82392-ealing-studios |access-date=30 August 2024 |via=britmovie.co.uk}}</ref> though productions bearing the Ealing name continued to be made at the [[MGM British Studios]] at Borehamwood for two years. Balcon later said of the MGM-Ealing partnership "Personally it was a happy relationship. But I do wish I had realised at the outset how absolutely vital it is to make films with mass appeal in America - by which I don't mean lowering standards but rather finding the right subjects."<ref>{{cite news|first=Alexander|last=Walker|newspaper=The Birmingham Post|date=26 November 1959|page=19|title=Where does Sir Michael go from here?}}</ref>

In 1958, [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] acquired Ealing’s parent company, Associated Talking Pictures, together with its extensive film library. The BBC based its Film Department at the studios; and at its peak 56 film crews used the studios as a base for location filming of dramas, documentaries and other programmes; shot on 16&nbsp;mm and occasionally 35&nbsp;mm film.<ref>''"A History of the BBC's Film Department"'', by David Martin (1983).</ref> Led by a director, these crews usually consisted of a Lighting Cameraman, a camera assistant, a lighting technician (known as a 'spark'), and a sound recordist. Initially these crews were equipped with Arriflex ST cameras and EMI L2 quarter inch tape recorders that had to be tethered to one another with a physical sync cable to ensure the picture and sound ran in lock. In later years, Eclair NPR cameras replaced the Arriflex machines and Nagra tape recorders replaced the EMI units. The Nagras made use of 'crystal sync', a system that provided synchronisation between the camera and the tape recorder remotely, removing the need for a physical cable. There were also over 50 cutting rooms, equipped with Steenbeck editing tables, working on every genre except News and Current Affairs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=John |first1=Ellis |last2=Nick |first2=Hall |date=11 April 2018 |title=ADAPT |journal=Figshare |language=en-US |doi=10.17637/rh.c.3925603.v2}}</ref> The editing suites came complete with movable film trim bins and Acmade picsyncs (picture synchronisers) for synchronising the film and sound rushes, and working with the edited cutting copy. The latter was especially useful when splitting the sound track(s) and adding additional effects, atmospheres, music and commentary tracks in readiness for film dubbing.

Many programmes came out of Ealing from [[Alistair Cooke]]'s [[America: A Personal History of the United States|''America'']] edited by Alan Tyrer and photographed by Kenneth MacMillan to ''[[Z-Cars]]'' edited by Shelia Tomlinson and many others and ''[[Cathy Come Home]]'' edited by Roy Watts, assisted by Roger Waugh. These programmes had post production support, viewing theatres, transfer suites, dubbing theatre, maintenance; all these staff and the film crews made up what was fondly known as the TFS Family.

It was not unknown for major international film stars to visit the studios during BBC Television days. Shortly after ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' (1976) was released in London on 31 March 1977,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Eagle Has Landed (1976) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074452/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_rdat |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=25 December 2021 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225151020/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074452/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_rdat |url-status=live }}</ref> Michael Caine was present at the studios during his promotional tour for the film. Apart from the regular production staff and technicians involved with filming the associated interview, at his table in the studio canteen he was surrounded by a large entourage of followers during the obligatory break period.

In the 1980s, the BBC developed and expanded the use of electronic PSC (Portable Single Camera) location equipment and the use of 16&nbsp;mm film on location gradually declined. The BBC also used the studio facilities at Ealing for filmed inserts where an electronic studio could not be used, such as for the excavation site in ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' (1958–59), ''The White Rabbit'' (TV mini-series, 1967), ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'' (1972–74) and the communal sequences in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'' (1974–77). Programmes wholly shot on film were made there also, such as ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1966 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1966), ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986), ''[[Portrait of a Marriage (TV series)|Portrait of a Marriage]]'' (1986), and ''[[Fortunes of War (TV series)|Fortunes of War]]'' (1987).

The BBC had preview theatres to run 16&nbsp;mm [[sepmag]] film and 35&nbsp;mm. The 16&nbsp;mm machines were Bauer and the 35&nbsp;mm projectors Kalee 21. The projection area was a long room (open plan) with projectors serving theatres E -J. There was a separate projection room in the same area for theatre K, which was 35&nbsp;mm. There was also a dubbing theatre B, where 16&nbsp;mm productions would be dubbed, and film dispatch and sound transfer suites, where the quarter-inch tape from Nagra tape machines would be transferred to 16&nbsp;mm magnetic film. Film previews ran rushes, cutting copies, synch rushes, answer prints and transmission prints before going to telecine.

Television Film Studios was also the home before, during and after 1977, of the BBC TV Film Technical & Training Section run by the Senior Assistant, Training, Frank A. Brown. Courses were based in a lecture room at the studios, typically lasting 6 weeks, and comprised both theoretical training, with extensive information-sheet documentation being provided, plus day excursions for practical experience sessions to film cutting rooms, a film dubbing theatre and the Rank Film Laboratories at Denham (where a considerable quantity of BBC TV film programme content was processed and printed). The courses provided instruction to trainees, culminating in a written theory test, with each either being tailored to film photography, film sound or film editing skills for incoming trainees in these departments. The BBC Engineering Training Department, for training in video work and all aspects where a detailed knowledge of electronics is essential, has, alternatively, been based at [[Wood Norton Hall]], Evesham.

=== Owned by BBRK (1993–1994) ===
With the BBC seeking to reduce costs and in particular studio facilities, a decision was taken to sell Ealing Studios on the open market. In 1993,<!-- Most British films are backed by television channels, usually Channel 4 and the BBC ... BBRK, which bought the studios three years ago, hopes to make up to ten ...
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=== 1994 to present ===
The BBC had inserted a buy-back clause so that in the event that BBRK (for whatever reasons) put the site up for sale then the BBC would have first option to purchase. In 1994,<ref name="nytimes/1994/03/27">{{cite news |last1=Kythreotis |first1=Anna |title=FILM; Born Again: The Studio of Subversive British Comedies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/27/archives/film-born-again-the-studio-of-subversive-british-comedies.html |access-date=30 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 March 1994}}</ref> 18 months later,<ref name="upi/1994/10/20"/><ref name="independent/1444004">{{cite news |title=An Ealing tragedy in the making as receivers move in at film studios |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/an-ealing-tragedy-in-the-making-as-receivers-move-in-at-film-studios-1444004.html |access-date=30 August 2024 |work=[[independent.co.uk]] |date=19 October 1994}}</ref> BBRK found it necessary to sell the site and the BBC repurchased the site and sold it on for £1.00 to the [[National Film and Television School]], (NFTS).{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}<ref name="TVsh/ealing">{{cite web |title=Ealing Studios |url=https://tvstudiohistory.co.uk/londons-film-studios/ealing-studios/ |website=TV Studio History |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>

In mid-2000, the studios were sold again to a consortium led by Fragile Films' Uri Fruchtmann and Barnaby Thompson, [[Harry Handelsman]] and [[John Kao]], with an intention to revive the fortunes of the studio. Handelsman's Manhattan Loft Corporation redeveloped the 3.8-acre site to include the existing Grade II listed sound stages. The studio has since begun to produce theatrical films again, such as ''[[Lucky Break (2001 film)|Lucky Break]]'' (2001), ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (2002), and ''[[Valiant (film)|Valiant]]'' (2005). ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' and horror film ''[[The Descent]]'' (2005) were both shot on the lot.

In 2007, Ealing revived the [[St Trinian's (film)|St Trinian's]] franchise, the second film, ''[[St. Trinian's, The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]'' was released in December 2009 and took over £7 million at the UK Box Office. Between these, Ealing released ''[[Easy Virtue (2008 film)|Easy Virtue]]'' (2008), directed by [[Stephan Elliott]] and ''[[Dorian Gray (2009 film)|Dorian Gray]]'' (2009), directed by Oliver Parker.

Ealing Studios is used by the Met Film School London, which has a purpose-built film school on the lot and use of the studios. ITV drama ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' filmed the kitchen and servants' quarters on stages 3A and 3B.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}
The studio is also home to [[The Imaginarium]], a production company and studio specializing in [[performance-capture]], founded by [[Andy Serkis]] and [[Jonathan Cavendish]].

== Ealing Studios films ==
{{Main|List of Ealing Studios films}}

=== Basil Dean/ATP era ===
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* ''[[Birds of Prey (1930 film)|Birds of Prey]]'' (1930)
* ''[[A Honeymoon Adventure]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)|Sally in Our Alley]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Looking on the Bright Side]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Nine till Six]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Bailiffs]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Impassive Footman]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Sign of Four (1932 film)|The Sign of Four]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Water Gipsies (film)|The Water Gipsies]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Right to Live (1933 film)|The Right to Live]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Loyalties (1933 film)|Loyalties]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Perfect Understanding]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Fortunate Fool]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The House of Trent]]'' (1933)
* ''[[This Week of Grace]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1933 film)|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Tiger Bay (1934 film)|Tiger Bay]]'' (1933)
* ''[[To Brighton with Gladys]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Autumn Crocus (film)|Autumn Crocus]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Love, Life and Laughter (1934 film)|Love, Life and Laughter]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Rolling in Money]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Sing As We Go]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Love on the Spot]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Perfect Flaw]]'' (1934)
* ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934)
* ''[[Honeymoon for Three (1935 film)|Honeymoon for Three]]'' (1935)
* ''[[It Happened in Paris (1935 film)|It Happened in Paris]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Look Up and Laugh]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Midshipman Easy]]'' (1935)
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* ''[[No Limit (1935 film)|No Limit]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Play Up the Band]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Dictator (1935 film)|The Dictator]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Public Life of Henry the Ninth]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Silent Passenger]]'' (1935)
* ''[[A Woman Alone (1936 film)|A Woman Alone]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Calling the Tune]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Cheer Up (film)|Cheer Up]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Dreams Come True (film)|Dreams Come True]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Guilty Melody]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Keep Your Seats, Please]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Queen of Hearts (1936 film)|Queen of Hearts]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The House of the Spaniard]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Lonely Road (film)|Lonely Road]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Tropical Trouble]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Whom the Gods Love (1936 film)|Whom the Gods Love]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Brief Ecstasy]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Feather Your Nest]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Keep Fit]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Secret Lives (film)|Secret Lives]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Take a Chance (1937 film)|Take a Chance]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Girl in the Taxi]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The High Command]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Show Goes On (film)|The Show Goes On]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Who's Your Lady Friend?]]'' (1937)
* ''[[I See Ice]]'' (1938)
* ''[[It's in the Air (1938 film)|It's in the Air]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Penny Paradise]]'' (1938)
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=== Michael Balcon era ===
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* ''[[The Gaunt Stranger]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Ware Case (1938 film)|The Ware Case]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Let's Be Famous]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Trouble Brewing (1939 film)|Trouble Brewing]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Four Just Men (1939 film)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1939)
* ''[[There Ain't No Justice]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Young Man's Fancy (film)|Young Man's Fancy]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Cheer Boys Cheer]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Come on George]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Olympic Honeymoon]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Return to Yesterday]]'' (1940)
* ''[[The Proud Valley]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Let George Do It!]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Convoy (1940 film)|Convoy]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Saloon Bar]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Sailors Three]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Spare a Copper]]'' (1940)
* ''[[The Ghost of St Michaels|The Ghost of St. Michael's]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Turned Out Nice Again]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Ships with Wings]]'' (1941)
* ''[[The Black Sheep of Whitehall]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Big Blockade]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Foreman Went to France]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Next of Kin]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Goose Steps Out]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Went the Day Well?]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Nine Men (film)|Nine Men]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Bells Go Down]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Undercover (1943 film)|Undercover]]'' (1943)
* ''[[My Learned Friend]]'' (1943)
* ''[[San Demetrio London]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944)
* ''[[For Those in Peril (1944 film)|For Those in Peril]]'' (1944)
* ''[[They Came to a City]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Fiddlers Three (1944 film)|Fiddlers Three]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Johnny Frenchman]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Painted Boats]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Dead of Night]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Pink String and Sealing Wax]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Captive Heart]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Overlanders (film)|The Overlanders]]'' (1946) – produced by Ealing but filmed in Australia
* ''[[Hue and Cry (film)|Hue and Cry]]'' (1947) – the first of the "[[Ealing Comedies]]"
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1947)
* ''[[The Loves of Joanna Godden]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]'' (1947)
* ''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Against the Wind (1948 film)|Against the Wind]]'' (1948)
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* ''[[Saraband for Dead Lovers]]'' (1948) – Ealing's first Technicolor film
* ''[[Another Shore]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (1948 film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Eureka Stockade (1949 film)|Eureka Stockade]]'' (1949)<ref name="stockade">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/wrecking-australian-stories-eureka-stockade/|access-date=15 March 2025|date=15 March 2025|title=Wrecking Australian stories: Eureka Stockade}}</ref>
* ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Train of Events]]'' (1949)
* ''[[A Run for Your Money]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Dance Hall (1950 film)|Dance Hall]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Bitter Springs (film)|Bitter Springs]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Magnet (1950 film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Pool of London (film)|Pool of London]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Where No Vultures Fly]]'' (1951)
* ''[[His Excellency (1952 film)|His Excellency]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Secret People (film)|The Secret People]]'' (1952)
* ''[[I Believe in You (film)|I Believe in You]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Mandy (1952 film)|Mandy]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Gentle Gunman]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Square Ring (1953 film)|The Square Ring]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Love Lottery]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Maggie]]'' (1954)
* ''[[West of Zanzibar (1954 film)|West of Zanzibar]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Rainbow Jacket]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Lease of Life]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Divided Heart]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Out of the Clouds]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Night My Number Came Up]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Ship That Died of Shame]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Feminine Touch (1956 film)|The Feminine Touch]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Who Done It? (1956 film)|Who Done It?]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Man in the Sky]]'' (1957) – with [[MGM]]
* ''[[The Shiralee (1957 film)|The Shiralee]]'' (1957) – with [[MGM]]
* ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'' (1957) – with [[MGM]]
* ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]'' (1957) – with [[MGM]]
* ''[[Dunkirk (1958 film)|Dunkirk]]'' (1958) – with [[MGM]]
* ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' (1958) – with [[MGM]]
* ''[[The Siege of Pinchgut]]'' (1959) – with [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
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== Documentaries ==
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* ''All Hands'' (1940)
* ''Dangerous Comment'' (1940)
* ''Food for Thought'' (1940)
* ''Now You're Talking'' (1940)
* ''[[Salvage with a Smile]]'' (1940)
* ''Sea Fort'' (1940)
* ''Guest of Honour'' (1941)
* ''Yellow Caesar'' (1941)
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* ''Young Veterans'' (1941)
* ''Find, Fix and Strike'' (1942)
* ''Go to Blazes'' (1942)
* ''Raid on France'' (1942) – adapted from ''[[The Next of Kin]]''
* ''Greek Testament'' (1943)
* ''Return of the Vikings'' (1944)
* ''Man – One Family'' (1946)
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== BBC TV productions ==
* ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' (1958–59) (inserts only; programme was otherwise live)
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (inserts only; programme was predominantly videotaped)
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV play)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1966) (inserts only - stage 2 for courtroom scene)
* ''[[Civilisation (TV series)|Civilisation]]'' (1966–69) (35mm film, shot on location around the world)
* ''The White Rabbit'' (1967) (inserts only; programme was predominantly videotaped)
* ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'' (1972–74) (16mm film inserts only; programme was predominantly videotaped)
* ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge (TV series)]]'' (1974–77) (16mm film inserts only; programme was predominantly videotaped)
* ''[[Oil Strike North]]'' (1975) (16mm film inserts only - stage 3A/B for oil rig exterior, using tank; programme was predominantly videotaped)
* ''[[Smiley's People (miniseries)|Smiley's People]]'' (1981) (16mm film, shot at various locations)
* ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)|Bleak House]]'' (1985) (16mm film, shot at various locations)
* ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986) (16mm film, shot at various locations)
* ''[[Fortunes of War (tv series)|Fortunes of War]]'' (1987) (16mm film, interior scenes - otherwise shot at various locations)
* ''[[Portrait of a Marriage (TV series)|Portrait of a Marriage]]'' (1989–90) (16mm film, shot at various locations)
* ''[[An Ungentlemanly Act]]'' (1992) (16mm film, shot at various locations)

== Later films ==
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* ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Lucky Break (2001 film)|Lucky Break]]'' (2001)
* ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Valiant (film)|Valiant]]'' (2005)
* ''[[I Want Candy (2007 film)|I Want Candy]]'' (2007)
* ''[[St Trinian's (2007 film)|St Trinian's]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Easy Virtue (2008 film)|Easy Virtue]]'' (2008)
* ''[[St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Dorian Gray (2009 film)|Dorian Gray]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Burke and Hare (2010 film)|Burke and Hare]]'' (2010)
* ''[[I Give It a Year]]'' (2013)
* ''[[The D Train]]'' (2015)
* ''[[The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (film)|The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Last Night in Soho]]'' (2021)
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== Independent TV ==
* ''[[The Royle Family]]'' ([[Granada Productions]] for the BBC)
* ''Bedtime'' ([[Hat Trick Productions]])
* ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)|Randall and Hopkirk]]'' (Ghost)
* ''Emma Brody'' ([[20th Century Fox]])
* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' – "Downstairs" scenes only ([[Carnival Films]])
* ''[[Taboo (2017 TV series)|Taboo]]''
* ''Tour de France'' ITV4 (2012–2019 VSquared Productions)
* ''Critérium du Dauphiné'' ITV4 (2015–2019 VSquared Productions)
* ''La Vuelta'' ITV4 (2012–2019 VSquared Productions)
* ''Luck on Sunday'' (2017–present, Racing TV)
* ''[[Lockwood & Co. (TV series)|Lockwood & Co.]]'' (2023-2023, [[Netflix]])

== Music videos ==
* "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]" by [[Spice Girls]]
* ''[[Walk Away (Franz Ferdinand song)|Walk Away]]'' by [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* ''[[Talk (Coldplay song)|Talk]]'' by [[Coldplay]]
* ''[[The Drowners]]'' by [[Suede (band)|Suede]] (US video only)
* ''[[Crazy Beat]]'' by [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
* ''[[The Moment You Believe]]'' by [[Melanie C]]
* ''[[Champagne Supernova]]'' by [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nigeldick.com/films/productions-1996/ |title=Nigel Dick Filmography |access-date=13 February 2019 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214004352/http://www.nigeldick.com/films/productions-1996/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Ealing Studios films]]
* [[British Film Industry]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{official|http://www.ealingstudios.com/}}
* [https://doi.org/10.17637/rh.5987548.v1 Former BBC Film Department crew prepare to shoot a basic interview sequence on 16&nbsp;mm film]
* [https://doi.org/10.17637/rh.5987545.v1 Demonstration and discussion of 16&nbsp;mm cameras used at Ealing studios by former BBC Film Department cameraman]
* [https://doi.org/10.17637/rh.5987560.v1 Demonstration of a Steenbeck editing table as used in Ealing studios by BBC film editors]
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/ross/tourross.html Ealing Studios] at screenonline.org.uk
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150630155339/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/Ealing-Studios Ealing Studios] at britmovie.co.uk
* [http://www.metfilmschool.co.uk/ Met Film School]

== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=George |title=Forever Ealing |date=1981 |publisher=Pavilion |isbn=0-907516-60-2}} — A history of Ealing Studios from its origins in 1902
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120315090759/http://www.thefilmpilgrim.com/features/ealing-studios-a-history/4947 Ealing Studios; A Short History] ''The Film Pilgrim'', Accessed 28 February 2011
*{{cite book |last1=Sellers |first1=Robert |title=The Secret Life of Ealing Studios |date=2022 |publisher=Dean Street Press |isbn=1915393507}}

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