U.K. Studio Boom 'White Hot9 Despite a Year of Lockdown

[...]despite the chaos faced by the British industry and numerous productions left mothballed for months, the demand for studio space didnâeuro™t stall at all during the pandemic. Elsewhere and also now under construction, Sky Studios Elstree (north of London) is set to become an enormous 14-stage facility for Comcast's European pay TV giant Sky, a major player in the highend television space (recent shows include Gangs of London, with the Olivia Colman-starring miniseries Landscapers coming soon). While Netflix - which last year reportedly spent $1 billion in the U.K. thanks to dramas like The Crown, Sex Education and The Witcher - has effectively taken over the iconic Shepperton Studios with a long-term lease signed in 2019, and Disney (recent U.K. productions include Cruella, Black Widow and The King's Man) has done the same at Pinewood, Sky has gone a different route.