What makes it to our screens, whether large or small, trickles out to influence the national psyche. In particular, this affects young people’s views on everything from diversity to their own self-image. Consciously or unconsciously, they absorb opinions and beliefs based on what they see in films and on television.
The new hub will be based at their Buckinghamshire site and will sit on a 77-acre plot adjacent to the existing studio, famous for the global franchises Star Wars and James Bond.
The Screen hub will include a 350,000 sq. ft film inspired visitor attraction called Pinewood Studio Experience, brand new film production opportunities, an educational training and skills hub, a creative industries business growth hub, all topped off with a green campus.
Naomi Dulake has been at Pinewood Studios for six years, working on some of the UK’s biggest shows, including UKTV celebrity gameshow Taskmaster and Lee Mack’s BBC One sitcom Not Going Out.
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The sold-out tour featured the complex’s world-famous Underwater Stage, post facilities and the TV studios where many of the UK’s top TV sitcoms and panel shows are shot.
Head of television Sarah McGettigan, who hosted the tour, offered advice to the RTS Futures visitors starting out on a career in telly: “Make yourself useful, and be interested; you can never ask too many questions.”
