Bovingdon Airfield Studios announces expansion with ITV stage takeover
A successful Dacorum filming complex announced it has expanded its capacity by taking control of an ITV site.
Bovingdon Airfield Studios (BAS) confirmed that it has taken control of the ITV Studios facilities at the site.
It also confirmed that the purchase means it is now in control of five sound stages at the site which has been used to film a number of popular prime time television programmes including The Masked Singer.
BAS refers to the former ITV facilities as the ‘TV Lot’ and confirmed the location is available for film and television bookings.
It is available as a complete self-contained parcel of facilities, BAS says, including a stage, production offices, plus parking and external areas.
"It's been wonderful having ITV Studios with us here at Bovingdon, and we thank the whole team, and in particular Jeanette Moffat and Helen Button, for the partnership we've shared with them for the best part of a decade,” Harvey Mash, managing director of Bovingdon Airfield Studios said.
"We're excited to be taking over the management of this exceptional space ourselves and being able to offer it in its entirety as a single, or as another component of the wider studios offering.”
BAS says the studio is suited to television and light entertainment shows that use live audiences. Previously, the complex has been used to film some of the most popular current Saturday night entertainment shows such as ITV's Dancing on Ice and the BBC's The Wheel.
The stage is 23,157 sq ft with a high 55 ft ceiling. BAS advises that next to the main area are offices which can be used for hair and make-up, wardrobe, dressing rooms, first aid areas and a reception. BAS is also advertising the area to music artists looking for rehearsal spaces prior to major tours and events.
BAS revealed Pulp used the site last year prior to their 2025 tour. In its current form, the area also has 250 reserved parking spaces and a marquee which could be used to accommodate extras and audiences.
At its larger complex BAS has been used to film major feature-length movies and expensive television shows such as Marvel’s Deadpool and Wolverine picture and Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show: The Rings of Power.