Croydon Council's ambitious 1990s Croydon Clocktower project created a large new central library. Former Town Hall library (and other) spaces were then repurposed as arts venues which opened in 1995. These tours for 15 people will outline how this was achieved, with particular emphasis on the David Lean Cinema, and will include a brief talk on the cinema's eventful history.

Tibbalds Monro, 1995

A walk around places in the City you might recognise (or not) from the silver screen. Visit the impressive sites used in major films, including Harry Potter, Mission Impossible, James Bond, and many more.

We are offering people a rare glimpse of the birthplace of television with guided tours of Studios A & B. The BBC first arrived at the Palace in 1935, as the race to broadcast via the latest innovation in entertainment – television – gathered pace. The corporation leased the entire East Wing of the Palace, with former dining rooms transformed into Studios.

John Johnson and Alfred Meeson, 1873

Come and look behind the scenes at our London Film School studios on Parker Street. Based above the Garden Cinema, a stone's throw from Covent Garden, the building has recently been refurbished to bespoke studios, edit suites and classrooms for the world-renowned British film school.

Chris Ager and Chris Thorne, 1930

Step behind the scenes at London Film School, one of the world’s most renowned film institutions. Just a stone’s throw from Covent Garden. Shelton Street was a banana warehouse, then 70s wasteland before it had a new era as a film school in London's creative heart. Our new venue on Parker Street has recently been converted into bespoke film studios. Come and take a tour and join the workshop!

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One of the oldest cinemas in the country with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and Art Deco wall reliefs by Mollo and Egan. Grade II listed.

S. Birdwood, 1910

The University of Westminster was one of the first polytechnics in the UK – established in 1838, to educate the working people of London, regardless of background and financial status. Housed in the building is the Regent Street Cinema, widely regarded as the ‘birthplace of British cinema’, with the first public premiere of film in the UK by the Lumière Brothers using the Cinématographe in 1896.

James Thompson, 1848

Grade II listed Art Deco cinema with stalls and circle created in 1937 within the shell of an Edwardian cinema, retaining many original features. In 2017 a new auditorium was created in the basement space.

F E Bromige, 1937

Follow in the footsteps of the Beatles, Coldplay, Alfred Hitchcock and countless others….See what remains of the iconic 1960’s BBC Television Centre and the Gaumont Film Studios ….plus discover Charles Dickens’ controversial connection to Shepherd’s Bush.

AHMM, 2013