Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Renewing the EastEnders set inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Nov 2018 Closed: 15 Nov 2018 3 reports

The BBC built the external filming set for EastEnders (including ‘Albert Square’) in 1984, and originally planned to use it for two years. It has lasted for 34 years but is no longer fit for purpose. The BBC’s E20 programme, to replace and enlarge the set and improve various infrastructure at BBC Elstree Centre, is …

Reports

3 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
BBC Response to Public Accounts Committee’s Eighty-Seventh … 5 Nov 2019 0
BBC Response to Public Accounts Committee's Eighty-Seventh … 5 Nov 2019 0
87th Report - Renewing the EastEnders set HC 1737 20 Mar 2019 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
30 Jan 2019 Session View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
10 Sep 2019 To cttee Letter from Lord Hall, Director-General for BBC, regarding Renewing the EastEnd…
19 Jun 2019 To cttee Letter from Chair to Lord Hall in relation to treasury minute response on Renew…