Neptune House, built as part of the ATV studios, is now part of the BBC studios.
Neptune House was built during the 1960s and has a glass-fronted entrance.
It has featured in several popular television series, including as the school in Grange Hill, and since 1999, as the hospital reception for Holby City. In 1989 a purpose-built set was constructed for Grange Hill at the back of the building, but was dismantled in 2002 when the series left Elstree.
Neptune House could be seen in the opening titles to Gerry Anderson’s science-fiction series UFO (1970) as Harlington-Straker Film Studios, the (literal) cover for the secret and below ground headquarters of SHADO. The hospital "wards" in Holby City are actually the top floor of Neptune House, fully kitted out allowing genuine outside views from the windows. The building’s staircases are seen almost constantly in the series.
