ELP Bring More Bling to Blackpool
ELP were back again at the tower Ballroom in Blackpool for the forth Strictly Come Dancing special to come from the home of ballroom dancing.
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ELP’s stock of Alpha Beam 700s define X-Factor boot camp look
The lighting ‘look’ for the latest series of X-Factor auditions has been dominated by the spectacular intense narrow beam produced by the Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s.
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ELP supply new series of Lewis shot in HD
Inspector Morse’s former sidekick will be back for a fourth series. Expected to start airing in February 2010 the latest series of Lewis is being shot in HD for the first time.
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ELP provides production support to exciting new pilot “Get A Life”
British style icon Dame Vivienne Westwood has, in recent years, transcended her fame for iconic fashion design and has become famous for campaigning for global concerns.
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Waking The Dead
One of the BBC's most popular dramas, Waking The Dead regularly draws audiences of over eight million. It's twice been nominated for an International Emmy and in 2004 won the award for Best Drama Series.
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Strictly 09 'Blackpool Special'
Five years on from Strictly's last Blackpool visit, the show producers decided it was time to return for a one-off special to the home of ballroom dancing
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ELP light ‘geodesic’ dome for new TV dance competition
Got to Dance is a new dance competition for broadcast on Sky1 in HD in early 2010.
Hosted by Davina McCall
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New Tricks use ELP lights for third series
ELP are delighted to be supplying all the location lighting and power for the latest series of BBC drama New Tricks.
New Tricks follows the antics of three retired cops recruited by Superintendent Sandra Pullman
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A New Look For X-Factor Auditions
A sudden format change for the X-Factor auditions provided LD Mark Kenyon and ELP to show what they can do under pressure.
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Retro studio lighting ideal for ‘industrial’ Top Gear look
Now in its 13th series, Top Gear remains a jewel in the crown for BBC2. Averaging around 7 million viewers per episode, the current show format has remained relatively unchanged since its move to Dunsfold Park in 2002.
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ELP first to deploy latest rigging technology at Pinewood Studios
ELP now have a Pinewood base office and stores dedicated to servicing film and drama productions. The company have since provided location lighting and power on a diverse range of productions including The Mighty Boosh
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Are you smarter than……a TV lighting director?
The kids are precocious, the adults are humiliated, but it's worth it for the chance to win a big cash prize and see a fantastic looking studio set.
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Gladiators makes amazing TV return with ELP technology.
Production company Shine will, no doubt, be delighted with their new revamped version of Gladiators. The show, broadcast from mid May 2008 on Sky One, is already being described as ‘TV production spectacle of the year’.
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ELP supply location lighting for Green Green Grass
ELP’s Pinewood office provided location lighting and power for a new comedy series broadcast this autumn called ‘Green Green Grass’
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One Show and Bunny Town show ELP versatility
Two recent projects with LD Dave Evans demonstrate the diversity and range of productions that ELP are able to service. Both very different in style and content, The One Show and Bunny Town feature many of ELP’s new equipment range.
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ELP supply Royal Variety Performance
A host of celebrities and artists from the worlds of music, comedy and theatre performed in the 78th annual Royal Variety Performance at the London Coliseum
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Lighting The Mighty Boosh – a positively surreal experience for ELP
As those involved with lighting Film and TV drama productions will tell you, there is a new player on the scene providing studio and location lighting services.
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Blackpool Illuminations ELP style!
Mark Kenyon & ELP Illuminate Blackpool Tower Ballroom For Strictly Come Dancing
A special live outside broadcast of the hit BBC1 show Strictly Come Dancing
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Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Three different shows for BBC One, BBC Three and CBBC were produced by Endemol and transmitted daily. Digital viewers
(or should that be ‘voyeurs’) were also able to access continuous reality broadcasts from 9am-midnight.
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ELP love life down on The Farm
The latest series of Channel Five’s reality TV show ‘The Farm’ saw a return for ELP to a rural setting in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside.
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ELP sponsor STLD visit to Top Gear
An eagerly awaited STLD members visit to the set of Top Gear took place on Wednesday 21 July 2004. The day was hosted by lighting director Stuart Gain, aided by STLD committee member Lee Rickard and co-sponsored by ELP.
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24 Hour Quiz
LED lighting provides turnkey solution for new reality quiz..
Lighting director Will Charles and an experienced ELP crew provided innovative production solutions for '24 Hour Quiz' - a new reality quiz show for ITV.
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ELP take part in Xperi-MENTAL stunts
The second series of CBBC's crazy science stunt show 'Xperi-MENTAL' hit screens in spring 2004. An enormous warehouse at Pinewood Studios was the scene of things being blown up, burnt, destroyed, dissolved in acid etc
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Song for Wales (Cân i Gymru)
ELP were delighted to be part of this year's song for Wales competition. Broadcast live on S4C from the Newport Centre, this competition follows a similar format to the Eurovision song contest. Viewers voted for their favourite songs.
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New Trisha Goddard Show Moves To Millennium Studios, Elstree
February sees Trisha Goddard making her eagerly anticipated debut on Channel Five with an all-new programme. Trisha's established popularity is combined with a fresh and inspiring format.
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ELP host Mysti
New this April to Children's BBC is The Mysti Show. This ground-breaking mix of drama and entertainment for kids features Mysti (played by Laura Aikman) who is half-human and half-fairy and torn between her two worlds.
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Top Gear
An aircraft hanger at RAF Dunsfold in Surrey is the location for the latest series of Top Gear. ELP will be providing lighting services and rigging expertise for the summer long production
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ELP Out on The Hustings
With campaigning underway for the Welsh Assembly elections the fate of local hospitals, schools, roads and jobs are among the issues being discussed on BBC Wales
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