Islington Studios control of the Rank Organisation when it bought Gainsborough in 1941. Following the war, Islington were re-opened. In 1946 Betty Box was placed in charge of the studios when her brother Sydney Box was appointed by Rank to run Gainsborough Pictures. Over the next three years the studio turned out a large number of thrillers and comedies. In 1949 both Islington and Shepherd's Bush were closed when Rank concentrated production at Pinewood Studios. Today a block of flats stand where the studio used to be. Islington Studios Islington Studios often known as Gainsborough Studios were a British film studio located
Sky Studios have scene dock doors which open out onto a scene dock. There are also a number of non-conventional studios located elsewhere in the building. There are eight production galleries on the ground floor alongside the conventional studios, with separate sound control rooms alongside each gallery. Any studio can be controlled from any gallery. "Sky Sports News" is controlled by Gallery 6. "Sky News" have a new gallery facility located on the second floor, alongside Studio 22. Both studios share a covered scene dock but have separate production galleries. Studio F's gallery is located up a gantry from the studio floor,