Beaconsfield Film Studios in these studios, including: Several other films and TV shows are confirmed by IMDb as having been produced in the studios by other film production companies during that time: The studios are now exclusively the home of the National Film and Television School, whose alumni have won numerous BAFTA awards and Oscars. The NFS was created in 1970 and in 1971 bought the studios to be its home, thanks to a loan from the Rank Organisation, producers of the Carry On film series and owners at the time of the nearby Pinewood Studios. It was renamed the National Film and
The Rank Group the film and cinema business. This meant Rank Leisure had become focused on gaming operations, with its remaining business interests concentrating on Grosvenor and G Casinos, Top Rank and Mecca Bingo, and online gaming through Rank Interactive, after the company acquired the Blue Square gaming business in 2003. Finally leaving all non-gaming leisure behind, in December 2006, Rank sold the Hard Rock business, excluding the London casino venue which was rebranded to G Casinos, to the Seminole Tribe of Florida for US$965 million. In May 2012, Rank agreed to purchase 23 casinos from Gala Coral for £205 million. After the