- Construction of Studio One at Crown Works in Sunderland could start this autumn if planning permission is granted.
- The riverside site will include three sound stages, production accommodation, a backlot, a car park and refurbishment of the WH Foster Printworks.
- The scheme is backed by £38.5m of public funding to attract TV/film production and local jobs to the North East after earlier, larger private plans were scaled down.
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