The former Freshbake Frozen Foods plant, which reopened in February this year, is now billed as a state of the art production set-up: one that Peel sees as an eventual challenger for established names such as Pinewood and Shepperton Studios.

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The development’s director Andy Sumner has now revealed that the need for space is so great that Peel will shortly be looking at extending the exisiting office facilities.

He commented: “We’re currently looking to do more redevelopment of the site to meet the demand.

“We are proof that the mediacity:uk concept is working. It’s already here, it’s up and running. We’re doing lots of commercials and dramas, it’s a real success story.”

That success so far includes the recent filming of BBC 3’s Drop Dead Gorgeous, the confirmation that an outside broadcast team from the Beeb will shortly be taking up residency there and that ‘two major television series’ will be shot at the site later this year.

The Pie Factory is the first stage of Peel Media’s 200-acre Salford Quays development; a project that has the BBC’s relocation of five of its main departments as its fulcrum.

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