Mammoth Screen is an award-winning television production company that specializes in the creation of high-quality drama for mainstream TV channels like ITV. They have finished production on an exciting medical drama called Monroe, starring James Nesbitt as a neurosurgeon, working in a fictional hospital in Leeds called St Matthews.
Mammoth Screen is an award-winning television production company that specializes in the creation of high-quality drama for mainstream TV channels like ITV. They have finished production on an exciting medical drama called Monroe, starring James Nesbitt as a neurosurgeon, working in a fictional hospital in Leeds called St Matthews.
Access control manufacturer, Paxton, was delighted to provide the show with some access control swipe card readers to make the hospital set look really authentic.
Based in an empty Victorian building in the heart of Leeds, Mammoth Screen's art department took 10 weeks to put together the Monroe set. As the budget was limited they had to enlist the help of UK businesses who supply all the usual equipment that helps real hospitals function.
Tilly Scandrett, Assistant Art Director for Mammoth Screen said: “Our task was to design and create the interior of a hospital and we wanted it to look appropriately realistic. As electronic access control is a must in any modern hospital, we knew we had to include some smart readers on the doors.”
Once the design team spotted Paxton's satin chrome readers, Designer Anna Higginson asked them to get in touch with Paxton.
Knowing how important access control is in a medical environment, Paxton were happy to supply Mammoth Screen with the silver swipe card readers for the set. Paxton electronic access control systems are renowned for engineering innovation and appealing aesthetics. As Paxton products are so simple to fit, the readers were added to most of the doors on the hospital set.
“ Aside from the aesthetics of the set, we also had to think about access control for managing the flow of characters around the hospital. Some would only have access to certain operating rooms or meeting rooms, and then there were the hospital wards and the ITU to think about,” Scandrett said. “We wanted it to look as authentic as possible. The readers look really sophisticated and that's why we knew they would be ideal for the Monroe set. On a design level they were far superior.”