THE HISTORIC Kelvin Hall in Glasgow's West End has been turned into a three-storey prison for an upcoming TV drama series.

Filming for Channel 4's new show Screw saw the much-loved building's new television and film studio used for the first time.

Screw, filmed by STV Studios, is a six-part prison series starring Derry Girls actor Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and Nina Sosanya from His Dark Materials and Little Birds.

Jamie-Lee, who plays Michelle Mallon in the hit sitcom, has been spotted by punters in various pubs across the city this year and took part in Celebrity Gogglebox from her accommodation in Glasgow.

The small-screen series, which was filmed over a six-month period, was created by BAFTA nominated writer Rob Williams, who also wrote The Victim and Killing Eve.

Plans were confirmed by Glasgow City Council to create an £11.9m studio inside the historic West End building earlier this year, paving the way for a new creative hub in the heart of the city.

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Glasgow has already proven to be a hit with directors, after filming for Hollywood blockbuster movies The Flash and Indiana Jones were took place in the city centre earlier this summer.

Sarah Brown, creative director of Drama for STV Studios, said: “With its wealth of on and off-screen talent, and range of stunning locations, we loved filming our most recent dramas The Victim and Elizabeth is Missing here in Scotland, so we were thrilled to shoot our latest high-end scripted series north of the border once again.

"We are incredibly lucky to have secured the perfect home for our new production in Glasgow’s iconic Kelvin Hall.

"Not only does it provide the vast space we need for our three-storey prison set; but its situation right in the heart of the city’s west end made it both a convenient and thoroughly enjoyable place for our team to work.

"We’re thrilled to be playing a critical role in the development of a creative hub that we know will be hugely valuable to Scotland and the wider creative economy.”

David Smith, director of screen at Screen Scotland, said: “It has been fantastic for Glasgow, and Scotland as a whole, that STV Studios and Screen Scotland have been able to work with our colleagues at Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government to secure Kelvin Hall as a studio space.

"It is a brilliantly located, very flexible space and its availability was key to the restart of large-scale production in Scotland earlier this year.

"Screw also supported a really ambitious training scheme, providing vital skills development opportunities to existing Scottish crew and new entrants to the industry.”