How well do you know Pinewood Studios?

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Pinewood has been a name synonymous with cinema for nearly 80 years. As the studio marks a year since plans for its Cardiff off-shoot were unveiled - we take a look back at some of the films made there over the years.

Try taking our picture quiz. Answers (or if you want to cheat) at the bottom.

PINEWOOD'S GOLDEN HISTORY

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The Bond film Goldfinger was made at Pinewood in 1964, but who played the lady painted in gold?

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Which star drops by to see friends Alan Ladd and Joan Tetzel filming Hell Below Zero?

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Two British stars on set and in uniform in the 1950s. Who are they?

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Jazz interludes with Norman Wisdom but which unlikely figure is playing the drums in the other picture? Clue - he's not at Portmeirion

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A miner role - but for which film adaption was Trevor Howard taking a bath in 1960?

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High camp - how many Carry On films were made at Pinewood between 1958 and 1992? 18, 28 or 31

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Two giants from different eras in 1966 - who is that with Marlon Brando?

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Plenty of classic TV was made at Pinewood too - here are the New Avengers in 1976. But who were they they? Give yourself extra points if you can name both actor and character

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A £150,000 Honeywell computer was the basis for the 1967 set of Billion Dollar Brain with Michael Caine. But what was his character called, which he played in five films?

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Polishing the Aston Martin for the new James Bond film Spectre. But what does SPECTRE stand for in the Bond films and books?

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The Cardiff production operation was unveiled a year ago

Answers: 1: Shirley Eaton was the actress in Goldfinger 2: Gregory Peck; 3: Alec Guinness and Kenneth More; 4: Patrick McGoohan in All Night Long; 5: Trevor Howard was in Sons and Lovers; 6: 31; 7: Charlie Chaplin, who was directing his final film A Countess From Hong Kong; 8: Joanna Lumley (Purdey), Patrick MacNee (John Steed) and Gareth Hunt (Mike Gambit). 9: Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, the spy created by Len Deighton. 10: SPECTRE - SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion