BBC Scotland's headquarters and studios are located at Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow.
The have Radio studios in Queen Street, Edinbrugh. They were, for a while at least, the best equipped radio studios in Europe - at least thats what they told me when I visited about 10 years ago.
They also have studios in Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen. They used to film the 'Beechgrove Garden', Scotlands answer to Gardener's World in the small plot of land to the rear of the studios. Since then, they have moved the gardens to a 9 or so acre plot many miles from the city, but the name remains the same.
Talking of that does anyone know what part of BBC Scotland Queen Margaret Drive has the Reporting Scotland newsroom?
I've been there a few times to be in the audience for some comedy shows and quizzes, (remember
Superscot
??), which were all filmed in the same studio which you queued in what looked like a canteen to get into, round the side of the building.
I went on a tour of the studio when I was about 17 and got to go through the main enterance (where they kept their BAFTA's in glass cases), and the Reporting Scotland studio was in that part of the building - the older part. I think they must still use the same one ,as the wide-shot they use has
always
been the same. I remember thinking how tiny the studio was as that camera seemed to be jammed up against the wall.
No wonder Reporting Scotland doesn't have a soft-area. They can barely get both anchors and a sports presenter round that desk without getting in each others shot!
PS: I got a signed piccy of Jackie ('the') Bird. As she's known in my house. She signed it, 'For the dartboard!'. What a sweetie!
SZ
Sub Zero
Steve Naylor posted:
BBC North in Leeds
Broadcasting Centre
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
Also, no addresses but the BBC has regional news coming from:
you've forgotton a little country, called Ireland, to the north of that is Northern Ireland, where NEWSLINE is. I don't know where though!!!
SU
StandUpAndBeSeated
BBC Scotland Glasgow
BBC Northern Ireland Belfast
BBC North East & Cumbria Newcastle-upon-Tyne
BBC North West Manchester
BBC North (Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) Leeds
BBC Wales Cardiff
BBC West Bristol
BBC Midlands Birmingham
BBC East Midlands Nottingham
BBC East Norwich
(opt-outs for west of region Cambridge)
BBC South West Plymouth
(opt-outs for Channel Islands St Helier (on Jersey))
BBC South Southampton
(opt-outs for Oxfordshire, bizarrely, also come from Southampton)
BBC South East (as it is) Central London
BBC South East (from 3rd September) Tunbridge Wells
BBC London (name unconfirmed) Central London
All this is only to the best of my knowledge.
(Edited by StandUpAndBeSeated at 2:25 am on Aug. 30, 2001)
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EDTV
Gavin Scott posted:
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PS: I got a signed piccy of Jackie ('the') Bird. As she's known in my house. She signed it, 'For the dartboard!'. What a sweetie!
I take it that you don't like Jackie Bird?
I like her as an presenter BTW. But i'm just wondering, how come u don't like her?
Oh God, for a minute there I thought you meant Heather Stott, the weather presenter on the lunchtime North West Today!! She's Weather Heather or something like that!
In fact yesterday, Stuart make a joke and said 'Beat that report Heather!', and it was Diane doing the lunchtime weather she wasn't too pleased!!
