Broadcasting House, Salford Quays & TVC

From that period in the early 90s where the BBC seemed to treat them much like they did U2 a few years ago - lots and lots of airtime as elder statesmen of rock. Changed quite abruptly after Radio 1 stopped playing them...

The final live transmission from BBC Studios at TVC before they close is this Sunday - Urbi et Orbi, the Pope's Easter message, will be produced by TC3's gallery.

Hopefully they will have updated that page's picture by then

Strange it's not being handled by Salford, with Religion being based there.

There's probably some political reason why Religion wouldn't be able to use Sport's submix studios in Salford. And perhaps cheaper than dock10.

Might be a safety thing too, It's one less hop if it doesn't have to go to Salford and back.

I don't know if it still is but when I was at the BBC I'm sure it was a 'Grade 1' broadcast - up there with the Queen's Christmas Message and Party Political Broadcasts. Didn't its broadcast go wrong a few years ago (possibly around the time that the Broadcast Centre took over playout)?

Yep - it's the same day as the Boat Race as well. Not sure if Salford galleries have any involvement in that. In London it often went through TC5 - so there may not have been a non-Dock 10 gallery in Sport suitable? (Particularly if it needs to go through a gallery with a degree of redundancy)

A few different piccies here

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/theatres-cinemas/79339-bbc-television-centre-march-2013-a.html

BBC Television Centre to be redeveloped as a 'digital experience'

But not all the staff have moved since the technical stuff is still at TVC, so its still active isnt it.

Given that there is a lack of studio space now that TC has closed, I wonder whether there is any scope for places like Studio A at BBC Newcastle to be used for network productions again? It's a similar size to TC2/5/7 and there is a Studio B which was designed for Look North to use while A was in use for network productions.

Obviously it's not HD capable, but I would conjecture that A could be used on a drive in basis with an HD scanner while its gallery worked with B's floor space (on the assumption that Gallery B hasn't been upgraded over the years) and A's cameras.

But if you're doing that, you could surely use any four walls on a drive in basis. I don't think Newcastle's studio is that big so you're massively limited with what you can do in there. And also, it's in Newcastle, of course.