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A former member
this is starting to sound like another Pebblie mill!
TI
That would be a good idea - broadcasting house is looking good
was pebble mill at birmingham?
I was just reading about it on Wikipedia - it used to be there, before all the studios were moved in 2004.
bbcrocks posted:
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Why not just do what they did with Broadcasting House. Close it down, give it a complete overhaul, get rid of the antiquated stuff that ain't needed and re-open it. For gawd's sake don't flaming get rid of it.
was pebble mill at birmingham?
I was just reading about it on Wikipedia - it used to be there, before all the studios were moved in 2004.
OH
ohwhatanight
Founding member
I think it's a good opportunity for the BBC to move to new modern premises and have a totally upto date facility which will be more efficient to run and give the license fee payers more value for money.
SI
Typical technobabble excuse crap, as if a move from Analogue to digital makes the difference. Changing to making crap reality shows outside rather than decent stuidio based shows maybe but lets not blame digital or HD shifts.
John posted:
Article from Media Guardian regarding the possible future of BBC Television Centre:
For almost 50 years it has been an icon of British broadcasting, the distinctive home of historic TV shows such as Top of the Pops and Blue Peter. But Television Centre in west London, an analogue relic in the digital age, now faces closure as part of plans by the BBC to sell off the 13-acre complex.
The news will be greeted with a mixture of delight and nostalgic dismay by BBC staff, who have toiled for years in a 1960s building designed on the back of an envelope, long before the advent of high definition and satellite television.
For almost 50 years it has been an icon of British broadcasting, the distinctive home of historic TV shows such as Top of the Pops and Blue Peter. But Television Centre in west London, an analogue relic in the digital age, now faces closure as part of plans by the BBC to sell off the 13-acre complex.
The news will be greeted with a mixture of delight and nostalgic dismay by BBC staff, who have toiled for years in a 1960s building designed on the back of an envelope, long before the advent of high definition and satellite television.
Typical technobabble excuse crap, as if a move from Analogue to digital makes the difference. Changing to making crap reality shows outside rather than decent stuidio based shows maybe but lets not blame digital or HD shifts.
LU
Typical technobabble excuse crap, as if a move from Analogue to digital makes the difference. Changing to making crap reality shows outside rather than decent stuidio based shows maybe but lets not blame digital or HD shifts.
those are the words of the Guardian writer, not an 'excuse' from the BBC.
simpfeld posted:
John posted:
Article from Media Guardian regarding the possible future of BBC Television Centre:
For almost 50 years it has been an icon of British broadcasting, the distinctive home of historic TV shows such as Top of the Pops and Blue Peter. But Television Centre in west London, an analogue relic in the digital age, now faces closure as part of plans by the BBC to sell off the 13-acre complex.
The news will be greeted with a mixture of delight and nostalgic dismay by BBC staff, who have toiled for years in a 1960s building designed on the back of an envelope, long before the advent of high definition and satellite television.
For almost 50 years it has been an icon of British broadcasting, the distinctive home of historic TV shows such as Top of the Pops and Blue Peter. But Television Centre in west London, an analogue relic in the digital age, now faces closure as part of plans by the BBC to sell off the 13-acre complex.
The news will be greeted with a mixture of delight and nostalgic dismay by BBC staff, who have toiled for years in a 1960s building designed on the back of an envelope, long before the advent of high definition and satellite television.
Typical technobabble excuse crap, as if a move from Analogue to digital makes the difference. Changing to making crap reality shows outside rather than decent stuidio based shows maybe but lets not blame digital or HD shifts.
those are the words of the Guardian writer, not an 'excuse' from the BBC.
AS
A couple of things:
> I might be wrong, but I'm sure that Television Centre is currently listed?
> I don't think it'll happen, there's too much history there, those walls have seen too much. I'd rather see the building get an overhaul to be mostly offices, leaving just a few studios than it be sold and knocked down. In this instance they should sell the new "Media Centre" buildings which could easily be used for offices for ANYTHING corporate or even a call-centre. However, to lose such a specialised building/facility as Television Centre would be a disgrace...
> I might be wrong, but I'm sure that Television Centre is currently listed?
> I don't think it'll happen, there's too much history there, those walls have seen too much. I'd rather see the building get an overhaul to be mostly offices, leaving just a few studios than it be sold and knocked down. In this instance they should sell the new "Media Centre" buildings which could easily be used for offices for ANYTHING corporate or even a call-centre. However, to lose such a specialised building/facility as Television Centre would be a disgrace...
DD
I quite like the mailbox in b'ham, hovever the tv centre is a traditional bbc thing they should just update it - not sell it
MA
I'm sure I've said this before on here...
On the odd occasion I am working in W12 these days it's usually at the Broadcast Centre. I get no sense of excitement walking through those doors, yet even when I was working at Television Centre every day I always got a buzz and a feeling I really was at the home of tv.
That said, it's been clear for a long time that it was being run down. Everything is moving out. There will be very little left there in the next few years (Manchester move permitting).
On the odd occasion I am working in W12 these days it's usually at the Broadcast Centre. I get no sense of excitement walking through those doors, yet even when I was working at Television Centre every day I always got a buzz and a feeling I really was at the home of tv.
That said, it's been clear for a long time that it was being run down. Everything is moving out. There will be very little left there in the next few years (Manchester move permitting).
IS
Changing to making crap reality shows outside rather than decent stuidio based shows maybe but lets not blame digital or HD shifts.
It's nothing to do with reality shows, the reduction in studio use is across all genres. Improvements in video technology make it far easier and cheaper to film on location than in the past. Most of BBC and ITVs top programmes would have been made in a studio 20 years ago - drama, comedy, cookery shows, DIY shows. Now they are all made on location.
There is still studio production, but more and more programmes only need cheap small studios, which TV centre can't provide. In fact many recent studio based programes have built their own rather than rent a studio - Terry & Gabby, Richard & Judy, Watchdog. The big LE programmes still need big studios but they are rarer today
simpfeld posted:
Changing to making crap reality shows outside rather than decent stuidio based shows maybe but lets not blame digital or HD shifts.
It's nothing to do with reality shows, the reduction in studio use is across all genres. Improvements in video technology make it far easier and cheaper to film on location than in the past. Most of BBC and ITVs top programmes would have been made in a studio 20 years ago - drama, comedy, cookery shows, DIY shows. Now they are all made on location.
There is still studio production, but more and more programmes only need cheap small studios, which TV centre can't provide. In fact many recent studio based programes have built their own rather than rent a studio - Terry & Gabby, Richard & Judy, Watchdog. The big LE programmes still need big studios but they are rarer today