Fountain Studios To Close

Hi everyone,

For those who are interested please find below the links to a documentary and website created about Fountain Studios in Wembley. It was inspired by the productions about TVC and Granada a few years back. Please pass onto anyone who you think may be interested too:

Desktop Site

Mobile Friendly Site

Documentary

I was reading the other day that the redevelopment of Fountain isn't now going ahead. The developers have fallen out or something. The building is staying for now and word is that it might be leased to someone turning it into an arena/theatre

I don't think they had planning permission to convert the site to residential accommodation... There were rumbling that it might operate as a 4-waller with an OB truck to pick up some of the shows that no longer have regular studios. However I think the costs were too high (i.e. they wanted more money than people were prepared to pay)

Last week I stumbled (literally !) across one of the large video maticies from Fountain Studios, that's been acquired
by a facilities company in the sell off auction.

As I understood it they never got round to applying as there was a falling out or something.

So the plan was to redevelop the site to make more money, closing down a viable successful business in the process.... and now they're stuck with an empty building and no making no money.

Brilliant!

What a beautifully made documentary.

Yeah sadly as an equipt studio it's dead, all the gear has been auctioned off now, so it's just the space itself now.

Although, every time a new company has taken over the studios they've pretty much gutted them and started from scratch.