Goodbye ATV/Central Studios

RU

russnet Founding member 29 November 2007 8:18pm

little white dot posted:

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/central.jpg

Hmm... what are the 4 coloured zones of that map?

All three Carlton Central sub-regions, plus the Carlton London region? (Seeings as it is a Carlton-branded sign. Although London is irrelevant in Birmingham...

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Although it could be London as it features the old Central Cake logo in the top right corner of the pic, long before it got Carltonised before being rebranded as Central and then the original Carlton 1993 logo in the bottom left. Quite what its got to do with Birmingham but then the might have been stingy at Carlton and just copied the same map to London and the Midlands!

MG

MikeGNE 29 November 2007 8:22pm

There was quite a lot of Central, and some ATV stuff inside back in 2005, and quite a bit of it was scooped up by several people. But we didn't get into the Central House side of the building, otherwise the signs most likely would have been taken too.

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/image492.jpg

DE

deejay 29 November 2007 9:32pm

There's a fascinating video tour of the ATV Centre in three parts on YouTube somewhere. It's well worth a look. It was shot a couple of years ago and really shows the state the place was in. The roof of the main studio was leaking fairly badly even then and there was a fair amount of water on the studio floor. Some of it is quite spooky. It's amazing how much stuff was actually left in situ however!

JO

Johnny83 29 November 2007 9:36pm

Shame really, considering it's history. I hope the same doesn't happen to Kent House

PT

Put The Telly On 29 November 2007 9:58pm

Johnny83 posted:

Shame really, considering it's history. I hope the same doesn't happen to Kent House

Or TV Centre given that.

Although in fairness, these places do need a 21st century revamp.

NG

noggin Founding member 30 November 2007 1:08am

nok32uk posted:

Johnny83 posted:

Shame really, considering it's history. I hope the same doesn't happen to Kent House

Or TV Centre given that.

Although in fairness, these places do need a 21st century revamp.

Hmm - what more of a revamp do you want than TC1 and TC8 being two of the only decent HD studios in the UK?

PT

Put The Telly On 30 November 2007 1:10am

I see you're point, I'm just thinking exteriors i suppose.

JO

Johnny83 30 November 2007 2:07pm

noggin posted:

nok32uk posted:

Johnny83 posted:

Shame really, considering it's history. I hope the same doesn't happen to Kent House

Or TV Centre given that.

Although in fairness, these places do need a 21st century revamp.

Hmm - what more of a revamp do you want than TC1 and TC8 being two of the only decent HD studios in the UK?

Kent house will probably be recased eventually seeing as it dates back to mid/late 60's and was from that era of dodgy tower block building

SD

sda| 2 December 2007 3:58am

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=334682#post334682

This latest batch reveals the possible location of the elusive Blockbusters theme! Someone go and rescue it.....

DE

deejay 2 December 2007 8:12am

Some excellent shots in that latest batch. Sad (but fascinating) to see how much stuff Central simply left lying around.

What do these chaps do then? Just get into these places and wander around taking pictures? Seems pretty dangerous to me... Demolition sites are notoriously easy places to fall, trip, inhale dodgy dusts etc...

JO

Johnny83 2 December 2007 11:04am

Some facinating pictures there, but some have left me a wee bit angry. All those tapes that have been left, I mean come on, haven't ITV learnt from BBC's mistakes with Doctor Who, Z Cars, The Likely Lads, etc.

There could be some one off stuff there & yet it's just been left there to rot, thanks Carlton

Who's in the tower now BTW?

IS

Inspector Sands 2 December 2007 1:41pm

Johnny83 posted:

Some facinating pictures there, but some have left me a wee bit angry. All those tapes that have been left, I mean come on, haven't ITV learnt from BBC's mistakes with Doctor Who, Z Cars, The Likely Lads, etc.

There could be some one off stuff there & yet it's just been left there to rot, thanks Carlton

Just because there are a few tapes left behind doesn't necessary mean that they are the only copies. The theme tune to Blockbusters is readily available on any number of theme tune CDs, does it really matter if a 1/4" copy of it gets lost in the building? The same with the Carts, they're no use in themselves these days and the programmes they have the stings for are out of production, why would ITV want them?

(November 2007)