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WillPS
It seems to be some kind of newfangled thing - whereby a robot crawls a corporate website from the web archive, and then makes it fit in a Wordpress setup. Here's an example **' David found whilst off on a strange tangent.
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Worzel
BBC Look East's West Opt from Cambridge (where BBC Radio Cambridgeshire was also based) broadcasted from their Hills Road studios from launch, until they moved - a year or two ago - onto the Cowley Road Science Park Site.
MU
Multi
Its nice to know Tyne Tees aren't forgetting the past. They still have a picture of the team from 2008 in their reception and a photo of Mike Neville in the newsroom.
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Si-Co
Its nice to know Tyne Tees aren't forgetting the past. They still have a picture of the team from 2008 in their reception and a photo of Mike Neville in the newsroom.


I bet there's no sign of Bill Steel, Tom Coyne or Paul Frost though!
MU
Multi
Not that I noticed! Just that of what I've said and a painting of Pam.
My son arranged to meet Pam, Ian and Ross ... They where interested in what he was doing for Comic Relief... We ended up in the studio, newsroom, gallery and editors office!
GE
thegeek Founding member
When BBC Birmingham started in 1927 they were based on Broad Street, with offices at Wood Norton, they stayed until the war, post war they moved back offering regional TV instead with small studios above the Austin Motor Company showroom on Broad Street, and network/drama production based at Gosta Green (in a cinema) until 1970 - Radio moved to the newly constructed Pebble Mill, the first of many BBC Network Production Centres that housed all output, TV moved over in 1971 with the complex officially opened by HRH The Princess Anne, where it stayed until 2004! Then they moved to the Shoebox, with a further move on the cards it seems!


speaking of Wood Norton, the BBC have had a presence on that site for quite a long time, though not in the original buildings.
No idea what the do there, though.
MW
Mike W
When BBC Birmingham started in 1927 they were based on Broad Street, with offices at Wood Norton, they stayed until the war, post war they moved back offering regional TV instead with small studios above the Austin Motor Company showroom on Broad Street, and network/drama production based at Gosta Green (in a cinema) until 1970 - Radio moved to the newly constructed Pebble Mill, the first of many BBC Network Production Centres that housed all output, TV moved over in 1971 with the complex officially opened by HRH The Princess Anne, where it stayed until 2004! Then they moved to the Shoebox, with a further move on the cards it seems!


speaking of Wood Norton, the BBC have had a presence on that site for quite a long time, though not in the original buildings.
No idea what the do there, though.


BBC Academy isn't it, training and dev - many courses there, plus cold war bunkers and a hotel complex that's fallen into disrepair!
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Jon

BBC Academy isn't it, training and dev - many courses there, plus cold war bunkers and a hotel complex that's fallen into disrepair!

As a baby I featured on some kind of BBC training video called 'Twelve Minutes' which was made there.
GE
thegeek Founding member
BBC Academy isn't it, training and dev - many courses there, plus cold war bunkers and a hotel complex that's fallen into disrepair!


The hotel appears to have had a relaunch. Again.
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noggin Founding member
Some of the BBC Academy (aka BBC Training) is there - and there are all sorts of other things that fall into the 'I could tell you but would have to shoot you' category.

Last time I was there I ate at the previous incarnation of the hotel. Food was terrible. No wonder it went bust.

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