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(April 2008)

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Inspector Sands
PatrickT posted:
I guess it depends what you mean by a studio. All the ones you list were built for another purpose, then had equipment installed to broadcast TV pictures. So yes they're studios. But no they're not the sort of studios that sit around waiting to be booked by producers.

I would call them a set rather than a studio. To me a studio is a space that can host any suitably sized programme. So windows are out.


What about the Princess studio - home to The Wright Stuff, Something for The Weekend, It Pays To Watch etc? Not purposefully built (but then very few studios are these days) but bookable and big/flexible enough not to use the windows? http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/independent%20studios.htm#princess
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Inspector Sands
noggin posted:

With a few exceptions - the Pebble Mill Foyer, and possibly the former London Tonight studio - most of the locations listings were existing spaces converted for studio use,


The old London Tonight studio was a purpose built studio, it was an extension onto the old roof area. If you see it from outside it's a funny shape, so that the end window (where the desk was) faces towards St Pauls/The City.

The windowed studio they used for 6 o Clock Live/Weekend Live and the LWT News pre-1993 was an office conversion
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PatrickT
Did anyone watch the second show?

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JO
Joe
No, sadly there were no viewers.
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Steve in Pudsey
What studio does the Gadget Show use? ISTR that having windows.
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noggin Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
What studio does the Gadget Show use? ISTR that having windows.


Last series of the Gadget show didn't come from a studio - it looked to be shot on camcorders in some kind of loft/factory conversion space.

This series looks to be shot in a space with more set - and few (no?) windows - but still has that distinctive "shot on camcorder" look. (Looks to be one DSR and one Z1...) Suspect this isn't a studio either - in the accepted meaning of the phrase in TV circles.

(Though some people describe any space that a show is shot in as a "studio" these days)
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trivialmatters
I enjoyed the programme, it's pleasant early morning TV which you can watch in bed or whilst cooking breakfast.

The lighting is incredibly dim at times though, it could really do with better lights. There are windows and ikea style lamps in the background of the set that are brighter than the presenters and it really distracts attention away from the foreground.

Presenters stumbled their way through some parts but it was still an enjoyable show, some nice features.
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stevek
This morning studio has a windows, which reflects the rest of the studio on really dull winter days (and on one occasion a guest who had her back to the camera to protect her identity Embarassed )

when they interviewed jack P Shephard a few months back he didn't realise it was a real window Rolling Eyes

ri:se 2, had windows

The One Show, has windows which don't reflect, when they did the first series the original studio faced west which is a bad idea for a 7pm show Rolling Eyes
you would think they would have checked that first, same thing with a breakfast show in a windowed studio which faces east

Loose women had a windowed studio a few years back

there's quite a few when you think about it.
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gilsta
Almost every studio in the world has a window.
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Ben Founding member
stevek posted:
This morning studio has a windows, which reflects the rest of the studio on really dull winter days (and on one occasion a guest who had her back to the camera to protect her identity Embarassed )

when they interviewed jack P Shephard a few months back he didn't realise it was a real window Rolling Eyes


To be fair to him the window is covered with mesh to prevent too much light coming through. That wasn't a purpose built studio though, I think it was previously used by a brewery.

stevek posted:

Loose women had a windowed studio a few years back


That was the old London Tonight studio. As mentioned in this thread, although there are several studios with windows most of them weren't purpose built.
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Colm
noggin posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
What studio does the Gadget Show use? ISTR that having windows.


Last series of the Gadget show didn't come from a studio - it looked to be shot on camcorders in some kind of loft/factory conversion space.


From Wikipedia:
Quote:
The Gadget Show [...] is filmed at The Custard Factory on Gibb Street in Birmingham, UK.


I think the show is still using the same "studio" as before, but the set for this series covers the windows in the space they use over with display units etc. - IIRC one of the "Focus Group" pieces a few weeks ago used the exterior of The Custard Factory that is regularly seen a few times in each series.
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Steve in Pudsey
Ben posted:
To be fair to him the window is covered with mesh to prevent too much light coming through. That wasn't a purpose built studio though, I think it was previously used by a brewery.


I thought Kent House was a purpose built studio complex?

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