required (my emphasis) to a 5,795 sq ft studio adjacent
microphones of various makes. Channel Four's Business
before Teddington was opened for television in 1959, ABC used this
be made on A's floor at first using a colour OB scanner and later
mumbled something like an apology and he said in a flamboyant Prima
It was unique, consisting of two
the success in its day of this series, A-R seem to have used the
has ever locked the head controls where it could be possible that a
Avalon. indicates approximately where the office used as a location for Ricky
Studios from the river. 1948 the BBC were seriously considering purchasing Highbury in order
Photo
but this was said to have the advantage of possessing the most modern
taking place with Pinewood in the autumn of 2007 and the various
continued to use Highbury, Wood Green and Hackney for TV but
Fortunately
As far as I am aware, they
the double eye motif animating to form one eye represented the two
windows. In effect, most Thames entertainment, drama, comedy and
drunk cups of tea, scripts on the floor. 'glory days' of ATV at Elstree were full of happy memories for the
became the largest and best appointed lighting gallery in the
occupied studios A or B from 1972 - 1981. and My
EastEnders
features. told that the programme department responsible for 'The Weekend
Putting on a decent
lino floor. Out of Here - transmitted in November 2006. By
involving so many unpredictable animals. After a shaky
floor and offices above. Guess
No really. short term. Strange to think I might
This Thames show
contestants in a show like Double Your Money but only transmit
Rediffusion headquarters at Kingsway. thanks to Ronald Wolstencroft. with the Production Block at first floor level. After each show
The
It was not until a few years
The
operation and each concentrated their main network productions in
Pinewood took
flooring panels. writers, directors and designers in the country. This
follow-spot gantry across the front of the audience seating was
and below shows the stage extension being built. The official line was that EastEnders
There were ugly words exchanged
This site was known as Alpha
ideal situation (back to the old separate ATV arrangement!). Taskmaster, which
cooler, they also enabled the LD to adjust the colour of the
took over the Wembley site. purposes. with some NEC MNC-100 lightweight cameras. Some
thanks
the current affairs programmes at Kingsway. David Frost
This complex lighting rig, designed by Bill Lee,
very popular with viewers. were greatly admired by all the staff and this personal touch gives
This company merged with Associated Sound Film Industries - a
When
drama series made for ATV were of course shot on 35mm film with an
large building on the right of the picture. close Teddington 18 months before then. November 2012 it was reported in the press that ITV had decided to
working to give pictures. These are real sets that can be shot inside - others
had to look as little like an OB vehicle as possible. the next three years, once Lee's had moved out the studios remained
granted nowadays but previously each camera had had a separate racks operator. The
we recorded on 19th. Hawtrey and a young Errol Flynn. It was
studio. in that building was 2000 sq ft - more than twice the size of this one. was also a medium sized studio (3 ) at 53 x 43 feet alongside on the
Stabilised or 'Pesticon' (the engineers called them
A report in the February 1958 edition of 'Practical
Queen promo videos were also filmed here in Feb and May '91 just
By the time they were
During 1956 they made staff redundant and closed down unnecessary
been told about the time when the guests had not arrived and none of
to relocate any time soon. The triangular area between the buildings is occupied
was not the way of the future for colour TV. small stage would become a sound recording studio and that a new
be seen that the reason the corner of the room was cut off is because
1999 the Kilroy
The dramas included such classics as Upstairs,
of my jobs on the show was to lead the actors between sets without
not throw away the old ones but expected hirers to use them if they
building was confusingly renamed 'London Television Centre' when LWT
Quite an experience since they had never been
However, in 1996 they decided to
Further along the building was a large space that
the same high production values as those classic dramas. obvious sports like the World Barrel Jumping Championships (!) folded in December 1992 taking Limehouse with them. were installed in 2003. Thames added a
I also remember it had plaques
for marketing purposes the size of a studio is often quoted wall to
with flowers and shrubs and the canteen block included a terrace to
During
the orchestra pit on the right of the stalls - it is not too clearly
2009 the studio made its first HD multicamera programme - using
They managed to get
It is
studios were
galleries and the Lot to be retained as well as the cabling within
See
Royalty was created in the basement of an office block constructed
Many new buildings were constructed
Davidson's snooker gameshow Big Break
leased to other ITV companies as and when required. On Saturdays, or when the board was staffed, my dad
Between the two was spinoff 64,000 Challenge,
The theatre
owned subsidiary of LWT. astonishingly remained in use on occasions right up to 2012. for EastEnders. bomber. 'London Television Centre' on the South Bank, the walls were proudly
to Stage 1. Some of the 'filmed' dramas they ended up
elephants, 12 lions, 6 tigers, 2 pumas, 5 leopards, several dogs and
League. called The Man Condemned
television worked in the 1950s. (It is perhaps worth noting that the Lot
('81). A document dated 1953 states that
landing stage sadly empty. He had reportedly been in this post
Above
was regularly used in its latter years for The X-Factor and Britain's
used for the Masters Snooker Championships between 1976 and
Over
Around spring 1955 this small
many of the early years it never got the proper investment in
was used as a proving ground for a couple of new technologies when
etc. cueing the next act. by anyone - 'competitive rates available from Rear Admiral RS
publisher but as a maker of programmes too. can just hear the LD screaming 'Get her away from that cyc!' produced about seven hours of programming a week. and
back. independent), Television
Christmas. In
studios did not close after the receivers moved in. rooms and green room. It remained empty
In
pictures in my opinion) and from 1997 Ikegami HK388W (very nice
Technology International (MTI) in which Lee Electric held a stake of
2015.) stage that could be used for live shows when required so was
very closely linked with several of the studios. the building site in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. service began on 5th May 1956, eight months after ITV began in
The cameras
grid, unlike the much later design at LWT. In the early 1990s the
The notable thing about this was that
away. altered its name to the ATV Children's Club
203s in 1967. The only other
each time is very welcome. You
All the other monopole/telescope studios have
(If
This
this activity. They had taken delivery of the first four Philips PC60s
TC1 closed for refurbishment
It is probable that these TV
projects including E20 were behind schedule. John Wardle has written to
Who would have thought in 1955 that Sidney Bernstein's company would
This meant that the LD could
camera shown here does indeed have the manual lens turret wheel that
They spent £300,000 refurbishing the site - including the
In fact the truth behind the story
at 22.30 the same evening. 2 booms that tracked on and off the stage. the Width ('67-71) established a tradition
and cages housing - you guessed it - 12
They undercut other Soho-based companies
2-camera control vehicle when shooting on the Lot. Apparently part of the coverage was coming
I'm
get the contract as they thought they dominated the entertainment
space behind to build more if the script had needed them. available studios. British National Films, probably just after the war. stayed for three years before moving on to another studio in
feet deep! This ran
The
It was purchased
Downstairs, variety shows starring Tommy Steel, Rolf Harris,
stage B. For
'Athenaeum Court'. Three
was a heavy workload in those days (a local contractor would visit
It was the home of The
thanks to David Petrie. was booked for a second series. Yentl ('82), The
bringing the total number available to 8. Thames - which still existed as an independent production
superb facilities in studio 1. course connected to nothing at all then. the lino TV flooring was removed as according to a BBC engineering
unions were not at all keen on letting TV productions with their odd
rear of the building - looking a bit more like a TV studio than a cinema. Jim
The
This was essential to
All I can say is that when you are
The main
the site, which is still known as 'Neptune House' - named after the
hospital ward. giving a great deal of flexibility to the EastEnders
Wearing
property developer who were already building hundreds of flats in the
6/2/56). Other shows recorded at
In the centre are studios C and D and behind
the stage. John
Take
is several decades since it was considered important for the
This is hard to believe, frankly. busy making films for Warners and other production companies. and the BBC found it. seems likely that the Granville was sold by Pye after running it for
Following the war some film-making continued by independent film
Innsbruck and the Moscow State Circus in Minsk amongst many others. Lot set is now expected to be completed at the end of March
The amount raised
studios. of course) were also involved on this one special night. These
They also provide
from Australia where we were used to doing many tasks, at the
from one end. Some might wonder was it worth the journey but I
Marconi's production line - the show was a sort of proving test for
These included production gallery,
(In fact, the first
definition '625 line' TV actually has only 576 lines of picture
This gave the LD a great deal of flexibility if things
new sets and new HD equipment and stay at Elstree, or to do the same
Their Midlands
At the moment
create the new channel. sockets on the wall - suggesting that maybe it was used as an
market. company. much more time than now to light the sets and rehearse the
('Films, Football
studio became the warehouse for much of their lighting stock. In Birmingham
called Northlights. This clever arrangement
('90-'92). working on plans to develop it into a much longer and more
The transmitter covering Yorkshire took even longer to
astonishing that it took so many years for studio architects to
The
It should also be
very popular and has its own page on the IMDb. This is very clever! This was a pilot but was transmitted in January
Wembley became the property of LWT. They began moving in
The
Marconi BD848 colour cameras. rate at which they now make the show, the production values are
said to have played on TV here for the first time. transmitted all its drama live at first but realised that this was
Sorry, but there it is. Television' is an example of how Foley Street operated: Here,
As
ITV series continued to come from this studio. overlooking the atrium - housed most other ITV news programmes. NTSC system) Intertel had to modify its cameras so they could be used
Fountain years. area on the lower left marked '19' was the OB garage. new machine. When people wondered where somebody was, the answer was 'he's in
(ITV began
remained one of the largest in the country at 98 x 70 ft within
years the BBC added three studios converted from workshop space for EastEnders
No way of telling which
The
Some of
The
fact, Nicholas Young has indeed got in touch - many thanks to
It is likely that this made use of the half hour dramas that had
was because it was months before the Midlands and the North West had
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