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AidanLunn · 13th Jul 2018, 11:31 pm

Yorkshire Television in Leeds is still present, and ITV still have presences in Anglia House in Norwich (thanks to a 99-year lease Anglia TV bought from Norwich City Council in 1959) and HTV West's Bristol studios. ITV only recently closed Ulster TV's Havelock house complex in Belfast, which has been open since 1959. And the Teddington Studios (formerly of Thames TV) and Fountain Studios in Wembley (LWT's first studio before Kent House opened) were closed and demolished within the past few years. However, I couldn't disagree more about the lack of studio space in London. Yes, it is true that more programmes are made using lightweight/OB equipment now, but production companies are crying out for studio space in London and this only makes a bad situation worse. That was partly why there was such an outcry when the BBC closed and flogged off TV Centre, which was still a perfectly useable and serviceable complex, even if the offices were not of much use anymore.

Now, there are just the three open studios at TV Centre (one of which is fully booked for ITV's Daytime programmes for the next few years), BBC Elstree (the former ATV studios) and Pinewood and Shepperton studios, amongst other smaller complexes dotted around London. Riverside Studios are officially open but are in the middle of being completely redeveloped. The total amount of studio floor space in London is less than half of what it was 2 or 3 years ago.

13th Jul 2018, 11:31 pm	#5
AidanLunn Heptode Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Killamarsh, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 746	Re: ITV stuff for sale Yorkshire Television in Leeds is still present, and ITV still have presences in Anglia House in Norwich (thanks to a 99-year lease Anglia TV bought from Norwich City Council in 1959) and HTV West's Bristol studios. ITV only recently closed Ulster TV's Havelock house complex in Belfast, which has been open since 1959. And the Teddington Studios (formerly of Thames TV) and Fountain Studios in Wembley (LWT's first studio before Kent House opened) were closed and demolished within the past few years. However, I couldn't disagree more about the lack of studio space in London. Yes, it is true that more programmes are made using lightweight/OB equipment now, but production companies are crying out for studio space in London and this only makes a bad situation worse. That was partly why there was such an outcry when the BBC closed and flogged off TV Centre, which was still a perfectly useable and serviceable complex, even if the offices were not of much use anymore. Now, there are just the three open studios at TV Centre (one of which is fully booked for ITV's Daytime programmes for the next few years), BBC Elstree (the former ATV studios) and Pinewood and Shepperton studios, amongst other smaller complexes dotted around London. Riverside Studios are officially open but are in the middle of being completely redeveloped. The total amount of studio floor space in London is less than half of what it was 2 or 3 years ago.