Comments for Save TV Centre Studios

Comment on TV Shows by Paul Wilkinson

Paul Wilkinson — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:31:40 +0000

You are absolutely right Bredin, “Not Going Out” was recorded at Teddington in 2012, as 2 websites clearly show. On the “Children In Need” live show in November 2012, Terry Wogan visited the “Not Going Out” studio and said that it was a studio down the corridor from the “Children In Need” studio at TVC. Terry Wogan had obviously visited the “Not Going Out” set at Teddington Studios on one of the recording nights leading up to the “Children In Need” night.

Comment on TV Shows by Bredin

Bredin — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:58:34 +0000

According to The British Comedy Guide Not Going Out was last filmed at Television Centre in on December 22nd 2011, not in the last twelve months.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/not_going_out/details/

Comment on Petition by Joel Bernardes

Joel Bernardes — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:03:34 +0000

This decision should not be taken by the BBC but by the viewers who pay for the service. it is just unacceptable.

Comment on Arguing The Case by Jonathan Rackowe

Jonathan Rackowe — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:07:00 +0000

Excellent article

Comment on Petition by Adrian Bray

Adrian Bray — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:09:17 +0000

The future for west London looks increasing bland and bleak. It is probably too late to save the massive Earls Court exhibition center which is only a mile down the road. That huge and iconic site with its great transport links and well established infrastructure, and which has been showcasing British industry for 80 years is set to be razed to the ground and turned into, guess what? You’ve got it, flats, shops and hotels. Now much the same fate awaits large slices of TVC? I have said elsewhere that London without Earls Court will be like New York without Madison Square Gardens. So I like the analogy above that now we are losing the equivalent of NBC in the Rockefeller Center too! Who is planning all this? Who is allowing all the industry that has made this area world famous, is demonstrably ‘sustainable’ and fit for the twenty-first century to be torn apart in favour of coffee shops and over-priced flats. Why is this madness being allowed to happen? Don’t blame the developers – they are doing what developers do – cashing in on the massive housing price bubble. Blame the government. They are the ones we allegedly vote into power to look after our best interests and see the bigger picture but who now seem to believe that our best interests lie not in sustainable, established, creative industries in which Britain is a recognised world leader, but in flats and coffee shops. And everyone knows that other countries do flats and coffee shops much better than we do. As a local resident of 20 years, I don’t recall voting for any of this. One cannot help but suspect that the government no longer has the best interests of the average voter close to its heart? I welcome plans to make TVC the centre of a media village for the twenty-first century. Who wouldn’t want that? Bring it on. But the developers will always look to maximise their short term profits, and those short term profits come from the sale of flats and houses. So for them the destruction of state of the art TV studios is a perfectly reasonable plan. It is up to a higher authority than the directors of Stanhope PLC. The planning authorities must recognise this and ensure that the iconic (listed) building that is the hub of this development is maintained fit for purpose, not so weakened and hamstrung by the developers, that the long term viability of the project is jeapordised for the short term gain to the developers. Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Keep the studios.

Comment on Petition by Patrick Duffy

Patrick Duffy — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:25:46 +0000

Because it is considered trendy to believe that television broadcasters don’t need studios any more!

Comment on Petition by Patrick Duffy

Patrick Duffy — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:20:46 +0000

Wait and see, as sure as night follows day, in about five years or so we will get a great pronouncement from some future BBC DG that closing TVC was the BBC’s worst decision ever.
This of course will be made with the safe knowledge that it was not “my decision” and something should have been done at the time to stop it…………….. I mean how often have we heard similar admissions from various organisations in the past?

Comment on Supporters by Rodney Read

Rodney Read — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:15:56 +0000

A political decision that deprives the UK of heritage, London of a major media focal point and our industry of a potentially great facility.

Comment on Petition by Mike Leaback

Mike Leaback — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:48:43 +0000

As a nation we have been investing in the BBC all these years . For it to be sold off bit by bit is a disgrace . The BBC and TV centre are national assets , we may as well sell off the crown jewels as well .

Comment on Petition by Andrew Stacey

Andrew Stacey — Fri, 31 May 2013 23:07:19 +0000

It seems madness to destroy one of the most efficient programme making facilities in the country, even though, with the loss of it’s props, scenes and wardrobe departments, it’s excellence has already been sadly diminished. It is also one of the most Iconic and recognisable buildings in the country.
In the wake of the latest, £100 million (digital) loss fiasco it would appear to be time to ask,though I hate to use the corrupted phrase. if those running the BBC are fit for purpose,