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CentralTV Studios, Birmingham.

see the walkway just off left of the middle? that used to be the way in

when cameras attack (commercial transmission unit)

the loading bays were used to allow easy access for outside broadcast kit amoungst other things

remains of a rack in the VTR rooms

looking up at the studio 2 lighting grid

CentralTV clock, found up near the roof

pencil drawings on the walls in a room just off a studio

what an awesome button

one of two Sony Library Managment Systems

friend on the roof

desks in the commerical transmission unit. in the background the massive tape machines can be seen

spare equipment in a room just off a studio

i know what teletext is, but no idea what this does or did

markb03 and the studio 3 spiral staircase

tape store

so much detailed work went into this place

me on the studio 3 spiral staircase

power requirements in this place where huge. this fuse is rated at 660v AC, 80kA. When opened the power requirements for the building were around 3 000 000 watts

studio 1

studio 1, shot from the lighting gantry, in the centre (ish!)

offices near the Broad Street entrance

studio 2 lighting grid

flasher spotted this, it was a camping gaz light that's been modified to use a halogen bulb. Must've been a prop

me stood in studio 2

into the dark behind here is studio 1a, a sub part of studio 1

a ghostly figure on the roof with Alpha Tower behind

corridoor that the VTR suites lead off

looking straight through the lighting grid and down into studio 2. quite a drop..

warning on the door of the news studio (Studio N)

doors that lead over to the studio block

apparatus room, rack upon racks, up near network presentation

peering through the projection gaps in the screening room

a friend in the screening room

cheesey mirror shot

the 4 skylights sat above stairways to the lower levels

apparatus room, rack upon racks, windows into TAR

exhibition hall, 4 huge skylights let natural light in

myself sat on the air conditioning ducts on the roof

pretty trashed VTR suite

there are a few plaques up like this one

a ghostly figure in studio 2 ;)

me looking out over Birmingham

looking over Bridge Street from the apparatus room

me peering over onto the multistory car park next door

friend on the roof

the corridoors all look very similar

one of the control rooms / editing suites

looking over toward the BT Tower. Formerly the post office tower, and where the ATV Centre was connected too

Broad Street entrance lobby

me on the roof with the Crown Plaza in the background

studio 3

studio 1, shot from the lighting gantry

no one is allowed to die in these sinks!

editing equipment, and a calendar from 1997

VTR Suite

radio hut on the roof

this must be a prop..surely..

state of the canteen

studio 1, trying to show the scale of the room

me in studio 1, trying to show the height of the room

me in the exhibition hall

me sat on whats left of the seating in the screening room. The camera is placed where the screen would have been. This suite would have been used to preview pilots of potential new programs

program routing equipment

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