The London Studios had three brilliant audience based studios, supplemented by three smaller studios for their daytime shows. Studio 1 was the largest, opened in 1974 and had the famous seating platform seen on Game For A Laugh, Blind Date, Barrymore, An Audience With, The Graham Norton Show etc.
Communities secretary, Micheal Gove has given the all clear for Make’s £700m ITV Studios redevelopment - Feb 2024. I remember the building as new after London Weekend Television moving from its Wembley studios in 1968, did see some shows at LWT, The Rag Trade and Aspel & Co, struggling to remember, now in my late 60’s, did meet the late Dickie Davies from World of Sport, and watched the late Cilla Black in reception one afternoon.
Ex-cameraman, living in S.E Asia for 15 years: I had no idea this building was being discarded, this video just coming into my feed today. How sad: seems the UK is following the USA in its complete Distain for History and our casual disregard and rejection of Heritage. such a shame. But no surprise I suppose: the site is worth a billion or two to some shark somewhere no doubt. I guess its exactly what London needs eh: more super-luxury, $1Million dollar apartments for Russian Oligarchs.
ITV had no reason at all to close The London Studios in 2018. It was making a fortune for them. So many ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky shows were made there, and a proper ITV HQ. And now what does ITV do? Hire out BBC studio space to cover their daytime shows. Pathetic.
And now a historical building, home to almost 50 years of our television history, is being torn down so some soulless office block can take its place. I went past it on Friday, nearly all the windows have been removed and the whole building is covered in scaffolding. Absolute waste and I cannot believe the tower at the very least wasn't listed.
@@lukegibson191 I have not been around there since it closed in 2018. At least Television Centre remains with some resemblance of what it was. The famous front of building with the dots on the wall and three studios kept. There was care done with BBC Television Centre's redevelopment. The London Studios has been treated worse in my opinion.
@@johnking5174 I actually really like the way they have redeveloped Television Centre. They kept the iconic parts and improved them, and I think it looks nicer today than it did back then. It is such a shame the London Studios did not get that treatment when I'd argue it has the same historical importance - not to mention its location in London means the building is more well known than the BBCs! I would think the building will be completely gone in a few months time, unfortunately.
@@lukegibson191 When I see the new Television Centre, it does maintain what it looked like before redevelopment. The three pieces I call it. Piece 1 is the Studio TC1 building with the famous round dots on the wal.. Piece 2 is the famous doughnut, the circular part of the building, where I got lost from trying to get from TC3 to TC8 once. Piece 3 is what was called the Spur Block, where the BBC News and Current Affairs used to be based in before they moved to what was the News Centre in 1998, which is now home to BBC Studios. So it all looks very similar.
@@johnking5174 it does, even though they've also demolished some of it, like you said, the main pieces of the building are still the same. I wish they did that with the London Studios - redeveloped the studio space while keeping things such as the Kent House tower. Kent House still looks a lot nicer than some of the new towers they're sticking up in London presently and no doubt the build quality of these won't be nearly as good as it was for Kent House.
@@dareks8000 Sadly modern day ITV management decided to asset strip and sell the studios as a prime site for development...... they are now based in the old BBC tv centre and BBC white city......
This is fantastic. Thanks for posting!
The London Studios had three brilliant audience based studios, supplemented by three smaller studios for their daytime shows. Studio 1 was the largest, opened in 1974 and had the famous seating platform seen on Game For A Laugh, Blind Date, Barrymore, An Audience With, The Graham Norton Show etc.
Thank you for this of course. Well done too with the then London Weekend LWT striped ident as well!!
Communities secretary, Micheal Gove has given the all clear for Make’s £700m ITV Studios redevelopment - Feb 2024. I remember the building as new after London Weekend Television moving from its Wembley studios in 1968, did see some shows at LWT, The Rag Trade and Aspel & Co, struggling to remember, now in my late 60’s, did meet the late Dickie Davies from World of Sport, and watched the late Cilla Black in reception one afternoon.
Odd how when opened as London Weekend Television produced programming for a while as Thames Television branding at weekends.
LWT had a tough start and nearly folded, but they made some cracking shows.
Ex-cameraman, living in S.E Asia for 15 years: I had no idea this building was being discarded, this video just coming into my feed today. How sad: seems the UK is following the USA in its complete Distain for History and our casual disregard and rejection of Heritage. such a shame. But no surprise I suppose: the site is worth a billion or two to some shark somewhere no doubt. I guess its exactly what London needs eh: more super-luxury, $1Million dollar apartments for Russian Oligarchs.
I watched this because I thought the guy on the thumbnail was James Hunt lol. Great video though.
Yes looks like him. Thought might have been him doing a report.
I went pass the London weekend television studio and tower office then it ITV studio tower it closed in 2018
Now to be demolished... if it has already been.
But why?
Because it looks tacky af
love Harry Belafonte, plastering, at 15 mins, lol.
ITV had no reason at all to close The London Studios in 2018. It was making a fortune for them. So many ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky shows were made there, and a proper ITV HQ. And now what does ITV do? Hire out BBC studio space to cover their daytime shows. Pathetic.
And now a historical building, home to almost 50 years of our television history, is being torn down so some soulless office block can take its place. I went past it on Friday, nearly all the windows have been removed and the whole building is covered in scaffolding. Absolute waste and I cannot believe the tower at the very least wasn't listed.
@@lukegibson191 I have not been around there since it closed in 2018. At least Television Centre remains with some resemblance of what it was. The famous front of building with the dots on the wall and three studios kept. There was care done with BBC Television Centre's redevelopment. The London Studios has been treated worse in my opinion.
@@johnking5174 I actually really like the way they have redeveloped Television Centre. They kept the iconic parts and improved them, and I think it looks nicer today than it did back then. It is such a shame the London Studios did not get that treatment when I'd argue it has the same historical importance - not to mention its location in London means the building is more well known than the BBCs!
I would think the building will be completely gone in a few months time, unfortunately.
@@lukegibson191 When I see the new Television Centre, it does maintain what it looked like before redevelopment. The three pieces I call it. Piece 1 is the Studio TC1 building with the famous round dots on the wal.. Piece 2 is the famous doughnut, the circular part of the building, where I got lost from trying to get from TC3 to TC8 once. Piece 3 is what was called the Spur Block, where the BBC News and Current Affairs used to be based in before they moved to what was the News Centre in 1998, which is now home to BBC Studios. So it all looks very similar.
@@johnking5174 it does, even though they've also demolished some of it, like you said, the main pieces of the building are still the same. I wish they did that with the London Studios - redeveloped the studio space while keeping things such as the Kent House tower. Kent House still looks a lot nicer than some of the new towers they're sticking up in London presently and no doubt the build quality of these won't be nearly as good as it was for Kent House.
Now being demolished 😭
Omg, really ?
...why?......
Why indeed?
@@dareks8000 Sadly modern day ITV management decided to asset strip and sell the studios as a prime site for development...... they are now based in the old BBC tv centre and BBC white city......
LWT. Another great TV station destroyed by ITV in their need for homogenisation and blandness of tv. Can’t have character and actual creativity.
ITV does not even stand for independent television anymore
Going going gone thanks to Michael Gove