Neil Jones post_id=33738 time= user_id=961 Wrote:

Cassia Tuna post_id=33689 time= user_id=1506 Wrote:Seems to be a case of the BBC in recent years selling off anything that isn't bolted to the floor. Surely licence fee payers should have a say on this and whether it is economically justifiable for the corporation to be selling its real estate and then leasing back parts of the land that they just sold off.

You are associated with the Daily Mail and I claim my £5.

We have a mechanism in this country for allowing people to have a say. And that's why we only use them on rare occasions for big important events/decisions. The idea of the BBC doing a mass mailer AGM style thing to ask licence fee payers (most of whom won't give a rat's behind) about whether they should flog Elstree on the back of 60 pages of blather is absurd and ridiculous

BettyS post_id=33732 time= user_id=1139 Wrote:So that nice building plot with the present set on it looks very handy for a sale - there's a surprise. The Fairbanks offices are listed so presumably safe as buildings. Its the most stupid idea given the lack of studio space and the fact that production companies are setting up in and around Borehamwood.
What the hell is wrong with BBC management these days, have they not learned anything from the TVC fiasco?

Cassia Tuna post_id=33742 time= user_id=1506 Wrote:In any case, some people on Twitter are questioning whether the BBC is fit to produce the programme at all, as apparently (I don't watch it) the quality has nosedived of late.

Brekkie post_id=33706 time= user_id=976 Wrote:Selling and leasing back property is a very common tactic for big companies to turn a fixed asset into liquid cash they can then put back in the business.

Neil Jones post_id=33747 time= user_id=961 Wrote:

Cassia Tuna post_id=33742 time= user_id=1506 Wrote:In any case, some people on Twitter are questioning whether the BBC is fit to produce the programme at all, as apparently (I don't watch it) the quality has nosedived of late.

Oh yes, the great informed. Leave everything to Twitter. God save us.

all new Phil post_id=33745 time= user_id=865 Wrote:

BettyS post_id=33732 time= user_id=1139 Wrote:So that nice building plot with the present set on it looks very handy for a sale - there's a surprise. The Fairbanks offices are listed so presumably safe as buildings. Its the most stupid idea given the lack of studio space and the fact that production companies are setting up in and around Borehamwood.
What the hell is wrong with BBC management these days, have they not learned anything from the TVC fiasco?

I’m sorry what fiasco?

BettyS post_id=33759 time= user_id=1139 Wrote:

all new Phil post_id=33745 time= user_id=865 Wrote:

BettyS post_id=33732 time= user_id=1139 Wrote:So that nice building plot with the present set on it looks very handy for a sale - there's a surprise. The Fairbanks offices are listed so presumably safe as buildings. Its the most stupid idea given the lack of studio space and the fact that production companies are setting up in and around Borehamwood.
What the hell is wrong with BBC management these days, have they not learned anything from the TVC fiasco?

I’m sorry what fiasco?

The fact that the studios could have been saved and were/are needed. The studios didnt have to come down they could have had a mixed use building. The land that stage one was built on is still vacant :roll:

BettyS post_id=33732 time= user_id=1139 Wrote:So that nice building plot with the present set on it looks very handy for a sale - there's a surprise. The Fairbanks offices are listed so presumably safe as buildings. Its the most stupid idea given the lack of studio space and the fact that production companies are setting up in and around Borehamwood.

Cassia Tuna post_id=33755 time= user_id=1506 Wrote:

Neil Jones post_id=33747 time= user_id=961 Wrote:

Cassia Tuna post_id=33742 time= user_id=1506 Wrote:In any case, some people on Twitter are questioning whether the BBC is fit to produce the programme at all, as apparently (I don't watch it) the quality has nosedived of late.

Oh yes, the great informed. Leave everything to Twitter. God save us.

So people who watch the programme are not allowed to give their opinion on it? Where would you like us to get our reviews from instead, The Guardian presumably?

valley post_id=33739 time=1628706550 user_id=971 Wrote:Out of interest I gather that Elstree D, the only commercially-available studio at Elstree Centre, is not very busy compared to TC1 or Elstree 8 / 9... a slightly awkward shape and I've heard people say the facilities aren't as good as people are expecting nowadays. I know at least one production who have delayed filming so they could use Studioworks-run 8 or 9 over the road at Elstree Studios rather than use D.

eggsontoast post_id=33773 time= user_id=1431 Wrote:

valley post_id=33739 time=1628706550 user_id=971 Wrote:Out of interest I gather that Elstree D, the only commercially-available studio at Elstree Centre, is not very busy compared to TC1 or Elstree 8 / 9... a slightly awkward shape and I've heard people say the facilities aren't as good as people are expecting nowadays. I know at least one production who have delayed filming so they could use Studioworks-run 8 or 9 over the road at Elstree Studios rather than use D.

That's interesting. I hear productions saying that Elstree 8 and 9 facilities are totally rundown and unfit for purpose - a major refit would be due very soon if they want to continue.. Elstree D Seems to be much preferered by freelancers I talk to. Ultimately Studioworks are focusing on Reading and Glasgow as their new bases so apart from TVC and George Lucas you can expect other sites to be phased out I reckon.