05-01-2022, 09:13 AM
Onion Terror post_id=61762 time= user_id=965 Wrote:Just a thought: would any of TVS' own facilities been available before 1st Jan (probably not Maidstone but there was the TV Theatre in Gillingham)?Have a watch of this documentary shown on day 1 of TVS. It shows preperations for going on air, it doesn't show a completed Gillingham but it was ready for launch as it was home to a new daytime show. Maidstone wasn't due to open until October 1982 and I think it made that deadline. It also mentions that they were using Southern's studios from May 1981.
The other interesting bit is the pre-production work for On Safari, trying out the physical games in a field before the set was designed.
https://youtu.be/d8Z5HIA5460