{"id":10352,"date":"2020-03-31T09:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=10352"},"modified":"2020-04-11T07:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T07:22:13","slug":"oh-the-irony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/oh-the-irony\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh! The Irony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<br><br>\nOn Saturday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> February 2020. ITV\u2019s flagship Saturday Night Shiny Floor Show, \u201cAnt and Dec\u2019s Saturday Night TakeAway\u201d came from Television Centre Studio 1, for so many years the studio used for the BBC\u2019s flagship Saturday Night Shiny Floor Shows &#8230;\n<br><br>\nOf course, the Television Centre studies are not \u201c&#8230;fit for purpose&#8230;\u201d are they?\n<br><br>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"468\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_1.png\" alt=\"the_irony_1\" class=\"wp-image-10346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_1.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_1-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"456\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_2.png\" alt=\"the_irony_2\" class=\"wp-image-10347\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_2.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_2-300x165.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_2-768x421.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"468\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_3.png\" alt=\"the_irony_3\" class=\"wp-image-10348\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_3.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_3-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_3-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"457\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_4.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_4-300x165.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_4-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"462\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_5.png\" alt=\"the_irony_5\" class=\"wp-image-10350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_5.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_5-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_5-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIt was even announced as \u201c&#8230;Live from the Television Centre\u2026\u201d\n<br\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3><h3><strong>Dave Mundy<\/strong><\/h3>\nI just happened to catch the opening titles of &#8220;Lorraine&#8221; on ITV, at 0900,  and was sickened to see that they announced that it was coming live from &#8216;TELEVISION CENTRE&#8217;!!  with an overhead drone shot zooming into the central circle! Bloody cheek! \n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3><br><br>\n<h4 style=\"margin-top:auto;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\">And to add insult to injury ..<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"493\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_6.png\" alt=\"the_irony_6\" class=\"wp-image-10351\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_6.png 596w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the_irony_6-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\nYes, this is private \u201chow to get there\u201d map, and yes, \u201cITV Studios\u201d <i><b>do<\/b><\/i> have an office in Television Centre, but even so &#8230;\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<i>What a difference to the scene 60 odd years ago<\/i>\n<h3>&nbsp;\n<\/h3><h3><strong>John Henshall<\/strong><\/h3>\nSixty years ago this year our beloved TC opened.\n<br><br>\nOn 29 June 1960 the first \u2018live\u2019 broadcast from TC3, First Night, took place. Fascinating to watch, sixty years on.\n<br><br>\nHere are a couple of screen-grabs from a telerecording of that show, comp\u00e8red by David Nixon, with people you might recognise.\n<br><br>\nI believe it is Bernard Fox on the front of the Mole crane, chatting up the dancer? But who are those swinging and tracking?\n<br><br>\nAnd I think that\u2019s John Farr on the pedestal.  Any thoughts?\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_01-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_01-1024x749.png 1024w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_01-300x220.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_01-768x562.png 768w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_01.png 1107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_02-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_02-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_02-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_02-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TC_first_02.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Geoff Fletcher, Hugh Sheppard<\/strong><\/h3>\nTony Powell standing by the Mole &#8211; a certainty.\n\n<br><br>\n\n\n<br><br>\n<!-- Footer -->\n\n\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<br><br>\n<p class=\"western\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"ianfootersmall\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<br><br>\n<!-- END Footer -->\n\n<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 22nd February 2020. ITV\u2019s flagship Saturday Night Shiny Floor Show, \u201cAnt and Dec\u2019s Saturday Night TakeAway\u201d came from Television Centre Studio 1, for so many years the studio used for the BBC\u2019s flagship Saturday Night Shiny Floor Shows &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/oh-the-irony\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10352","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/author\/alec\/","display_name":"Alec Bray"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 31, 2020","modified":"Updated on April 11, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 31, 2020 9:56 am","modified":"Updated on April 11, 2020 7:22 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10352"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10508,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10352\/revisions\/10508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}