{"id":2633,"date":"2014-11-11T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=2633"},"modified":"2014-11-11T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T11:24:16","slug":"greenwood-theatre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/greenwood-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwood Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/h2>\n

The theatre was built in 1975 in the grounds of Guy’s hospital near London Bridge station and was  largely paid for by a benefactor – Sir James Mantle Greenwood (1902-1969), chairman of James Greenwood Advertising Ltd. The building was (initially) designed as a lecture theatre.<\/p>\n

The BBC moved into the theatre in 1979.  The first programme was made there on 23rd September 1979. <\/p>\n

Mike Jordan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The BBC moved in while TV Theatre was being re-furbished.<\/p>\n

Peter Neill<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I spent a very long time at the PA desk at the Greenwood. <\/p>\n

For a long time the schedule was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTuesday <\/td>\n Russell Harty (the Thursday show came from Manchester)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWednesday <\/td>\n Parkinson (The Saturday show came from TC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThursday <\/td>\nQuestion Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFriday <\/td>\n Friday Night, Saturday Morning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Mondays were often unused, but I remember a series called \u201cPrivate Lives\u201d, a chat show with actress Maria Aitken interviewing her luvvie friends who brought along items of memorabilia.<\/p>\n

Other shows included \u201cFace The Music\u201d – and the first series of \u201cBlackadder\u201c was played to an audience there to record a laugh track.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t an OB set-up although originally the engineers and I think CCUs were in an old scanner parked outside, but over the years more and more became permanently installed.<\/p>\n

John Vincent<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I had the shot of Grace Jones hitting Russell Harty at the Greenwood. <\/p>\n

\"GWT_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"GWT_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I also remember a certain Producer banning the crew from the Green Room.  A separate hospitality area was put on for us plebs. The Turns used to come to ours because the official one was boring!<\/p>\n

I also worked on a Roland Rat series there.<\/p>\n

Warwick Cross<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cQuestion Time\u201d was definitely there -..  I produced special opening titles for the 100th<\/sup> edition and they were played out from the Greenwood.<\/a><\/p>\n

Another regular production was \u201cFriday Night . . Saturday Morning\u201d  which came out of the Pres Programmes \u201cLate Night Line-Up\u201d stable \u2013 produced by Frances Whittacre.  Different presenter every week.<\/p>\n

Roger Bunce<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I have very fond memories of the Greenwood Theatre, and the nurses’ swimming pool under Guy’s Hospital. \u201cQuestion Time\u201d with an ancient spring ped at the back, \u201cFriday Night, Saturday Morning\u201d, \u201cRussell Harty’\u201d etc. No one has yet mentioned one of the real delights of the Greenwood – those wonderful Mad-Ladies, who ran the canteen\/tea bar, before BBC Catering took over. They served an all-day ‘Breakfast with Chips’, and pronounced the word ‘Pizza’ as it is spelled – ‘Pizzer’.<\/p>\n

Sound Control Room<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"GWT_3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bernie Newham<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I directed a series called \u201cStar Memories\u201d there. It was immediately after the "only two showings" rule went away – handbagged by Margaret Thatcher I think. We had famous people – Michael Parkinson, Lenny Henry, Fulton Mackay, Su Pollard and others  – asking for clips that had been locked away for ever.   Common enough stuff these days, \u2026 but very much a first then.<\/p>\n

Ian Norman<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I worked on several shows at Greenwood.\u201cChoices\u201d (1982 series with Libby Purves)\u201cQuestion Time\u201d\u201cFriday night, Saturday morning\u201d\u201cParkinson\u201d (I have this on video).I can’t remember anything about the following ones, but they’re in my diary.\u201cG.L.C. Forum\u201d (01\/04\/1981)\u201cTop Secret \u201c(20\/10\/1982)\u201cPaul Gambaccini\u201d (21\/10\/1982)\u201cDelaney\u201d (19\/11\/1982)<\/p>\n

Mike Cotton<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Standard \u201cQuestion Time\u201d at the Greenwood Theatre , standard couple of pints at supper time, back in good time for the recording only to hear " we can’t get a recording machine, keep the audience happy"
\n An hour and a half later the recording started and luckily there were no hitches.<\/p>\n

The loo –  Bliss<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/h1>\n

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