[Tech1] Riverside Studios

[David Denness]

That was the occasion of the last programme in a series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which were not Sherlock Holmes tales. A very fine series to work on. Photo taken by Dave Heddon, who was also on the crew but could not be in two places at once.

 

From: Tech1 <tech1-bounces at tech-ops.co.uk> On Behalf Of ROGER BUNCE via Tech1
Sent: 19 July 2019 13:06
To: tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Tech1] Riverside Studios

 

Time to post this old thing again. Crew 16 outside the Chancellors, when it was Riverside 3.

 



 

Last time I visited Riverside, for the Playschool reunion, just before it was demolished, the Chancellors had lost its charm. Only a few of the old photos remained on the walls. But now Riverside is reopening as studios, maybe it'll become a show-biz watering hole, once again.

 

luv, Rog.

 

 

On Friday, 19 July 2019, 07:29:15 BST, Peter Neill via Tech1 < <mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote: 

 

 


But it’s being rebuilt as — wait for it — studios!

Peter. 


Sent from my iPhone. Apologies for typos and autocorruptions. 

> On 19 Jul 2019, at 00:47, dave.mdv via Tech1 < <mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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> What a sad sight! All those memorable programs for many years, even before the BBC got them. We all cut our teeth on the Riverside training week to decide whether you should do cameras or sound! Laurie Duly and Keith Blair put us through our paces and we did all sorts of program exercises to determine where our skills (if any!) lay. I was told I should be a camera person, but having done three years in radio in Birmingham I really didn't want to change horses! Even after my BBC career I was still working there for Ch.4 doing 'TFI Friday' with my OB scanner and then TOTP when it moved down from Elstree. Bernie's pictures of 'The Chancellors' brought back many happy memories of Studio R3 where we had a cable over the road and a phone on the end to tell us when we were needed to work, in the 'Dr. Finlay' days! Riverside recording studio, (previously a dubbing suite, was a precursor to TMS in LG and was used to do the very first backing tracks for TOTP. I recorded the iconic 'Sportsnight' sig. tune there with Len Shorey and many other well-known pieces. The Studer C37 tape machines were unique in having editing scissors built in and a large lamp bulb inside the machine which I am still not quite sure what it's function was! Cheers, Dave
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