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Yes. Still very much there till the bitter end! Actually I noticed from the train that the back end of the building has a very old, pre 88 BBC logo "burnt" onto it that they never replaced.
And like Greg I was there recently, last month in fact, for a few days work experience on the last entertainment programme to be worked on from there. Grim is probably the best word to describe the building, especially if you've already worked in MediaCity! I decided that as I would never get the chance to again I would have a nose round the building. It was dark, dingy and almost completely empty. The offices for entertainment were so crampt compared to the ones in Salford and the ventilation was really poor (when it was hot outside, it was extremely hot inside). One of the shower cubicles in the toilets had collapsed with tiles broken all around it. Clearly they hadn't felt the need to replace it so near to the end!
There were plenty of gems around the building. An old BBCi logo would welcome you from the lift to the interactive and online area, there were loads of old awards for religious programmes of the past, and quite a lot of notes and other bits for A Question of Sport and Dragon's Den were still stuck to the walls. The cafe was horrid compared to the MediaCity one and I was quite surprised to see the BBC Club bar was still open, something that hasn't been replicated (or at least as far as I could see) in MediaCity. I think the only other thing still going there was either some 5 Live or 6 Music show as there was some activity in that area though I'm guessing by now they'll have moved as well.
So it was quite sad to see it the way it was but even if the BBC weren't moving a load of departments up north that building really did need to be replaced, not a great place to work when you're trying to make something creative!
Just a question, is the old 'BBC NW' logo still burnt in to the front of New Broadcasting House? It used to be quite clear where it used to be when they added the current BBC logo.
Yes. Still very much there till the bitter end! Actually I noticed from the train that the back end of the building has a very old, pre 88 BBC logo "burnt" onto it that they never replaced.
And like Greg I was there recently, last month in fact, for a few days work experience on the last entertainment programme to be worked on from there. Grim is probably the best word to describe the building, especially if you've already worked in MediaCity! I decided that as I would never get the chance to again I would have a nose round the building. It was dark, dingy and almost completely empty. The offices for entertainment were so crampt compared to the ones in Salford and the ventilation was really poor (when it was hot outside, it was extremely hot inside). One of the shower cubicles in the toilets had collapsed with tiles broken all around it. Clearly they hadn't felt the need to replace it so near to the end!
There were plenty of gems around the building. An old BBCi logo would welcome you from the lift to the interactive and online area, there were loads of old awards for religious programmes of the past, and quite a lot of notes and other bits for A Question of Sport and Dragon's Den were still stuck to the walls. The cafe was horrid compared to the MediaCity one and I was quite surprised to see the BBC Club bar was still open, something that hasn't been replicated (or at least as far as I could see) in MediaCity. I think the only other thing still going there was either some 5 Live or 6 Music show as there was some activity in that area though I'm guessing by now they'll have moved as well.
So it was quite sad to see it the way it was but even if the BBC weren't moving a load of departments up north that building really did need to be replaced, not a great place to work when you're trying to make something creative!
