"We are proud to open a standalone post-production facility on Charlotte Street in the heart of London’s vibrant W1 post community. Our new HD-based, fully tapeless-capable facility connects seamlessly to our revamped studio facilities at Elstree". BBC Studios and Post Production trumpeted this in January 2013. Eight months later comes the announcement that it'll be closing in January 2014 (after post-production work on Strictly Come Dancing) with 12 redundancies.
Editworks were the previous occupants; they moved out, the BBC did a renovation - and, in a remarkably short time, it seems something was wrong with the business plan. It's a real blow for a distinguished board including strategists John Tate and Anna Mallett, and Alan Yentob. Let's hope they've still got enough capital left to refurbish those famous TVC studios.
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