Long Live the Studio

Is it just me, or are there more big studio shows being made on TV at the moment?

It certainly seems that way to me. And that’s good news. I think.

We’ve been through a very long period of decine in studio use. Or rather a major increase in location TV work. But perhaps that has plateaued now and the commissioners have remembered, or maybe rediscovered, the flexibility and real value of the great British TV studio.

In fact we never really lost it. The few regular studio show we managed to keep over the last decade were enough to sustain the facilities and, most importantly, the skill set, in this most perculiar discipline.

Major primetime jugganaut shows like X-Factor and Strictly Come Dancing, both hugely successful exports, completely depend on this incredibly high skillbase.

So I’m glad to say, ‘long live the studio!’ Back here to stay. Again. Hopefully…