BBC TV Studio N, Manchester - its last Look NorthWest txm, Friday 15th May 1981

Starting with the national weather, then teasers from Nationwide, and then the beginning of the last txm of Look NorthWest from this studio in Broadcasting House, Piccadilly, Manchester - 15th May 1981. To move to Studio B, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Rd, Manchester the following Monday - 18th May 1981 (txm to be uploaded to YT soon!)

During the txm there was a 16 minute segment of the history of Broadcasting House (to be uploaded eventually to YT - unfortunately the segment was not well constructed and is rather boring to be honest).

The very final txm from Studio N was actually the following day - Sports NorthWest, presented by David Davies and John Mundy (also on YT). The last voice to be heard from Studio N and Broadcasting House, Manchester, was David Davies.

Broadcasting House was leased in the 1920s from a Bank, which was on the ground floor. It consisted of a number of radio studios, a newsroom, bar, canteen, Central Apparatus Room (CAR), Radio Manchester and TV Studios N and P. Also, up in the attic was a standby AM transmitter. There were also several bedrooms where staff could sleep overnight, ready for an early call to work, which I once took the opportunity of using.

The place was lavishly decorated with highly-polished brass, tiling, and a lift from a bygone era with concertina doors.

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[OscarPlymouth]

I don't remember that title sequence for 'Look North West', althought I remember them moving to Oxford Road and the advent of the NW 'worms'.