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Will we ever see a "live" JAM CD set

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Clitheroe KidJun 3, 2008
 

 
I have been to Broadcasting House at Oxford Road in Manchester. The studios
there are not equipped for audiences, so you could only record a
non-audience show.

In the old days, recordings which required a studio audience were done at
the Hulme Hippodrome, a converted variety theatre. Hulme is the part of the
city where Old Trafford football ground is located.

The Hulme Hipp was sold by the BBC in the 1980s. BBC Manchester no longer
have any in-house facilities for recording in front of an audience.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cat" <camc_84@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:21 PM
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Will we ever see a "live" JAM cd set


I don't at all mind paying £5 for an evening's entertainment. Nothing
else in the city will be as good value for money!

It makes sense that if they do have to hire venues they may need to
impose a charge in order to offset the extra costs

Just one thought though: Is there a particular reason they don't use
the Manchester BBC studios on Oxford Rd? Perhaps they're not suitable
(I don't know, I've never been), but maybe this will change with the
new MediaCity in Salford. If they come back again that is!

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Sunday, June 1, 2008, at 06:42 AM, Clitheroe Kid wrote:
>
> >
> > As to charging for seats to hear a radio recording, the BBC make no
> > charge
> > for admission. So if you go to a recording at the Radio Theatre in
> > Broadcasting House, London the tickets are free.
> >
> > If the recording is in a commercial theatre outside London, a small
> > charge
> > of £5 per seat ($10 US) is made by the theatre to cover its costs, in
> > addition to the fee it charges the BBC for hire of the theatre for
the
> > day.
>
> In general, quite right, but I wasn't charged at the Edinburgh
recording
> I attended, which was widely advertised as one of the few free events
> that you could see during the Festival. I guess it's on a
venue-by-venue
> basis outside Broadcasting House.
>



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