We use cookies to personalize and improve your experience on our site. We make some of our most important drama from here, including the multi-award-winning Doctor Who and Casualty. That’s got to be a good thing.”Reflecting on the past five years, Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director of BBC Cymru Wales says: "The teams at Roath Lock have been inspirational.
Find the perfect bbc roath lock studios bbc stock photo. Daw Ben o Rosllannerchrugog ger Wrecsam yn wreiddiol, ac roedd yn astudio yn ei goleg lleol pan rannodd ei athro neges e-bost am brentisiaethau gyda’r BBC. BBC Studios Productions Limited Blackstaff House 62 - 64 Great Victoria Street Belfast Co. Antrim BT2 7BB. The planning application showed the building would face the National Assembly's Tŷ Hywel building and the Atradius building across the water of Roath Basin. Outside BBC Wales the tone is more ambivalent about the direct effect of the studios. The Welsh-language series Pobol Y Cwm is also recorded at the drama village There are 4 ways to get from Cardiff Central Station to Roath Lock by train, taxi, towncar or foot. The people I work with are great; professional and they’re happy to let me learn from them. After the studios, offices and external filming lots were fully fitted out, filming for Roath Basin is the largest single remaining undeveloped site in Cardiff Bay. Mae’r gofod cynhyrchu’n golygu ein bod ni’n gallu ffilmio'r onglau 360 gradd yr ydym wedi breuddwydio amdanynt erioed ac mae’n rhoi profiad cwbl newydd i’r gynulleidfa. Roath Lock is a television production studio that house BBC drama productions including Doctor Who (and its spin-off Class), Casualty and Pobol y Cwm. Since 2012, it has initiated 52 apprentices at the site – in roles such as production, costume, editing, post production and rigging –with 75% now working in the creative industries.Ben Davenport, 21 is one of those apprentices. Mae’r ysbryd o greadigrwydd beiddgar a dyfeisgarwch yn hanfodol wrth i ni barhau i adeiladu ar lwyddiannau niferus y ganolfan dros y blynyddoedd i ddod.”Dywedodd Mark Linsey, Cyfarwyddwr, BBC Studios: "Mae Porth y Rhath wedi bod yn stori o lwyddiant i'r BBC a BBC Studios. Ond nid dyma’r amser i aros yn segur. I wanted to work and this scheme gave me that opportunity. Tel: +44 (0)28 903 38950 By continuing to use the site you agree to our Since opening its doors, Roath Lock – which has nine studios, three external filming lots, post-production facilities and office space - has not just had an impact on TV screens. Subscribe to the Architects’ Journal (AJ) for instant access to the AJ Buildings Library, an online database of nearly 2,000 exemplar buildings in photographs, plans, elevations and details. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet.
In just 13 months, 175,000 square foot of HD-ready studios have been constructed and fitted out to provide a permanent, purpose-built home to four flagship BBC dramas. "Mark Linsey, Director, BBC Studios says: “Roath Lock has been a success story for the BBC and BBC Studios. Built in just over a year, Roath Lock was officially opened in March 2012 by the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones.Since then, Wales has become one of the biggest producers of drama for the BBC with Roath Lock hosting productions such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Upstairs Downstairs, Wizards v Aliens, Class and while the BBC’s creative team based at the studio has produced memorable programmes such as War and Peace, The Game, Under Milk Wood and The Green Hollow drama from independent companies like A Poet in New York, Sherlock, Merlin and Atlantis have also been executive produced for the BBC from Roath Lock.Since opening, Roath Lock productions have been repeatedly held up as industry examples, collecting 39 major industry awards and counting.The 175,000 square foot facility - equal to the size of three football pitches - is also the home to some of the BBC’s best-known and well-loved shows; Doctor Who, Casualty and the BBC’s longest-running TV soap opera Pobol y Cwm, produced by the BBC for S4C. Roath Lock was only created because we dared to think big. Dywedodd: “Mae symud i Borth y Rhath wedi gweddnewid Casualty. It really gave me an insight into working in television as well as a foot in the door. It will also have a gothic-style entrance inspired by some of William Burges' designs at Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch. The façade, developed by FAT, uses motifs referencing the dockâs warehouses, wave forms and Cardiffâs gothic architecture. If youâve activated your online subscription on For all queries regarding access to AJ online, please email our Online Help Desk at The BBC Studios is a 3.6ha production village situated in Roath Basin, a 20ha area of former industrial land in Cardiff.