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Originally Posted by Pfraser
Wasn't there an emergency studio centre outside London? A friend who attended BBC courses at Evesham told of some off-limits steps leading down to a door which was always locked...  |
Ah... Bredon Wing! Depending on which lecturer you had and the degree of gentle windy-uppery they indulged in, it might go down six floors beneath ground with a fully-equipped isolation hospital, or it might be 'nothing to write home about'.
In reality it went down a couple of levels via a concrete stairwell. There were concrete-encased standby diesels outside and bunkered fuel tanks; reinforced doors, same as any other blast-proof structure necessary to the governance of the country if bad things happened. We had a couple of lectures down there when other rooms were occupied.
There was an SHF link from the top of Tunnel Hill to Daventry as part of the 'deferred facilities'.
Of course, I never did find out what was behind that red-painted steel door in the corner.