New EastEnders set and a potential £15 million price tag.
Rowan Hedge
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Reason i ask is that i was reading an item archived on Broadcast that indicates they have viewed a tender document that indicates the BBC was prepared to spend in excess of £15 million. Im not having a dig at the show but thats a hell of a lot of money to spend on a temp & permanent set. The cost is also referred to in the Borehamwood & Elstree Times for those not able to view archived items at Broadcast.
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/elstree_film_and_tv_news/11016217.New_EastEnders_set_could_cost_licence_fee_payer___15million/
It also has me wondering what the final cost of the recently opened Corrie set was, unless they are going to construct more than just the facades again i struggle to see how the BBC are going to spend in excess of £15 million.
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/elstree_film_and_tv_news/11016217.New_EastEnders_set_could_cost_licence_fee_payer___15million/
It also has me wondering what the final cost of the recently opened Corrie set was, unless they are going to construct more than just the facades again i struggle to see how the BBC are going to spend in excess of £15 million.
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We've already had this thread. It's an investment for the future.
Obviously i never noticed a thread about it.>:(
15 million is certainly way too much money to spend on a set, 8 million tops to rebuild but double that is unacceptable as the BBC budget is squeezed further.
Not from me though i do have to say if they can find that much to rebuild the set then surely they can find the money to keep BBC Three as a broadcast channel.
In your opinion. 15 million is not that much when you consider the set has never had any upgrade in nearly 30 years
I suggest you look at ballooning movie and TV budgets in general.
15 million is modest by comparison. EastEnders needs to compete and stay modern, as I said, this is an investment for the foreseeable future.
If they didn't think the upgrade wasn't worth it, they obviously wouldn't have chosen to spend that amount.
Yes it s my opinion but there has to be cheaper options, i actually wonder at the stupidity that exists within the BBC these days because that does feel like a **** packet number, when the tender document is released in full to potential bidders the cost may be a lot less to the corporation.
I know about the ballooning budgets in tv as in a way its not that much different from the NHS, i wonder if they can actually afford this at the moment with the fee frozen and if it will come out of the programming budget or will they use funding from other sources to enable the set to be constructed.
Fair point but I don't think the cost is that much. I agree with you re BBC3 though, what a shame
Im not even the target age for BBC Three but I'm a fully committed to seeing it kept as an on air channel, and i guess when compared to the Salford mess a new EE set does look value for money.
A London soap made in Lancashire is stupid! It must stay down South.
as eastenders have very little outside broadcasting and virtually everything shot on the lot, i see no reason why they could not build the new lot at media city. salford, leeds, liverpool, borehamwood, i doesn't make much difference.
I agree that the tender process might reduce the cost - but better that they put forward a top end budget now and end up with a reduced overall cost than under-budgeting and then having to justify the escalated costs.
The new set will be bigger and HD and eventually 4k compatible. Spending £15 million on a set that should last twice as long (if not longer), as the present one and provide shooting locations for four programs a week , every week of the year for that amount of time is excellent value.
Well said B&G.
I don't think it's a big deal either, I'm glad that they are investing in the shows future.