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Where do they record the Lottery draw?

davadsdavads Posts: 8,652
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Anybody know what studio it's done? Tonight's was hosted by Ore the sports guy, so I assumed it would have been done local to Salford. But the guest was Martin Shaw, talking about Hobson's Choice which he's doing in London.

So has Ore gone dahn south or Martin gone oop north...?

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    technologisttechnologist Posts: 13,417
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    it is south ..... Close to the M25
    But not made public ..... For security,
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    Pinewood, mentioned in numerous BBC press releases, not secret at all

    They don't record, it's done live
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    davadsdavads Posts: 8,652
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    ftv wrote: »
    Pinewood, mentioned in numerous BBC press releases, not secret at all

    They don't record, it's done live

    Oh, you know what I mean - *film*... :D
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    silentNatesilentNate Posts: 84,079
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    A break-in would be audacious; holding them at gunpoint and choosing your numbers ;):D
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    PizzatheactionPizzatheaction Posts: 20,157
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    Deadly Alancoat often refers to Pinewood in his end credit voiceover.
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    davadsdavads Posts: 8,652
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    Pizzatheaction wrote: »
    Deadly Alancoat often refers to Pinewood in his end credit voiceover.

    Ta. I've never paid that close attention to it :)

    Regarding Ore, maybe he lives down south and commutes northwards to do the sport...
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    skp20040skp20040 Posts: 66,874
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    They used to all be at BBC TV Centre apart from Euromillions which is done in Paris. Now the Saturday draw is filmed at TV Three at Pinewood and all other Lotto draws are broadcast online at the Lottery website filmed using their own facilities
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    zz9zz9 Posts: 10,767
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    davads wrote: »
    Anybody know what studio it's done? Tonight's was hosted by Ore the sports guy, so I assumed it would have been done local to Salford. But the guest was Martin Shaw, talking about Hobson's Choice which he's doing in London.

    So has Ore gone dahn south or Martin gone oop north...?

    They record a whole years worth in advance, usually in January.

    Strangely there's a high turnover in the crew. Every year they try to hire the same people again but they've all retired or moved to Barbados. Very odd.
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    davadsdavads Posts: 8,652
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    zz9 wrote: »
    They record a whole years worth in advance, usually in January.

    Strangely there's a high turnover in the crew. Every year they try to hire the same people again but they've all retired or moved to Barbados. Very odd.

    Oh, cut me some slack, I meant record as in "do", "make", "film" etc! :(

    Anyway, thanks for the replies above :)
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    ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    davads wrote: »
    Oh, cut me some slack, I meant record as in "do", "make", "film" etc! :(

    Anyway, thanks for the replies above :)

    ''Film'' is a means of recording
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    davadsdavads Posts: 8,652
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    ftv wrote: »
    ''Film'' is a means of recording

    Blimey, you won't all let it lie will you? Sorry I asked now :(
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    SteveBentleySteveBentley Posts: 2,003
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    Originally it was at TV Centre or wherever National Lottery Live's OB was. Then, after the Fathers for Justice incident, the draw portion went to an Arqiva studio that I believe was/is used by BFBS, before going to Pinewood.
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    Brendan MulcakyBrendan Mulcaky Posts: 719
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    Next stop - Pedant Central. Change here for splitting hair on the Wold.
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    zz9zz9 Posts: 10,767
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    davads wrote: »
    Oh, cut me some slack, I meant record as in "do", "make", "film" etc! :(

    Anyway, thanks for the replies above :)

    I actually didn't mean that. Just thought I'd joke about it being recorded a year in advance and the crew all winning the jackpots. Wasn't a dig. :blush:
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    zz9zz9 Posts: 10,767
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    ftv wrote: »
    ''Film'' is a means of recording

    And the early TV cameras recorded onto film, that then ran into a tank of developer before being scanned by the TV camera a couple of seconds later. :D
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    leslie123leslie123 Posts: 2,518
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    But where is Alan Dedicoat based. If he is doing the voiceover for Strictly Come Dancing which is currently at Elstree ( but may move back to TV Centre next year) and that is live preceding National Lottery which is coming from Pinewood. Maybe he is somewhere neutral such as Broadcasting House.
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    fedmanfedman Posts: 1,330
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    zz9 wrote: »
    And the early TV cameras recorded onto film, that then ran into a tank of developer before being scanned by the TV camera a couple of seconds later. :D

    Er, sorry to be perdantic, but the process was :-
    Film camera - film development- film fixation-film washed- film (still wet) scanned by a telecine machine, and a little more than a couple of secs delay.
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    NoEntry2kNoEntry2k Posts: 15,007
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    leslie123 wrote: »
    But where is Alan Dedicoat based. If he is doing the voiceover for Strictly Come Dancing which is currently at Elstree ( but may move back to TV Centre next year) and that is live preceding National Lottery which is coming from Pinewood. Maybe he is somewhere neutral such as Broadcasting House.

    I don’t know what location he does his lottery voiceover from... but isn’t his Strictly voiceover all pre-recorded anyway.
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    leslie123leslie123 Posts: 2,518
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    NoEntry2k wrote: »
    I don’t know what location he does his lottery voiceover from... but isn’t his Strictly voiceover all pre-recorded anyway.

    As he does not say a lot and mainly calls the judges names for the points repeatedly, this could well be the case, someone in the control room pressing a button or clicking a mouse.
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    TonyCurrieTonyCurrie Posts: 835
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    and the quiz programme around the Lottery draw is recorded at Pacific Quay in Glasgow.
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    tedjrrtedjrr Posts: 2,935
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    fedman wrote: »
    Er, sorry to be perdantic, but the process was :-
    Film camera - film development- film fixation-film washed- film (still wet) scanned by a telecine machine, and a little more than a couple of secs delay.

    I've always wondered, what gauge of film did the intermediate film system use. Was it actually 35mm or something like 24mm?
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