[Charlie]

John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, from 1941 to leaving Bush House in 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00m...sodes/upcoming

[danblanchflower]

Originally Posted by Charlie

John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, from 1941 to leaving Bush House in 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00m...sodes/upcoming

Is Bush House closing? One of my earliest memories was being allowed with my father to peep into the Turkish language studio in 1959. My father's friend was a Turkish broadcaster. Dan

[Charlie]

According to Wikipedia:

The BBC's lease with Kato Kagaku (the Japanese company that owns the building) expires at the end of 2012. The BBC plans to move World Service to Broadcasting House following its ongoing expansion and renovation programme, known as the W1 Project. There have been renewed rumours that the neighbouring London School of Economics may purchase Bush House to expand its campus.

[old pilot]

Where has Dan Damon gone?

[Rossall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4BZrSj2VU4

Bit of a shame they don't still use that theme.

[sportnut41]

World service to me means sportsworld at weekends first paddy fearnly then Martin Fookes and now Russell fuller. It's a great listen now online. Hope the move from bush house goes well for the sports team

[The Magic Monkey]

Originally Posted by sportnut41

World service to me means sportsworld at weekends first paddy fearnly then Martin Fookes and now Russell fuller. It's a great listen now online. Hope the move from bush house goes well for the sports team

World Service Sport has been based in Salford since November.

[MikeBr]

A collection of 192 photos documenting the final year of BBC World Service broadcasting from Bush House. Including now defunct studios, studios still in use, general areas and other bits of interest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4790376...7626188396223/

[Andy Walmsley]

The BBC is leaving Bush House this week.

Studio Manager Emma Crowe has created this sound montage about working the night shift in Bush House:

http://soundcloud.com/emma_crowe8/bush-house-nights

And from Robin the Fog there's The Ghosts of Bush in this homage to the work of the Radiophonic Workshop:

http://thefogsignals.com/album/the-ghosts-of-bush

[MikeBr]

Originally Posted by Andy Walmsley

The BBC is leaving Bush House this week.

Studio Manager Emma Crowe has created this sound montage about working the night shift in Bush House:

http://soundcloud.com/emma_crowe8/bush-house-nights

And from Robin the Fog there's The Ghosts of Bush in this homage to the work of the Radiophonic Workshop:

http://thefogsignals.com/album/the-ghosts-of-bush

Both of these well worth hearing.

Bogdan Frymorgen on the SOS BBC World Service Facebook group says that:

"BBC World Service will broadcast for the last time from Bush House on the 12th July at midday. The last bulletin will go out from S39 and will no doubt be watched by quite a few people and listened to by millions around the world."

It will be the end of Bogdan's 24 year BBC career and for the past few weeks he has been photographing the building. 124 photographs which he is looking to have published professionally if there is enough interest. Link below, don't know if it is only for people with Facebook accounts:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...2264730&type=1

[MikeBr]

Post about the BBC leaving Bush House from Jonathan Marks in his blog, includes a link to an excellent HD video on the BBC WS website about the building.
http://criticaldistance.blogspot.nl/...in-on-bbc.html

[Radiomaniac]

Another huge piece of historic BBC closes, along with White City.

I wonder if they will ever go completely nuts and relocate the magnificent Broadcasting House too?

[MikeBr]

According to a post on the British DX Club list the final news bulletin will include a tribute to the World Service and Bush House by the outgoing BBC Director-General, Mark Thompson.

[occy]

Items from Bush House are up for auction.

[MikeBr]

Originally Posted by occy

Items from Bush House are up for auction.

Telegraph article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...e-history.html

[nightdriver155]

Originally Posted by old pilot

Where has Dan Damon gone?

Dan Damon? Another LBC old-boy,and before that BBC Radio Medway where he presented a short lived,but excellent film music and movie programme,called IIRC, The Silver Screen radio Show

[RadioRob]

Someone somewhere mentioned the Bush House carpets ("horrible" or similar adjective).

Yes they were notably horrible in all my visits too. And same for Harwood House all those years ago, same horrible scrunchy, with trip-you-up folds, nasty green.

Otherwise very pleasant

[MikeBr]

The BBC World Service has been synonymous with Bush House for 70 years, but on 12 July the news is broadcast from the building for the last time. Here Bogdan Frymorgen and Emma Crowe bid farewell in sound and pictures. Below, Anna Horsbrugh-Porter talks to a producer who first heard the BBC in a Soviet labour camp, and recalls letters from African listeners addressed to The Queen, c/o Bush House.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18801251

[epsom]

Last News Bulletin at 12.00 today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18810309

[2Bdecided]

I hope some of that old kit makes it into a museum. I didn't realise mixing desks that looked like that were still in use! Some of it doesn't look that different from the original Broadcasting House equipment of the 1930s!

Cheers,
David.

[epsom]

Iain Purdon read the last news bulletin from Bush House

[epsom]

Stewart McIntosh read the first news bulletin from Broadcasting House at 12.30

[wavy-davy]

What's it's future. a giant pound shop or conversion into flats?

[2Bdecided]

Here's irony...

http://www2.ppauctions.com/lot.php?l...=2&thisPage=45

picture 4: "This tape machine ... played a part in the coverage of major global events ... and has been preserved as a reminder of an important part of World Service's heritage" - now being sold for £10

Cheers,
David.

[occy]

Remember Wright Around The World. Tim Smith shows too?