Goodbye TV Centre The Final Tour

Neil Ogden was one of the final members of the public to go on the BBC Television Centre tour in February 2013.  He took along his microphone in the hope of getting an interview with someone and in the event ended up making a whole programme about that special and memorable afternoon, with a little help from two media students who were there to record the afternoon too.

The result was Goodbye TV Centre The Final Tour and it was nominated in the category of Best Special Event at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2014.

The programme was used on a number of different hospital radio stations as well as Hospital Radio Basingstoke and generated the following comments.

Just so enjoyed your Goodbye TVC programme – really terrific, touching and comprehensive…one for me to add to my archive, thank you!

Martin Parsons
BBC TV Centre Tour Guide (and one of the tour guides on the final tours).

I’ve just listened to your BBC TV centre show on line, can I congratulate you and everyone who took part in it, it was great entertainment and I hope any listeners that were tuned in enjoyed it too, well done.

Richard Smith
The A to Z of Pop

We used it and sounded great

Andrew Stokes
Station Manager, Barts and London Hospital Radio

I thought it was a very good interesting programme.

John Goodman
Chairman Anker Radio

It was a good listen

Norman Bland
Hospital Radio Reading

I did listen this afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice to hear some of my recordings in there too, and thanks for the mention at the end. Great work!

Kieren Watkins
University of Kent

Deputy editor of the Medwire/ Freelance writer

(Some of the audio used in the programme was recorded by Kieren as part of a college project)

Love the way you’ve put it together

Cliff Harris
Watford Hospital Radio

It’s a nicely made item, and I’m sure that many people will enjoy it.

Tony Quinn
Former TVC Engineer