On screen caption used by LWT showing the London Studios
The London Studios is a television studio complex on London's South Bank next to the Royal National Theatre. It is a distinctive white tower, and was home to London Weekend Television (LWT). Many audience shows are recorded here — amongst others Have I Got News for You and QI, along with This Morning. Image File history File links LWTSouthBank. ... Image File history File links LWTSouthBank. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... The National Theatre is one of the collection of arts buildings that make up the South Bank Centre. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain is a building and theatre company on Londons South Bank, located immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... London Weekend Television (LWT) was (and for legal formalities still is; see below) the ITV contractor for London and the South East, Friday 7:00pm (1968-1982)/5:15pm (1982-2002) to Monday, 5:59am. ... Have I Got News for You (sometimes abbreviated to HIGNFY) is a long-running UK television topical panel game. ... QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a comedy panel game television show shown on BBC Two and BBC Four and hosted by Stephen Fry. ... This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ...
Carlton Television and GMTV also broadcast from the building from 1993 to 2002 when the unified ITV1 brand was adopted. Carlton Television was the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas, Monday 9:25am, to Friday, 5:15pm (and for legal formalities still is; see below). ... Good Morning Television (GMTV) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...
The Beatles' history at the studios began 6 June, 1962; they arrived at Abbey Road in an old white van, wearing fl leather jackets and unloaded their battered equipment, including unpainted wooden amplifiers, which left much to be desired in the eyes and ears of the recording technicians.
Studio One is roughly 92 feet by 52 feet, and has 4,876 square feet of floor space with a ceiling nearly forty feet high.
Studio Three is of a more moderate size (about the same amount of floor space as a modest house) and features a mirrored isolation room where unique acoustics take place due to the room's lack of parallel surfaces.