Teddington Studios, London, UK
- ian quigley
- Jan 23, 2024
- 2 min read
Teddington Studios was a large British television studio in Teddington, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, providing studio facilities for programmes airing on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky1 and others. The complex also provided studio space for channel 0continuity. Towards the end of its history the site was run by the Pinewood Studios Group.
Originally built as film studios, the studios were the main production centres for the ITV franchisees ABC Weekend TV and Thames Television.
Teddington Studios
On July 11th 1964 John Lennon was 23, Paul McCartney would have been 22, George Harrison was aged 21 and legendary drummer Ringo Starr was the senior Beatle at 24.
They were heading to Teddington TV studios for a live appearance of the summer version of Thank Your Lucky Stars called Summer Spin.
Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon with an unknown man outside Teddington Studios, west London, in 1964
After Auction World set up at the studios in 2001, staff experienced many strange and unexplained events including whispering voices, doors jamming for minutes at a time. One particular event included all studio doors jamming shut for two minutes during a live broadcast. There have been more strange incidents experienced by audience members and workers.
Lighting fixtures and scenery occasionally fall on to the stage and unexplained cold spots turn up where no drafts are present. Staff also complain of cold rooms even when they are heated. These days, studio audiences are asked politely to turn their mobile phones and other electronic devices off during shows to avoid them interfering with sound recording. Perhaps some of this high-tech equipment has captured some of these unexplained noises
One theory about the origin of the paranormal activity is that the ghosts may be connected to the three workers (including the studio manager at the time) killed during WWII when the studios were hit by a V1 flying bomb, igniting diesel tanks and starting a devastating fire.
From 1999 to 2001 I lived with my wife in. Brighton, England and did a lot of work in London for BskyB. During one of those shifts, my client wanted me to do another job for him at Teddington Studios
I went in the night before to figure out their editing suite layout and ended up spending a night here. Here are some pictures from google that show the style of the place when I was there
Watch our video that is made from a mix of the few YouTube videos that are out there
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