BBC Manchester Broadcasting House

When a dedicated regional news service for the North West began in 1968 this came from Broadcasting House based in Piccadilly, a former hotel, which became a bank, whilst network production continued from Dickinson Road. Broadcasting House was leased in the 1920s from a bank which was on the ground floor. It consisted of a number of radio studios, a newsroom, bar, canteen, Central Apparatus Room (CAR), Radio Manchester and TV Studios N and P. There were also several bedrooms where staff could sleep overnight for an early morning work.

Images from BBC Manchester, Piccadilly