Yorkshire Television, Kirkstall Road, Leeds

The studio was officially opened by The Duchess of Kent on 29 July 1968. It was the first purpose-built colour television production centre in Europe and cost over £4 million to build and equip (2008 equivalent: £50 million). Equipment was installed by EMI Electronics and the Marconi Corporation. The studios contained seven 2″ Quadruplex VTR machines, six telecines and twelve cameras. The cameras were a mixture of Marconi MkVII’s (studios 1, 2 and 3) and EMI 2001 models (studio 4).

Yorkshire TV Offices in York & Hull

Below images of Yorkshire TV’s former shop in York, and TV base in Hull. Thanks to Tim Moody for the pictures.