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The successful planning application sought permission for a long, building housing studios and offices with a distinctive façade and repeating motifs. It will also have a gothic-style entrance inspired by some of
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The of studios were constructed and fitted out within 13 months, marking the quickest BBC build of its size ever. The name of the drama village, Roath Lock, was announced at the topping out ceremony in January 2011.
A £2.5m bridge linking the drama village to Cardiff Bay was lifted into place. The bridge was manufactured in nearby Newport from where it was broken down into twelve pieces to allow transportation. The building branding was manufactured in Cardiff by a local company which also designed and implement the wayfinding signs which was helped for a prestigious branding company
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Roath Basin is the largest single remaining undeveloped site in Cardiff Bay. It consists of approximately 27 acres and has an outline planning permission for 1,000 new homes and 100,000 sq m of commercial floor space. Igloo Regeneration, which is an investment fund managed by Aviva Investments, was selected by the Assembly Government as the Development Partner for the project.
Investment of £8.5 million is needed to provide a road connection through the site providing both private and public transport from Pierhead Street through to the Norwegian Church, where a new bridge will need to be constructed over the existing lock-entrance to the dock.
The project comprises two distinct, but inter-dependent, components; the regeneration of the currently derelict, former dock side land at Roath Basin would be commenced by Assembly Government investment into the site infrastructure, and the BBC Drama Village, which would total some of television studios and ancillary accommodation, as well as a new office building, which could be operated as a "Digital Media Centre" where a range of BBC supply-chain companies and existing Welsh-based Creative Industry Sector businesses would be able to be accommodated.Welsh Assembly Government , Proposed BBC Drama Village at Media Capital, Roath Basin
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...Doctor Who
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'', ''Casualty
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'', and . The centre topped out
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on 20 February 2011 and filming for such productions commenced in autumn of the same year.
The facility is located on a development site known as , which included a proposed digital media centre and an interactive exhibition titled Doctor Who Experience. The facility has 500 to 600 people working on site.
Design
The successful planning application sought permission for a long, building housing studios and offices with a distinctive façade and repeating motifs. It will also have a gothic-style entrance inspired by some of William Burges
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' designs at Cardiff Castle
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and . The planning application showed the building would face the National Assembly's building and the Atradius building across the water of Roath Basin.Wales Online , BBC's drama village would bring TV shows to Cardiff Bay/ref> FAT architecture were appointed as architects and designed a bold façade in homage to the Cardiff architecture of
William Burges
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and the local South Wales landscape. Unusual requirements for the building included an exact replica, in design and orientation, of the Bristol
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studio's Holby City
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carpark and corridors wide enough for two Dalek
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s to pass one another.
Construction
The of studios were constructed and fitted out within 13 months, marking the quickest BBC build of its size ever. The name of the drama village, Roath Lock, was announced at the topping out ceremony in January 2011.
A £2.5m bridge linking the drama village to Cardiff Bay was lifted into place. The bridge was manufactured in nearby Newport from where it was broken down into twelve pieces to allow transportation. The building branding was manufactured in Cardiff by a local company which also designed and implement the wayfinding signs which was helped for a prestigious branding company
Production
The development has brought under one roof the production of shows formerly filmed inCardiff
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's Broadcasting House
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, at Upper Boat Studios
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near , and in Bristol
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.
Programmes confirmed to be filmed and produced at the studios include:
*''Doctor Who
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'' (until 2022)
*''Class
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*''An Adventure in Space and Time
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*''Casualty
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**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
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*''Wizards vs Aliens
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''
*''A Midsummer Night's Dream
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* A 2014 adaption of ''Under Milk Wood
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'' starring Michael Sheen, Tom Jones, Matthew , Aimee- Edwards, Jones, John -Davies, and many more famous predominantly Welsh faces.
Other productions produced by Roath Lock, but not necessarily filmed at the studios include: ''Merlin
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, Atlantis
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, Being Human, The Living and the Dead, Sherlock, War & Peace, The Game, The Passing Bells
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It shows events through the eyes ...
, The Green Hollow, A Poet in New York
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,'' and ''To Walk Invisible
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''.
After the studios, offices and external filming lots were fully fitted out, filming for and ''Casualty'' began in autumn 2011. ''Doctor Who'' moved into the 170,000 sq ft (15,800 sq m) site in 2012. ''The Sarah Jane Adventures
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'' was also scheduled to move to the facility in 2012, but future production of the series was cancelled in April 2011 due to the death of lead actress Elisabeth Sladen
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. The village is part of the BBC's commitment to double television network production from Cardiff by 2016.BBC News , Work starts on BBC Wales drama village in Cardiff Bay/ref>
Surrounding development
Roath Basin is the largest single remaining undeveloped site in Cardiff Bay. It consists of approximately 27 acres and has an outline planning permission for 1,000 new homes and 100,000 sq m of commercial floor space. Igloo Regeneration, which is an investment fund managed by Aviva Investments, was selected by the Assembly Government as the Development Partner for the project.
Investment of £8.5 million is needed to provide a road connection through the site providing both private and public transport from Pierhead Street through to the Norwegian Church, where a new bridge will need to be constructed over the existing lock-entrance to the dock.
The project comprises two distinct, but inter-dependent, components; the regeneration of the currently derelict, former dock side land at Roath Basin would be commenced by Assembly Government investment into the site infrastructure, and the BBC Drama Village, which would total some of television studios and ancillary accommodation, as well as a new office building, which could be operated as a "Digital Media Centre" where a range of BBC supply-chain companies and existing Welsh-based Creative Industry Sector businesses would be able to be accommodated./ref>
Transport links
The Roath Lock Drama Village was served by theBaycar
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The service forms part of the wider Cardiff Bus network, but is unique in that the entire Baycar bus system includes its own branded vehicle ...
(Cardiff Bus number 6) service operated by Cardiff Bus
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, that ran every 10 minutes to Cardiff Bay and the City Centre
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.
See also
*Broadcasting House, Cardiff
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*BBC Wales
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
*Media in Cardiff
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References
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